New York A 4065: Requires signs to be posted at gasoline stations for consumers to contact the department of state regarding price or product problems

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A04065 Summary:

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Add §394-cccc, Gen Bus L

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Requires social media networks to use a third party vendor to verify the age of new and existing social media account holders.

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01/31/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4065

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 social media networks to verify the age of account holders

 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-cccc to read as follows:
 3 § 394-cccc. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
 4 shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Account holder" shall mean a person who has, or opens, an account
 6 or profile to use a social media network's platform.
 7 (b) "Division" shall mean the consumer protection division established
 8 pursuant to section ninety-four-a of the executive law.
 9 (c) "Social media network" shall have the same meaning as set forth in
 10 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred ninety-four-
 11 ccc of this article.
 12 2. A social media network shall verify the age of an existing or new
 13 social media account holder:
 14 (a) for a new account, within thirty calendar days of the date the
 15 account holder opens the account; or
 16 (b) for an existing account, if the account holder has not provided
 17 age verification, within thirty calendar days of such account holder's
 18 first attempt to access such account after the effective date of this
 19 section.
 20 3. A social media network shall use a third party vendor to complete
 21 the age verification required pursuant to subdivision two of this
 22 section.
 23 4. If an account holder fails to complete the age verification
 24 required pursuant to this section within the required time period, the
 25 social media network shall deny access to the account:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 (a) upon the expiration of the time period; and
 2 (b) until all age verification requirements are met.
 3 5. The division shall:
 4 (a) establish processes or means by which a social media network may
 5 meet the age verification requirements under this section;
 6 (b) establish acceptable forms or methods of identification, which
 7 shall include but shall not be limited to a valid identification issued
 8 by a government entity;
 9 (c) establish processes for providing confirmation of the receipt of
 10 any information provided by an account holder seeking to verify their
 11 age pursuant to this section;
 12 (d) establish requirements for retaining, protecting, and securely
 13 disposing of any information obtained by a social media network or its
 14 agent as a result of compliance with the age verification requirements
 15 under this section;
 16 (e) require that any information obtained by a social media company or
 17 its agent as a result of compliance with the age verification require-
 18 ments under this section shall be retained for the sole purpose of such
 19 compliance and shall not be used for any other purpose; and
 20 (f) require other applicable state agencies to comply with the age
 21 verification requirements under this section.
 22 § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 23 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 24 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 25 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 26 its operation to the clause, sentence, parag