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A06787 Summary:
| BILL NO | A06787D |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S05140-B |
| SPONSOR | Wallace |
| COSPNSR | Epstein, Mosley, Miller MG, Simon, Gottfried, Rosenthal L, Reyes, Otis, Simotas, Quart, Kim, Rodriguez, Fahy, Abinanti, Weprin, Ortiz, Colton |
| MLTSPNSR | Braunstein, De La Rosa, Nolan |
| Add §2-e, Ed L | |
| Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the use of biometric identifying technology; prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools until July 1, 2022 or until the commissioner authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later. | |
A06787 Actions:
| BILL NO | A06787D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03/20/2019 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/29/2019 | amend and recommit to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/29/2019 | print number 6787a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/05/2019 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/06/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/07/2019 | amend and recommit to rules 6787b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/2019 | rules report cal.499 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.499 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/08/2020 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/08/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.245 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/03/2020 | amended on third reading 6787c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/02/2020 | amended on third reading 6787d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/2020 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S5140B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/2020 | 3RD READING CAL.779 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/11/2020 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/22/2020 | signed chap.349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/22/2020 | approval memo.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A06787 Committee Votes:
| Benedetto | Aye | Walsh | Nay | ||||||
| Englebright | Aye | Ra | Nay | ||||||
| Arroyo | Aye | McDonough | Nay | ||||||
| Magnarelli | Aye | Lawrence | Aye | ||||||
| Paulin | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
| Ramos | Aye | Mikulin | Aye | ||||||
| O'Donnell | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
| Titus | Aye | DiPietro | Absent | ||||||
| Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
| Kim | Excused | ||||||||
| Ryan | Aye | ||||||||
| Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
| Otis | Aye | ||||||||
| Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
| Jaffee | Aye | ||||||||
| Hyndman | Nay | ||||||||
| Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
| Simon | Aye | ||||||||
| Jean-Pierre | Aye | ||||||||
| D'Urso | Aye | ||||||||
| Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
| Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
| Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
| Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Nay | ||||||
| Lentol | Excused | Crouch | Nay | ||||||
| Schimminger | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Nay | ||||||
| Gantt | Excused | Hawley | Nay | ||||||
| Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Nay | ||||||
| Nolan | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
| Pretlow | Aye | Ra | Nay | ||||||
| Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Nay | ||||||
| Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Nay | ||||||
| Cook | Aye | Norris | Nay | ||||||
| Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
| Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
| Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
| Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
| Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
| Benedetto | Excused | ||||||||
| Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
| Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
| Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
| Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
| McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
| Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
| Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
| Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
| Miller | Excused | ||||||||
| Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
| Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
| Lentol | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
| Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
| Nolan | Excused | Raia | Aye | ||||||
| Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
| Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
| Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
| Cook | Aye | ||||||||
| Glick | Aye | ||||||||
| Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
| Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
| Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
| Colton | Aye | ||||||||
| Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
| Perry | Aye | ||||||||
| Paulin | Excused | ||||||||
| Titus | Excused | ||||||||
| Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
| Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
| Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
| Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
| Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
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A06787 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
No
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
No
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
No
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
No
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
No
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
No
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrnes
No
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
No
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
No
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
No
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
No
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
No
Smullen
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A06787 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6787--D Cal. No. 245 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, M. G. MILLER, SIMON, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, REYES, OTIS, SIMOTAS, QUART, KIM, RODRIGUEZ, FAHY, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, ORTIZ, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, DE LA ROSA, NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- ordered to a third read- ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use of biometric identifying technology The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-e to 2 read as follows: 3 § 2-e. Use of biometric identifying technology. 1. As used in this 4 section: 5 a. "biometric identifying technology" shall mean any tool using an 6 automated or semi-automated process that assists in verifying a person's 7 identity based on a person's biometric information. 8 b. "biometric information" shall mean any measurable physical, physio- 9 logical or behavioral characteristics that are attributable to a person, 10 including but not limited to facial characteristics, fingerprint charac- 11 teristics, hand characteristics, eye characteristics, vocal character- 12 istics, and any other characteristics that can be used to identify a 13 person including, but are not limited to: fingerprints; handprints; 14 retina and iris patterns; DNA sequence; voice; gait; and facial geom- 15 etry. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10753-14-0A. 6787--D 2 1 c. "facial recognition" shall mean any tool using an automated or 2 semi-automated process that assists in uniquely identifying or verifying 3 a person by comparing and analyzing patterns based on the person's face. 4 2. Public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, including 5 charter schools, shall be prohibited from purchasing or utilizing biome- 6 tric identifying technology for any purpose, including school security, 7 until July first, two thousand twenty-two or until the commissioner 8 authorizes such purchase or utilization as provided in subdivision three 9 of this section, whichever occurs later. 10 3. a. The commissioner shall not authorize the purchase or utilization 11 of biometric identifying technology, including but not limited to facial 12 recognition technology, without first issuing a report prepared in 13 consultation with the department's chief privacy officer, making recom- 14 mendations as to the circumstances in which the utilization of such 15 technology is appropriate in public and nonpublic elementary and second- 16 ary schools, including charter schools, and what restrictions and guide- 17 lines should be enacted to protect individual privacy, civil rights, and 18 civil liberty interests. Such report shall be made public and presented 19 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker 20 of the assembly, and shall consider, evaluate and present recommenda- 21 tions concerning: 22 i. the privacy implications of collecting, storing, and/or sharing 23 biometric information of students, teachers, school personnel and the 24 general public entering a school or school grounds; 25 ii. the potential impact of the use of biometric identifying technolo- 26 gy on student civil liberties and student civil rights, including the 27 risks and implications of the technology resulting in false facial iden- 28 tifications, and whether the risks of false facial identifications 29 differs for different subgroups of individuals based on race, national 30 origin, gender, age and other factors, and any other reasonable accuracy 31 concerns with respect to technology; 32 iii. whether, and under what circumstances, such technology may be 33 used for school security and the effectiveness of such technology to 34 protect students and school personnel; 35 iv. whether, and under what circumstances and in what manner, informa- 36 tion collected may be used by schools and shared with students, parents 37 or guardians, outside agencies including law enforcement agencies, indi- 38 viduals, litigants, the courts, and any other third parties; 39 v. the length of time biometric information may be retained and wheth- 40 er, and in what manner, such information may be required to be perma- 41 nently destroyed; 42 vi. the risk of an unauthorized breach of biometric information and 43 appropriate consequences therefor; 44 vii. expected maintenance costs resulting from the storage and use of 45 facial recognition images and other biometric information, including the 46 cost of appropriately securing sensitive data, performing required 47 updates to protect against an unauthorized breach of data, and potential 48 costs associated with an unauthorized breach of data; 49 viii. analysis of other schools and organizations, if any, that have 50 implemented facial recognition technology and other biometric identify- 51 ing technology programs; 52 ix. the appropriateness and potential implications of using any exist- 53 ing databases, including but not limited to, local law enforcement data- 54 bases, as part of biometric identifying technology; 55 x. whether, and in what manner such biometric identifying technology 56 should be assessed and audited, including but not limited to, vendorA. 6787--D 3 1 datasets, adherence to appropriate standards of algorithmic fairness, 2 accuracy, and other performance metrics, including with respect to 3 subgroups of persons based on race, national origin, gender, and age; 4 xi. whether, and in what manner, the use of such technology should be 5 disclosed by signs and the like in such schools, as well as communicated 6 to parents, guardians, students, and district residents; and 7 xii. existing legislation, including but not limited to section 2-d of 8 this article, that may be implicated by or in conflict with biometric 9 technology to ensure the maintenance of records related to the use of 10 such technology, protect the privacy interests of data subjects, and 11 avoid any breaches of data. 12 b. The commissioner shall consult with stakeholders and other inter- 13 ested parties when preparing such report. The office of information 14 technology, the division of criminal justice services, law enforcement 15 authorities and the state university of New York and the city university 16 of New York shall, to the extent practicable, identify and provide 17 representatives to the department, at the request of the commissioner, 18 in order to participate in the development and drafting of such report. 19 4. The commissioner shall, via scheduled public hearings and other 20 outreach methods, seek feedback from teachers, school administrators, 21 parents, individuals with expertise in school safety and security, and 22 individuals with expertise in data privacy issues and student privacy 23 issues, and individuals with expertise in civil rights and civil liber- 24 ties prior to making such recommendations. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.