New York S 3693: Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption

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S03693 Summary:

BILL NOS03693 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07836

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSRHELMING, RHOADS, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Pen L, generally; amd §6430, Ed L

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Relates to computer-related crimes; creates the crimes unlawful disruption of computer services in the first and second degree, unlawful computer access assistance in the first and second degree, unauthorized use of internet domain name or profile, and unlawful introduction of a computer contaminant; allows for a civil action for compensatory damages for victims of such crimes.

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BILL NOS03693 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO CODES

02/24/20251ST REPORT CAL.362

02/25/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/03/2025PASSED SENATE

03/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/03/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.274

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/11/2026PASSED SENATE

02/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/11/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3693

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the education law, in relation to
 computer-related crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Section 156.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 558
 2 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 156.00 Offenses involving computers; definition of terms.
 4 The following definitions are applicable to this chapter except where
 5 different meanings are expressly specified:
 6 1. "Computer" means a device or group of devices which, by manipu-
 7 lation of electronic, magnetic, optical or electrochemical impulses,
 8 pursuant to a computer program, can automatically perform arithmetic,
 9 logical, storage or retrieval operations with or on computer data, and
 10 includes any connected or directly related device, equipment or facility
 11 which enables such computer to store, retrieve or communicate to or from
 12 a person, another computer or another device the results of computer
 13 operations, computer programs or computer data.
 14 2. "Computer program" is property and means an ordered set of data
 15 representing coded instructions or statements that, when executed by
 16 computer, cause the computer, computer system or computer network to
 17 process data or direct the computer, computer system or computer network
 18 to perform one or more computer operations or both and may be in any
 19 form, including magnetic storage media, punched cards, or stored inter-
 20 nally in the memory of the computer.
 21 3. "Computer data" is property and means a representation of informa-
 22 tion, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being proc-
 23 essed, or have been processed in a computer and may be in any form,
 24 including magnetic storage media, punched cards, or stored internally in
 25 the memory of the computer.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07894-01-5

 S. 3693 2

 1 4. "Computer service" means any and all services provided by or
 2 through the facilities of any computer communication system allowing the
 3 input, output, examination, or transfer, of computer data or computer
 4 programs from one computer to another, including, but not limited to,
 5 computer time, data processing, storage functions, internet services,
 6 electronic mail services, electronic message services, or other use of a
 7 computer, computer system or computer network.
 8 5. "Computer material" is property and means any computer data or
 9 computer program which:
 10 (a) contains records of the medical history or medical treatment of an
 11 identified or readily identifiable individual or individuals. This term
 12 shall not app