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NY S 8004

in committee

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodation

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8004 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8004 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

What is NY S 8004 about?

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodation; prohibits entering into any agreement that authorizes any third party to use any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information; provides penalties for violations.

Who sponsors NY S 8004?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 8004, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodation; prohibits entering into any agreement that authorizes any third party to use any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information; provides penalties for violations.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary
  • Alexis Weikcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-15

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7135not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6211

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8004?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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