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NY S06567

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jabari Brisport

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits law enforcement agencies and officers from obtaining, retaining, possessing, accessing, selling, or using cell-site simulators (devices that mimic cell towers to identify, locate, or intercept cellular transmissions)

  • Bans law enforcement from entering agreements with third parties, including private or government entities, to access cell-site simulator technology or information derived from it

  • Requires suppression of any information obtained in violation of this law, making it inadmissible in any New York adjudicative proceeding except to prove a violation of the law itself

  • Allows individuals subjected to prohibited surveillance to sue for injunctive relief and recover either actual damages or $5,000 per violation, whichever is greater, plus punitive damages for patterns of willful violations

  • Awards costs and reasonable attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiffs, and permits affected individuals to bring claims separately or as a class action

Legislative Description

Prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement officers; provides a right of action for violations of such prohibition.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes3/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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