republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-6787.md

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Bill	Relates to the use of biometric identifying technology	Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the use of biometric identifying technology; prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools until July 1, 2022 or until the commissioner authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 6787	New York A 6787 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	WALLACE	5	27	3	2019-03-20	2020-12-22	openstates	ocd-bill/57d90e84-8ebe-4a50-a1e6-7bd735c7d552	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6787	f04a099c1bbd2f264e242bbdf51dd7998fbf02f23150e4753f12939b3a20e00f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 6787 (2019-2020) — Relates to the use of biometric identifying technology

Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the use of biometric identifying technology; prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools until July 1, 2022 or until the commissioner authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. A6787 (committee substitute) — source
2. A6787A (committee substitute) — source
3. A6787B (committee substitute) — source
4. A6787C (committee substitute) — source
5. A6787D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 128–19 (pass) · lower
• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 118–24 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: D — 46–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• WALLACE — primary (person)
• ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
• COLTON — cosponsor (person)
• EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
• FAHY — cosponsor (person)
• GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
• KIM — cosponsor (person)
• MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
• MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
• ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• QUART — cosponsor (person)
• REYES — cosponsor (person)
• RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
• ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
• SIMON — cosponsor (person)
• SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
• WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-03-20 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-05-29 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-29 PRINT NUMBER 6787A amendment-passage
• 2019-06-05 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2019-06-06 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-07 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 6787B referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18 REPORTED
• 2019-06-18 RULES REPORT CAL.499
• 2019-06-18 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.499
• 2019-06-20 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2019-06-20 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2019-06-20 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 DIED IN SENATE
• 2020-01-08 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-01-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.245
• 2020-02-03 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6787C amendment-passage
• 2020-04-02 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6787D amendment-passage
• 2020-07-21 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-21 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2020-07-21 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-22 SUBSTITUTED FOR S5140B
• 2020-07-22 3RD READING CAL.779
• 2020-07-22 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-22 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-12-11 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-12-22 SIGNED CHAP.349 executive-signature
• 2020-12-22 APPROVAL MEMO.53

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57d90e84-8ebe-4a50-a1e6-7bd735c7d552. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).