S 296 New York Senate · 2021 Regular Session

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
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4
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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

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