New York S 785: Requires that websites providing inmate information be searchable by the inmate's name, former name or alias

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S00785 Summary:

BILL NOS00785 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00920

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§190.77, 190.78, 190.79 & 190.80, Pen L; rpld §899-aa sub 1 ¶(b) 2nd & 3rd undesig ¶¶, amd §899-aa, Gen
Bus L; rpld §208 sub 1 ¶(a) 2nd & 3rd undesig ¶¶, sub¶ (i) cl 6 & 7, St Tech L (as proposed in S.2376-B &
A.4737-B)

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Adds medical and health insurance information within the definitions of personal identifying information.

Go to top S00785 Actions:

BILL NOS00785 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.59

02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A920

&nbspA00920 AMEND= Lavine

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/22/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/22/2025reported 

&nbsp01/22/2025rules report cal.48

&nbsp01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.48

&nbsp01/28/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/28/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S785

&nbsp02/05/20253RD READING CAL.59

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.30

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 785

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the general business law, in relation
 to including medical information and health insurance information in
 the definition of personal identifying information for certain
 purposes; and to repeal certain provisions of the general business law
 and the state technology law relating thereto

 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 190.77 of the penal law, as sepa-
 2 rately amended by chapters 226 and 279 of the laws of 2008, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 1. For the purposes of sections 190.78, 190.79, 190.80 [and], 190.80-a
 5 and 190.85 of this article "personal identifying information" means a
 6 person's name, address, telephone number, date of birth, driver's
 7 license number, social security number, place of employment, mother's
 8 maiden name, financial services account number or code, savings account
 9 number or code, checking account number or code, brokerage account
 10 number or code, credit card account number or code, debit card number or
 11 code, automated teller machine number or code, taxpayer identification
 12 number, computer system password, signature or copy of a signature,
 13 electronic signature, unique biometric data that is a fingerprint, voice
 14 print, retinal image or iris image of another person, telephone calling
 15 card number, mobile identification number or code, electronic serial
 16 number or personal identification number, medical information, health
 17 insurance information, or any other name, number, code or information
 18 that may be used alone or in conjunction with other such information to
 19 assume the identity of another person.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02690-01-5

 S. 785 2

 1 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 190.77 of the
 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 226 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 For the purposes of subdivision one of this section and sections
 5 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.80-a, 190.81, 190.82 [and], 190.83 and
 6 190.85 of this article:
 7 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 190.78 of the penal law, as amended by a
 8 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law, the general business
 9 law and the state technology law relating to adding medical and health
 10 insurance information within the definitions of identity theft, as
 11 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2376-B and A. 4737-B, is
 12 amended to read as follows:
 13 1. obtai