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S08883 Summary:

BILL NOS08883 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08867

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 12-E §§399-aa - 399-gg, V & T L

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Enacts the "New York state vehicle security circumvention device act" to prohibit the manufacturing, sale, offering to sell, or possession of devices outside of lawful and reasonable purposes.

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BILL NOS08883 

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.942

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8883

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 the "New York state vehicle security circumvention device act"

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 12-E to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 12-E
 4 NEW YORK STATE VEHICLE SECURITY CIRCUMVENTION DEVICE ACT
 5 Section 399-aa. Short title.
 6 399-bb. Legislative intent.
 7 399-cc. Definitions.
 8 399-dd. Prohibited acts.
 9 399-ee. Reporting of lost or stolen vehicle security circum-
 10 vention devices.
 11 399-ff. Penalties.
 12 399-gg. Severability.
 13 § 399-aa. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 14 "New York state vehicle security circumvention device act".
 15 § 399-bb. Legislative intent. In two thousand twenty-four, over eight
 16 hundred fifty thousand vehicles were stolen, often by organized crime
 17 rings. Motor vehicle key programming or emulating devices and relay
 18 attack devices are increasingly used by thieves to steal vehicles. A
 19 motor vehicle key programming or emulating device is a device used to
 20 electronically communicate with a motor vehicle to program a blank key
 21 fob or emulate a key fob for the purpose of starting and operating the
 22 vehicle. A relay attack device is a device used to intercept a key fob
 23 signal to unlock and/or remotely activate the ignition of a motor vehi-
 24 cle. Prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, offering to sell, or
 25 possession of the devices outside of lawful and reasonable purposes will
 26 help align vehicle theft statutes with 21st century criminal tactics and
 27 provide law enforcement the necessary tools they need to combat car
 28 thieves using today's most sophisticated technology.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13335-01-5

 S. 8883 2

 1 The vehicle security circumvention device act prohibits the unlawful
 2 manufacturing, possession, transfer, or sale of a motor vehicle key
 3 programming or emulating device or relay attack device. It requires a
 4 person lawfully authorized to possess a motor vehicle key programming or
 5 emulating device or relay attack device to report to law enforcement
 6 within forty-eight hours a lost or stolen device. This act establishes
 7 criminal penalties to combat auto theft.
 8 § 399-cc. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 9 shall have the following meanings:
 10 1. "Motor vehicle key programming or emulating device" means any
 11 device, computer program, application, or software designed or used to
 12 electronically communicate with a motor vehicle for the purpose of
 13 programming or emulating a motor vehicle key fob that is capable of
 14 being used to unlock or start the motor vehicle.
 15 2. "Relay attack device" means any device, computer program, applica-
 16 tion, or software designed or used to intercept the signal from the key
 17 fob of a motor vehicle to unlock or start the motor vehicle.
 18 § 399-dd. Prohibited acts. No person shall knowingly manufacture,
 19 sell, offer to sell, transfer, or possess a motor vehicle key program-
 20 ming or emulating device or relay attack device, or aid or perm