Int 1706-2019
Prohibiting a smart chip from being added to New York City identity card.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Immigrationintroduced 2019-09-12
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-09-12Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would prohibit a smart chip from being added to the New York City identity card.
Committee on Immigration — Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and other matters affecting immigration.
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Sponsors (19)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-10-02 · Committee on Immigration
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-10-02 · Committee on Immigration
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Immigration · 2019-10-02 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2019-09-24 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2019-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Summary of Int. No. 1706
- Int. No. 1706
- September 12, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 12, 2019
- Committee Report 10/2/19
- Hearing Testimony 10/2/19
- Hearing Transcript 10/2/19
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision c of section 3-115 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 35 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:
c. Issuance of New York city identity cards.
(1) The New York city identity card shall display, at a minimum, the cardholder's photograph, name, date of birth, address, and an expiration date, provided that the administering agency may by rule establish procedures to protect the addresses of victims of domestic violence or alternate requirements for applicants who lack a permanent address. Such card shall also, at the cardholder's option, display the cardholder's self-designated gender. Such identification card shall be designed in a manner to deter fraud[.] and shall not contain or transmit any information other than that which is visibly displayed on the face of the card, or contain any additional device or mechanism for transmitting information.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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