New York S 8217: Requires certain covered platforms to provide a process for law enforcement agencies to contact such platform, and to comply with search warrants within seventy-two hours

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S08217 Summary:

BILL NOS08217B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08022-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRRHOADS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §690.60, CP L

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Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.

Go to top S08217 Actions:

BILL NOS08217B

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05/21/2025REFERRED TO CODES

05/28/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

05/28/2025PRINT NUMBER 8217A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

01/16/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

01/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 8217B

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1723

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8022A

&nbspA08022 AMEND=A Steck

&nbsp04/22/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to codes

&nbsp01/16/2026amend and recommit to codes

&nbsp01/16/2026print number 8022a

&nbsp02/04/2026reported 

&nbsp02/05/2026advanced to third reading cal.247

&nbsp02/09/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/09/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp02/09/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8217B

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1723

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8217--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
 ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to requiring
 certain covered platforms to provide a process for law enforcement
 agencies to contact such platform and to comply with search warrants
 within seventy-two hours

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

 1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 690.60 to read as follows:
 3 § 690.60 Search warrants; covered platforms.
 4 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 5 the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Adverse result" shall mean any of the following:
 7 (i) danger to the life or physical safety of an individual;
 8 (ii) flight from prosecution;
 9 (iii) destruction of or tampering with evidence;
 10 (iv) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
 11 (v) serious jeopardy to an investigation.
 12 (b) "Covered minor" shall mean any user who is determined by an opera-
 13 tor, via one or more commercially reasonable age verification methods,
 14 to be under the age of eighteen.
 15 (c) "Covered platform" shall mean a public or semi-public website,
 16 online service, online application, or mobile application that (i) is
 17 used by covered minors in this state, (ii) allows users to construct a
 18 public or semi-public profile for the purposes of using such website,
 19 service, or application, and (iii) allows users to create or post

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11652-07-6

 S. 8217--B 2

 1 content that is viewable by other users, including but not limited to,
 2 on message boards, in chat rooms, or through a landing page or main feed
 3 that presents the user with content generated by other users or artifi-
 4 cial intelligence.
 5 (d) "Law enforcement agency" shall mean any agency which is empowered
 6 by law to conduct an investigation or make an arrest for an offense
 7 under the penal law, and an age