Prohibits the use of reverse location and reverse keyword searches
Summary
Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2021
Last action Jan 5, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 296A
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jan 6, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Zellnor Myrie
DDemocratic
Co
AB
Alessandra Biaggi
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Gounardes
DDemocratic
Co
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
BA
Brian A. Benjamin
DDemocratic
Co
Jabari Brisport
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Jeremy Cooney
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
John Liu
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Krueger
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Mike Gianaris
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Toby Stavisky
DDemocratic
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