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S01961 Summary:

BILL NOS01961A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §211, St Tech L

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Establishes the "secure our data act"; relates to cybersecurity protection by state entities; requires the office of information technology services to develop standards for data protection of state entity-maintained information.

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BILL NOS01961A

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/10/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1218

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2025PASSED SENATE

05/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 1961A

02/25/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1961--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology --
 recommitted to the Committee on Internet and Technology in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to establishing
 the "secure our data act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "secure our
 2 data act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that information tech-
 4 nology attacks and breaches have compromised governmental networks and
 5 the electronically stored personal information of countless people
 6 statewide and nationwide. State entities often receive such personal
 7 information from various sources, including the data subjects them-
 8 selves, other state entities, and the federal government. Additionally,
 9 state entities use such personal information to make determinations
 10 regarding data subjects. New Yorkers deserve to have their personal
 11 information in the possession of a state entity stored in a manner that
 12 will withstand any attempt by a bad actor to access, alter, or prohibit
 13 access to such information.
 14 Therefore, the legislature enacts the secure our data act, which will
 15 require state entities to employ adequate practices and systems to
 16 protect the personal information from any unauthorized acquisition,
 17 access, alteration or change in access.
 18 § 3. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 211
 19 to read as follows:
 20 § 211. Cybersecurity protection. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this
 21 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05506-02-6

 S. 1961--A 2

 1 (a) "Breach of the security of the system" means (i) unauthorized
 2 exfiltration, acquisition, or acquisition without valid authorization,
 3 of computerized information which compromises the security, confiden-
 4 tiality, or integrity of state entity-maintained personal information,
 5 (ii) unauthorized access, or access without valid authorization, to
 6 state entity-maintained personal information or to an information system
 7 used for personal information, or (iii) unauthorized modification of the
 8 access permissions, including through the use of encryption, to an
 9 information system used for personal information. "Breach of the securi-
 10 ty of the system" does not include good faith acquisition of or access
 11 to personal information, or access to an information system by an
 12 employee or agent of a state entity for the purposes of the state enti-
 13 ty; provided that the private information or information system is not
 14 used in an unauthorized manner, accessed for an