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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to the use of biometric identifying technology; repealer"
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description: "Directs the director of the office of information technology services 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 of education authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 954"
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citation: "New York A 954 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["WALLACE"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-06"
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last_action: "2021-01-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc0d47d-2f86-4a81-aedd-41aaa5ebaee4"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A954"
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source_hash: "329e1f0dbd46c4312d2a86d48b68f8d6269a87275bfd1d30858f97e86ed6a0ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 954 (2021-2022) — Relates to the use of biometric identifying technology; repealer
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Directs the director of the office of information technology services 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 of education authorizes such purchase or utilization, whichever occurs later.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A954&term=2021&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote — **47–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- WALLACE — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
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- **2021-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.2
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- **2021-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.2
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- **2021-01-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2021-01-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2021-01-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S893
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- **2021-01-25** 3RD READING CAL.46
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- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.2 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fc0d47d-2f86-4a81-aedd-41aaa5ebaee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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