New York S 5479: Relates to convening an office-based surgery workgroup to make recommendations regarding appropriate reforms or policy changes

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S05479 Summary:

BILL NOS05479 

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Amd §156.00, Pen L

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Relates to unauthorized use of a smart phone or mobile device or any data contained therein.

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5479

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to unauthorized use of a
 smart phone or mobile device or any data contained therein

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 156.00 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 2006, is amended and a new
 3 subdivision 10 is added to read as follows:
 4 1. "Computer" means a device or group of devices which, by manipu-
 5 lation of electronic, magnetic, optical or electrochemical impulses,
 6 pursuant to a computer program, can automatically perform arithmetic,
 7 logical, storage or retrieval operations with or on computer data, and
 8 includes any connected or directly related device, equipment or facility
 9 which enables such computer to store, retrieve or communicate to or from
 10 a person, another computer or another device the results of computer
 11 operations, computer programs or computer data. For the purposes of
 12 this article, a smart phone or mobile device shall be considered a
 13 computer.
 14 10. "Smart phone or mobile device" means a portable computing device
 15 that: (a) has a small form factor such that it can easily be carried by
 16 a single individual; (b) is designed to operate without a physical
 17 connection; (c) possesses local, non-removable or removable data stor-
 18 age; and (d) includes a self-contained power source.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09716-01-5

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