New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S8217 — Requires certain covered platforms to provide a process for law enforcement agencies to contact such platform, and to comply with search warrants within seventy-two hours

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced May 21, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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In plain language

Requires large online platforms to make it easier for law enforcement to contact them and respond to warrants.

The bill mandates operators of online platforms with over a million users to set up a process for law enforcement to reach them. It also requires these platforms to comply with search warrants within seventy-two hours under specified conditions.

Summary

Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY A8022A

  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1723

  3. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  4. PRINT NUMBER 8217B

  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

  6. REFERRED TO CODES

  7. PRINT NUMBER 8217A

  8. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

  9. REFERRED TO CODES

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (218)

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Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does S8217 do?
Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.
Who sponsors S8217?
S8217 is sponsored by Michelle Hinchey.
What is the current status of S8217?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced May 21, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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