New York S 6340: Relates to conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone

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S06340 Summary:

BILL NOS06340 

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Amd §250.45, Pen L

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Makes conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone unlawful surveillance in the second degree.

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03/11/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6340

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 11, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to conducting unlawful
 surveillance by use of a drone

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

 1 Section 1. Section 250.45 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. Without the knowledge or consent of a person, such person inten-
 4 tionally uses or permits the utilization of a device to surreptitiously
 5 view, broadcast, or record another person, by means of aerial imaging
 6 technology, at a place and time when a person has a reasonable expecta-
 7 tion of privacy.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10011-01-5

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