Bill Text: NY A04119 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use or access of the TikTok application on state-issued electronic devices.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - referred to governmental operations [A04119 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-A04119-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4119 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ANDERSON, CUNNINGHAM, HEVESI, LAVINE, STERN, PIROZZOLO, DURSO, NOVAKHOV, DeSTEFANO, TAGUE, BEEPHAN, GANDOL- FO, SIMON, GLICK, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations 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. LBD07938-01-5
