New York A 5961: Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents

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A05961 Summary:

BILL NOA05961 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04034

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §209-h, Gen Bus L

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Requires the disposal of copies of identification documents by owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house.

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BILL NOA05961 

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02/25/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5961

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
 disposal of copies of identification documents

 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
 2 209-h to read as follows:
 3 § 209-h. Disposal of copies of identification documents. The owner,
 4 lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, steamboat, tourist
 5 cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall
 6 dispose of any copies of a guest's identification document, including
 7 but not limited to a driver's license, passport, or non-driver identifi-
 8 cation card, within twenty-four hours of the guest completing their
 9 stay. Disposal of the copies shall include deletion of any digital
 10 copies and the physical destruction of any physical copies such that it
 11 would be impossible to recreate the copy.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07899-01-5

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