Assembly Bill A1371

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a task force to study and report on the potential implementation of blockchain technology in state record keeping, information storage, and service delivery

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2019-A1371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Technology
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8793
2021-2022: A3862
2023-2024: A2566

2019-A1371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a task force to study and report on the potential implementation of blockchain technology in state record keeping, information storage, and service delivery.

2019-A1371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1371
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL, WOERNER, SIMON, BARRETT, MOSLEY, RA, RAIA,
   WRIGHT,  BARRON, PICHARDO, BLAKE, D'URSO, NIOU, HUNTER, DICKENS, JEAN-
   PIERRE, HYNDMAN, ARROYO, TAYLOR, SMITH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
   A.  COOK,  DenDEKKER  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
   Governmental Operations

 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study and  report  on
   the  potential implementation of blockchain technology in state record
   keeping, information storage, and service delivery; and providing  for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A ten-member task force is hereby established to assess the
 feasibility, economic impacts and effectiveness of the implementation of
 blockchain technology in state record keeping, information storage,  and
 service delivery.
   § 2. The task force shall be comprised of:
   (a) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (b) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (c) two members appointed by the governor;
   (d)  two  members  appointed  by  the chief information officer of the
 office of information technology services;
   (e) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
   (f) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
   § 3. The task force shall meet  as  frequently  as  its  business  may
 require  and members of the task force shall receive no compensation for
 their services. The task force shall hold at least one public hearing in
 the course of conducting its examination and evaluation pursuant to this
 act.
   § 4. The task force shall provide a report to the governor, the speak-
 er of the assembly and the temporary  president  of  the  senate  on  or
 before January 1, 2021. Such report shall include:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.