Bill Text: NY S00508 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use or access of the TikTok application on state-issued electronic devices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY [S00508 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00508-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 508 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. THOMAS, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to prohibiting the use or access of the TikTok application on state issued electronic devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section 2 106-c to read as follows: 3 § 106-c. Use of certain applications prohibited. No state agency and 4 no employee thereof shall download or use the TikTok application or 5 visit the TikTok website on government-issued devices, including state- 6 issued cell phones, laptops, or devices capable of internet connectivi- 7 ty. No person or entity who contracts with the state of New York or any 8 state agency, board, bureau, authority, or commission shall download or 9 use the TikTok application or visit the TikTok website on state-issued 10 or state-leased equipment. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01112-01-3
