New York S 8045: Restricts automatic renewal of contracts for electronic and life safety alarm services

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S08045 Summary:

BILL NOS08045 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05455-A

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSRRHOADS, ROLISON, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §577, Exec L

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Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materials on removing an abuser's access to a smart home and the use of other technology for harassment.

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BILL NOS08045 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1565

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

04/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.712

04/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/22/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/28/2026PASSED SENATE

04/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/28/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8045

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the office
 for the prevention of domestic violence provide informational materi-
 als on the removal of accounts from smart home systems

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 577
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 577. Informational materials on harassment through smart home
 4 systems. 1. (a) In furtherance of the activities required in subdivision
 5 three of section five hundred seventy-five of this article and within
 6 amounts appropriated for such purpose, the office shall contract with an
 7 organization designated by the federal department of health and human
 8 services to coordinate statewide improvements within local communities,
 9 social services systems, and programming regarding the prevention and
 10 intervention of domestic violence in New York state to mutually develop
 11 and promote information materials, including online resources and phys-
 12 ical pamphlets for victims of domestic violence facing harassment
 13 through smart home systems.
 14 (b) Such resources shall include, but not be limited to, information
 15 on devices commonly used to harass victims, the tactics commonly used to
 16 harass victims, ways in which victims can enhance their safety with
 17 respect to harassment through smart home systems and instructions for
 18 removing an individual's access to a smart home system. Further, the
 19 contracted organization shall make recommendations on policies and
 20 priorities for reducing technology-facilitated abuse, including but not
 21 limited to, harassment through safe home systems, cyber-harassment and
 22 stalking.
 23 (c) For the purposes of this section, "smart home system" shall mean
 24 any electronic device or technology installed directly into the home

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06383-06-5

 S. 8045 2

 1 which handles the security, climate and/or appliances in the home, that
 2 is capable of connecting to the internet, directly or indirectly, that
 3 is assigned an internet protocol address or bluetooth address, and has
 4 computer processing capabilities for collecting, sending, receiving, or
 5 analyzing data.
 6 2. The informational materials required pursuant to subdivision one of
 7 this section shall be provided by the office to domestic violence shel-
 8 ters, local social services districts, local police departments, and
 9 local childcare facilities to be distributed to potential victims of
 10 domestic violence.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 14 this act on its eff