New York A 974: Relates to establishing a registry of workplace fatalities

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A00974 Summary:

BILL NOA00974A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRHevesi, Bichotte Hermelyn, Beephan, Woerner, Lee, Torres, Simone

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 42-A §§1200 - 1206, Gen Bus L

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Enacts the New York privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared.

Go to top A00974 Actions:

BILL NOA00974A

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01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

05/27/2025reported referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

05/29/2026amend and recommit to codes

05/29/2026print number 974a

Go to topA00974 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:05/27/2025AYE/NAY:15/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RozicAyeMikulinAye

FallExcusedMillerAye

GallagherAyeBlumencranzAye

RajkumarAyeDursoAye

ForrestAyeBolognaAye

BoresAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA00974 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00974 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 974--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, HEVESI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BEEPHAN, WOER-
 NER, LEE, TORRES, SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Consumer Affairs and Protection -- reported and referred to the
 Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the management
 and oversight of personal data

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York data protection act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. 1. Privacy is a fundamental right and an
 4 essential element of freedom. Advances in technology have produced ramp-
 5 ant growth in the amount and categories of personal data being gener-
 6 ated, collected, stored, analyzed, and potentially shared, which
 7 presents both promise and peril. Companies collect, use and share our
 8 personal data in ways that can be difficult for ordinary consumers to
 9 understand. Opaque data processing policies make it impossible to evalu-
 10 ate risks and compare privacy-related protections across services,
 11 stifling competition. Algorithms quietly make decisions with critical
 12 consequences for New York consumers, often with no human accountability.
 13 Behavioral advertising generates profits by turning people into products
 14 and their activity into assets. New York consumers deserve more notice
 15 and more control over their data and their digital privacy.
 16 2. This act seeks to help New York consumers regain their privacy. It
 17 gives New York consumers the ability to exercise more control over their
 18 personal data and requires businesses to be responsible, thoughtful, and
 19 accountable managers of that information. To achieve this, this act

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02963-03-6

 A. 974--A 2

 1 provides New York consumers a number of new rights, including clear
 2 notice of how their data is being used, processed and shared; the abili-
 3 ty to access and obtain a copy of their data in a commonly used elec-
 4 tronic format, with the ability to transfer it between services; and the
 5 ability to correct inaccurate data and to delete their data. This act
 6 also imposes obligations upon businesses to maintain reasonable data
 7 security for personal data, to notify New York consumers of foreseeable
 8 harms arising from use of their data and to obtain specific consent for
 9 that use, and to conduct regular assessments to ensure that data is not
 10 being used for unacceptable purposes. These data assessments can be
 11 obtained and evaluated by the New York State Attorney General, who is
 12 empo