New York S 10515: Enacts the "wireless security enforcement act"

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S10515 Summary:

BILL NOS10515 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07184

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390-cc, Gen Bus L; add Art 157 §§157.00 & 157.05, amd §60.27, Pen L

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Enacts the "wireless security enforcement act" to prohibit the sale of wireless signal jammer devices; defines terms; provides that a person is guilty of prohibited use of a wireless signal jammer device if they engage in the possession, manufacture, importation, marketing, or sale of wireless signal jammer devices; requires restitution.

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BILL NOS10515 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10515

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and
 Technology

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the penal law, in relation
 to the enforcement of the prohibition on the use of wireless signal
 jammer devices

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "wireless
 2 security enforcement (WiSE) act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 390-
 4 cc to read as follows:
 5 § 390-cc. Sale of prohibited wireless signal jammer devices. 1. For
 6 the purposes of this section, "wireless signal jammer device" means any
 7 device that prohibits the operation, manufacture, importation, market-
 8 ing, and sale of equipment designed to jam or otherwise interfere with
 9 authorized radio communications, such as radar, internet, global posi-
 10 tioning system (GPS), and cell phone communications.
 11 2. Upon notice by any local or state law enforcement agency, any busi-
 12 ness or establishment that engages in the manufacture, importation,
 13 marketing, or sale of wireless signal jammer devices shall be prohibited
 14 from operating said business or establishment within the state for a
 15 period of at least one year. This provision shall not be construed to
 16 absolve said business or establishment from any other penalties pursuant
 17 to local, state or federal law.
 18 3. (a) Whenever it appears to the attorney general, either upon
 19 complaint or otherwise, that any person, within or outside the state,
 20 has engaged in or is about to engage in any of the acts or practices
 21 stated to be unlawful in this section, the attorney general may bring an
 22 action or special proceeding in the name and on behalf of the people of
 23 the state of New York to enjoin any violation of this section, to obtain
 24 restitution of any moneys or property obtained directly or indirectly by
 25 any such violation, to obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains
 26 obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation, including but not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08729-01-5

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 1 limited to the destruction of unlawfully obtained data and algorithms
 2 trained on such data, to obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by
 3 any such violation, to obtain civil penalties which may exceed one
 4 hundred thousand dollars per violation, and to obtain any such other and
 5 further relief as the court may deem proper, including preliminary
 6 relief.
 7 (b) Any property owner or business owner who has been injured by a
 8 violation of this section which resulted in the commission of a crime to
 9 a person, person's property, or a person's business may bring an action
 10 to obtain:
 11 (i) Damages which may exceed one hundred thousand dollars per incident
 12 or actual damages, whichever is greater;
 13 (ii) Injunctive or declaratory relief; and/or
 14 (iii) Any other relief the court deems proper.
 15 4. The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees to a prevailing
 16 plaintiff.
 17 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new article 157 to read as
 18 follows:
 19 ARTICLE 157
 20 OFFE