A 6720 — Relates to banning the use of biometric identifying technology in schools
Congress · introduced 2025-03-11
Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Tony Simone (—, NY-75) — sponsor · 2025-03-11
- MaryJane Shimsky (—, NY-92) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- David McDonough (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Sarahana Shrestha (—, NY-103) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Emily Gallagher (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 6720A
- · assembly — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
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Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-11 | Sarahana Shrestha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-11 | Tony Simone | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-11 | David McDonough | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-11 | MaryJane Shimsky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-11 | Emily Gallagher | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Simone (—, state_lower NY-75) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | David McDonough (—, state_lower NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Emily Gallagher (—, state_lower NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Sarahana Shrestha (—, state_lower NY-103) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-03-11 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-11 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-11 · sponsored by Tony Simone (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-11 · cosponsored by David McDonough (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-11 · cosponsored by Sarahana Shrestha (cosponsor) · sponsorship