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SB6435 Summary:

BILL NOS06435B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09931-A
 
SPONSORRAMOS
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, METZGER, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, PARKER, RIVERA, SALAZAR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 52-c, Civ Rts L
 
Establishes the "protect our privacy (POP) act" to impose limitations on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes; prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement at concerts, protests, demonstrations, or other actions protected by the first amendment and requires a search warrant prior to using a drone for law enforcement purposes.
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SB6435 Actions:

BILL NOS06435B
 
06/11/2019REFERRED TO RULES
10/09/2019AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
10/09/2019PRINT NUMBER 6435A
01/08/2020REFERRED TO CODES
06/17/2020AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
06/17/2020PRINT NUMBER 6435B
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SB6435 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6435--B
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 11, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, LIU,
          MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered  printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- commit-
          tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
          mitted  to  said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation  to  imposing  limita-
          tions on the use of drones for law enforcement purposes
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "protect
     2  our privacy (POP) act".
     3    §  2.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 52-c to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 52-c. Limitations on the use of drones; law enforcement purposes. 1.
     6  The use of drones to observe, monitor, document, record, investigate, or
     7  collect data by law enforcement at concerts,  protests,  demonstrations,
     8  or  other  actions protected by the first amendment to the United States
     9  Constitution or sections eight and nine of  article  one  of  the  state
    10  constitution is prohibited.
    11    2.  People  have  a  reasonable expectation of privacy and a constitu-
    12  tional right  to  be  free  from  warrantless  observation,  monitoring,
    13  documentation,  recording,  or  investigation  by  a  drone.    A search
    14  warrant, issued upon a finding of probable cause, shall be required  for
    15  any  use of drones for law enforcement purposes that is not specifically
    16  prohibited by subdivision one of this section.  A search warrant  cannot
    17  permit  the  use of drones for the purposeful or incidental observation,
    18  documentation, recording, investigation, or collection of  data  by  law
    19  enforcement  at  concerts,  protests,  demonstrations,  or other actions
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  protected by the first amendment to the United  States  Constitution  or
     2  sections eight and nine of article one of the state constitution.
     3    3.   The  use  for  law  enforcement  purposes  of  any  drone  owned,
     4  controlled, or maintained by a private company, private  individual,  or
     5  other  government  agency shall be subject to the provisions of subdivi-
     6  sions one and two of this section. A search warrant, issued upon a find-
     7  ing of probable cause, shall be required for law enforcement  to  obtain
     8  any  data  or information obtained by a drone that is owned, controlled,
     9  or maintained by a private company, private individual, or other govern-
    10  ment agency.  A search warrant cannot authorize obtaining  any  data  or
    11  information  relating  to  the  purposeful  or  incidental  observation,
    12  documentation,  recording,  investigation,  or  collection  of  data  at
    13  concerts,  protests,  demonstrations,  or other actions protected by the
    14  first amendment to the United States Constitution or sections eight  and
    15  nine  of  article  one  of the state constitution except in the investi-
    16  gation or prosecution for violations of subdivisions one or two of  this
    17  section.
    18    4.  Law  enforcement  is  prohibited  from  using drones equipped with
    19  facial recognition software or using  facial  recognition  on  video  or
    20  images  obtained  or  created  by  a  drone,  including videos or images
    21  obtained or created by drones owned,  controlled,  or  maintained  by  a
    22  private  company, a private individual, or other government agency. This
    23  section shall retroactively  apply  to  videos  or  images  obtained  or
    24  created by drones prior to the effective date of this section.
    25    5. Drones equipped with devices used for crowd control purposes or any
    26  lethal or non-lethal weapons are prohibited.
    27    6.  Data  or  information obtained by drones and within the control of
    28  any government agency or in the possession of a private company or indi-
    29  vidual on behalf of any government agency shall be  subject  to  release
    30  under the freedom of information law, provided that all personal identi-
    31  fying  information,  except for that of law enforcement personnel acting
    32  within their official responsibilities or performing an  official  func-
    33  tion, shall be redacted prior to such release.
    34    7.  All  data  or  information  obtained  by the use of drones for law
    35  enforcement purposes that are not part of an ongoing  criminal  investi-
    36  gation  or  proceeding  shall be destroyed in one year or less, absent a
    37  subpoena or court order. Data or information not destroyed in  one  year
    38  or  less  pursuant  to  a subpoena or court order and that is within the
    39  control of any government agency or  in  the  possession  of  a  private
    40  company  or  individual  on  behalf  of  any  government agency shall be
    41  destroyed once the proceedings or investigations that  the  subpoena  or
    42  court order related to have ended.
    43    8. As used in this section:
    44    a.  "Drone" means an aerial vehicle or a balloon float or other device
    45  that can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely.
    46    b. "Law enforcement" means  a  lawfully  established  state  or  local
    47  public  agency  that  is responsible for the prevention and detection of
    48  crime, the enforcement of local government codes and the enforcement  of
    49  penal,  traffic,  regulatory,  game  or  controlled  substance  laws and
    50  includes an agent of the law enforcement agency.
    51    c. "Search warrant" means a  search  warrant  as  defined  in  section
    52  690.05 of the criminal procedure law.
    53    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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