Bill Commons

NY A 6720

in committee

Relates to banning the use of biometric identifying technology in schools

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6720 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6720 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 6720 about?

Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.

Who sponsors NY A 6720?

Tony Simone is the primary sponsor of NY A 6720, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tony Simoneprimary
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-11

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-16

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-16

    PRINT NUMBER 6720A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8853not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9643

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6720?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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