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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6769: Relates to municipal cybersecurity incidents or ransomware attacks

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6769 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to municipal cybersecurity incidents or ransomware attacks. Primary sponsor: Billy Jones. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY S7672A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires all municipal corporations to report cybersecurity incidents and demands of ransom payments to the division of homeland security and emergency services; defines terms; requires cybersecurity incident reviews; requires cybersecurity awareness training, cybersecurity protection and data protection standards for state maintained information systems.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Billy JonesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY S7672A
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6769A
  3. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  4. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  5. RECALLED FROM SENATE
  6. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  7. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  8. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.67
  10. REPORTED
  11. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source