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S 1694: Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.
What S 1694 does, verified April 16, 2026
The proposed law aims to protect individuals from harassment and unwanted recording of their presence at school grounds. It defines harassment in the second degree as intentionally causing alarm, annoyance, or harassment through physical contact, following someone, or engaging in behavior that alarms or annoys them. The law also prohibits recording or broadcasting entrances and exits to school grounds or properties with school grounds without consent. This law applies to individuals, not organizations, and does not regulate activities covered by federal labor laws. The law takes effect on the first day of November after its passage.
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to codes (2026-04-13)Alert me
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| Apr. 13, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Apr. 13, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Apr. 13, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Mar. 26, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Mar. 25, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 13, 2025 · 375 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1694 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting recording of the entrance of a school ground The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 250.75 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 250.75 Unlawful surveillance of school property. 4 1. As used in this section: 5 (a) "School ground" means the outside perimeter of any building, 6 structure, athletic playing field, playground or land contained within 7 the real property boundary line of a public or private elementary, paro- 8 chial, intermediate, junior high, vocational or high school. 9 (b) "School administrator" shall have the same meaning as defined by 10 subdivision six of section one thousand one hundred twenty-five of the 11 education law. 12 2. A person is guilty of unlawful surveillance of school property when 13 with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, they: 14 (a) broadcast or record the entrance or exit to a school ground or the 15 entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its 16 boundaries; or 17 (b) use or install, or permit the utilization or installation of a 18 mechanical, digital or electronic viewing device, camera, cellular phone 19 or any other instrument capable of recording, storing or transmitting 20 visual images to view, broadcast or record an entrance or exit to a 21 school ground or an entry or exit to a property that contains school 22 grounds within its boundaries. 23 Unlawful surveillance of school property shall be punishable only by a 24 fine of not more than one thousand dollars per day. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 26 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04760-01-5
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