New York A 10128: Prohibits the handcuffing or forcible restraint of certain juveniles in certain circumstances; limits warrantless arrests of juveniles except where the arrest is necessary for public safety

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A10128 Summary:

BILL NOA10128 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMaher, Norber, Sempolinski, Gandolfo, McDonough, DeStefano, Durso

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§204 & 205, add §209-h, Gen Bus L

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Requires hotels and motels to maintain a roster of guests, including their photo identifications, for five years and security footage for ninety days; restricts the use of hourly rates at hotels and motels; increases penalties therefor.

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BILL NOA10128 

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02/02/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10128

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 2, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 hotels and motels to maintain a roster of guests, including their
 photo identifications, for five years and security footage for ninety
 days and restricting the use of hourly rates at hotels and motels

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. This Legislature hereby finds that the
 2 unavailability or nonexistence of a roster of photo IDs of people occu-
 3 pying a hotel or motel and security footage of hotels and motels poses a
 4 threat to the safety and well-being of the citizens of this state in
 5 such life-threatening circumstances as a fire, explosion or accident
 6 occurring at such facilities, or in circumstances involving suspected
 7 illegal activities, such as, but not limited to human trafficking. The
 8 purpose of this act is to ensure that a roster of photo IDs of people
 9 occupying a hotel or motel and security footage of hotels and motels
 10 will be available for the use of rescue workers, emergency personnel,
 11 law enforcement officials and firefighters during the course of an emer-
 12 gency, or in circumstances in which illegal activity is suspected, such
 13 as but not limited to human trafficking, by requiring such facilities to
 14 maintain registers under penalty of law.
 15 This Legislature also hereby finds that due to the activities associ-
 16 ated with human trafficking and other illegal activities, hotels and
 17 motels that offer hourly rates are attractive venues because of their
 18 lower cost and fleeting nature. The purpose of this act is to ensure
 19 that the state is completely bereft of hotels and motels that serve as
 20 attractive venues for crimes, such as but not limited to human traffick-
 21 ing, by restricting hotels and motels hourly rate options and providing
 22 certain exemptions with conditions, and mandating compliance with
 23 prevention training.
 24 § 2. Section 204 of the general business law, as amended by chapter
 25 737 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14159-02-6

 A. 10128 2

 1 § 204. Register and security footage to be kept. 1. The owner, lessee,
 2 proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, tourist cabins, camp, resort,
 3 tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall keep for a period of
 4 [three] five years a register which shall show the name, residence, date
 5 of arrival and departure of [his] their guests which shall include a
 6 copy of the photo identification presented by their guests. Such
 7 records [may] shall be kept within the meaning of this section [when
 8 reproduced on any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card,
 9 miniature photographic or other process], both digitally and in the
 10 manner which actually reproduced the original [record] records. Such
 11 records shall be made available for inspection on demand upon lawful
 12 order by any authorized rescue worker, law enforcement official, emer-
 13 gency personnel, firefighter or a municipal employee authorized to
 14 enforce a local ordinance or law.
 15 2. The owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, tour-
 16 ist cabins, camp, resort, t