New York Assembly Bill 7008 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 19 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-05 - referred to election law
Pending: Assembly Election Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relates to the crimes of fraud in connection with a primary election, caucus or convention, and criminal impersonation in the first degree where a person pretends to be an elected official or candidate for an elected office and acts by impersonating such an elected official, or candidate or campaign for such an elected office, by communication by internet website or electronic means, with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud another; requires social media companies to establish practical mechanisms for closing accounts within twenty-four hours of receiving notice that such account involves either such crime; authorizes the state board of elections chief enforcement counsel to investigate allegations or claims of such crimes, including subpoena powers and to issue cease and desist orders to the relevant social media companies upon proof of such impersonation or fraudulent or wrongful act.

Relates to the crimes of fraud in connection with a primary election, caucus or convention, and criminal impersonation in the first degree where a person pretends to be an elected official or candidate for an elected office and acts by impersonating such an elected official, or candidate or campaign for such an elected office, by communication by internet website or electronic means, with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud another; requires social media companies to establish practical mechanisms for closing accounts within twenty-four hours of receiving notice that such account involves either such crime; authorizes the state board of elections chief enforcement counsel to investigate allegations or claims of such crimes, including subpoena powers and to issue cease and desist orders to the relevant social media companies upon proof of such impersonation or fraudulent or wrongful act.

Asm. Michael Cusick [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-05	Assembly	referred to election law
2021-04-19	Assembly	referred to election law

S02720 (Same As) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7008
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07008&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07008