New York A 8779: Relates to developing and implementing benchmarking standards for the total annual use of energy and water for certain buildings

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A08779 Summary:

BILL NOA08779B

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SAME ASSAME AS S07713-A

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRSeawright, Levenberg, Simone, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §394-j, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any lawful health care services.

Go to top A08779 Actions:

BILL NOA08779B

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06/02/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

02/05/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

02/05/2026print number 8779a

02/25/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

02/25/2026print number 8779b

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Go to topA08779 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8779--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT, LEVENBERG -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- again reported from said
 committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
 ted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to restricting the
 use of automatic license plate reader information

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 394-j to read as follows:
 3 § 394-j. Policy for the use of automatic license plate reader systems.
 4 1. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have
 5 the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Automatic license plate reader system" shall mean a system of one
 7 or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras used in combination with
 8 computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-
 9 readable data. "Automated license plate reader system" shall include but
 10 not be limited to such systems that are subject to multi-agency or
 11 vendor agreements that allow the sharing of automatic license plate
 12 reader information collected in New York.
 13 (b) "Captured plate data" shall mean the GPS coordinates, date and
 14 time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by
 15 or derived from an automatic license plate reader system.
 16 (c) "Automatic license plate reader user" means a person or entity
 17 that owns or operates an automatic license plate reader device.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11861-06-6

 A. 8779--B 2

 1 (d) "Law enforcement agency" means: (i) a law enforcement agency as
 2 defined in subdivision eight of section eighty-six of the public offi-
 3 cers law; (ii) any private investigator, security guard, or watch,
 4 guard, or patrol agency licensed pursuant to section seventy-one of this
 5 chapter; and (iii) any private entity charged with the enforcement of
 6 state, county, or municipal laws or with managing custody of detained
 7 persons in any state or jurisdiction.
 8 2. (a) An automatic license plate reader user shall not sell, share,
 9 allow access to, or transfer captured plate data to any state or local
 10 jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that
 11 denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproduc-
 12 tive health care services or any lawful health care services.
 13 (b) Any automatic license plate reader user in this state, including
 14 any law enforcement agency of this state that uses automatic license
 15 plate reader systems, shall not share au