New York S 1694: Prohibits recording of the entrance of a school ground

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S01694 Summary:

BILL NOS01694A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04678-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, JACKSON, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §240.26, Pen L

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Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.

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BILL NOS01694A

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CODES

04/09/20251ST REPORT CAL.676

04/10/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/30/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1694A

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.610

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/13/2026PASSED SENATE

04/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/13/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1694--A
 Cal. No. 676

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported favora-
 bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
 to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
 in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting recording of
 the entrance of a school ground

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

 1 Section 1. Section 240.26 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 109
 2 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 240.26 Harassment in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with
 5 intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:
 6 1. [He or she] The actor strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects
 7 such other person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do
 8 the same; or
 9 2. [He or she] The actor follows a person in or about a public place
 10 or places; or
 11 3. [He or she] The actor engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly
 12 commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which
 13 serve no legitimate purpose[.]; or
 14 4. The actor either (a) broadcasts or records the entrance or exit to
 15 school grounds or the entrance or exit to a property that contains
 16 school grounds within its boundaries; or (b) uses or installs, or
 17 permits the utilization or installation of a mechanical, digital or
 18 electronic viewing device, camera, cellular phone or any other instru-
 19 ment capable of recording, storing or transmitting visual images to
 20 view, broadcast or record an entrance or exit to a school ground or an
 21 entry or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its
 22 boundaries.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04760-03-5

 S. 1694--A 2

 1 Subdivisions two and three of this section shall not apply to activ-
 2 ities regulated by the national labor relations act, as amended, the
 3 railway labor act, as amended, or the federal employment labor manage-
 4 ment act, as amended.
 5 Harassment in the second degree is a violation.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 7 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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