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New York · AI compliance plan

What New York’s AI laws require of you.

New York has 24 enacted AI laws in our records. We have mapped 17 of them duty by duty: 73 duties in all, each with who it falls on, when it starts and the section of law it comes from. The next one starts January 1, 2027.

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73duties from 17 laws
27start in the next 90 days; the next on January 1, 2027
5laws let people sue over a violation
1law gives a set number of days to fix a violation before enforcement
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Already in effect 24 duties

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StartsLawWhoWhat it requiresHow oftenSource
December 22, 2020 New York ban on biometric identifying technology in schools (State Technology Law § 106-b) School Do not purchase or use facial recognition technology, including seeking grants or other financing for it, until the Commissioner of Education issues a superseding order.Applies when: Any purpose, including school security. The employee fingerprinting and written-consent exceptions still apply. Ongoing State Technology Law § 106-b(2)(a), (3); Commissioner's determination (2023)
May 29, 2021 New York right of publicity and sexually explicit deepfake law (S 5959-D; Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c) Person Do not use a deceased personality's name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness on products or goods, or to advertise, sell or solicit purchases, without prior consent of the rights holders.Applies when: The personality was domiciled in New York at death and died on or after May 29, 2021; the use occurs within 40 years after death and arises from acts in New York. Ongoing Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(a), (4), (8), (12)
May 29, 2021 New York right of publicity and sexually explicit deepfake law (S 5959-D; Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c) Person (discloser of sexually explicit material) Do not disclose, disseminate or publish digitized sexually explicit material of a person when you know or reasonably should know the person did not consent to its creation or sharing.Applies when: The material relates to a depicted individual and was made by digitization. A disclaimer that the material was unauthorized is not a defense. Ongoing Civil Rights Law § 52-c(2)
May 29, 2021 New York right of publicity and sexually explicit deepfake law (S 5959-D; Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c) Person (discloser of sexually explicit material) Get consent only through a plain-language agreement the depicted individual knowingly and voluntarily signs, describing the sexually explicit material and the audiovisual work; honor a timely written rescission.Applies when: Before creating or sharing digitized sexually explicit material. Rescission is by written notice within three business days, unless the individual had three business days to review first or their representative approved in writing. Each time it happens Civil Rights Law § 52-c(3)
January 1, 2023 New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021) Employer or employment agency Do not use an automated employment decision tool unless it has been the subject of a bias audit conducted no more than one year before the use.Applies when: The tool is used to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision in the city. Every year Admin. Code § 20-871(a)(1)
January 1, 2023 New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021) Employer or employment agency Make a summary of the most recent bias audit results and the distribution date of the tool publicly available on its website before using the tool.Applies when: The tool is used to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision in the city. Ongoing Admin. Code § 20-871(a)(2)
November 28, 2023 New York deepfake intimate image offense (S 1042-A, Penal Law § 245.15) Person Do not intentionally share an intimate image of an identifiable person, including a realistic digitized fake, intending to harm them, when you know or should know they did not consent.Applies when: The image shows the person with an intimate part exposed or engaged in sexual conduct, and the person can reasonably be identified from the image or accompanying information. Covers images first taken with consent where privacy was reasonably expected. Ongoing Penal Law § 245.15(1)(a), (b); (2)(d)
April 20, 2024 New York Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Practices Act (FY2025 budget, Part MM) Person, firm or corporation Get a living person's written consent (a parent's or guardian's for a minor) before using their name, portrait, picture, likeness or voice for advertising or trade.Applies when: Use in New York for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. Ongoing Civil Rights Law 50, 51 as amended by A8808-C Part MM Subpart A
April 20, 2024 New York Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Practices Act (FY2025 budget, Part MM) Individual Do not disseminate or publish, or threaten to, a private intimate image of a person, including one created or altered by digitization, without consent, to harass, annoy or alarm them.Applies when: The image shows an unclothed intimate part or sexual conduct and was taken when the person reasonably expected privacy. Ongoing Civil Rights Law 52-b(1), (11)
April 20, 2024 New York Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Practices Act (FY2025 budget, Part MM) Person Do not disclose, disseminate or publish digitized sexually explicit material of a depicted individual when you know or reasonably should know they did not consent; a disclaimer is no defense.Applies when: The material depicts the person, through digitization, giving a sexual performance they did not give or that was altered. Ongoing Civil Rights Law 52-c(2)(a), (b)
January 1, 2025 New York digital replica contract law (General Obligations Law § 5-302) Party contracting for an individual's personal or professional services Include a reasonably specific description of the intended uses of the digital replica, or the provision is void and unenforceable for new performances by digital replication.Applies when: The provision allows creating and using a digital replica of the individual's voice or likeness in place of work the individual would otherwise have performed in person, and the individual had neither negotiating counsel nor a union agreement expressly addressing digital replicas. Ongoing Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(1)(a)-(c)
June 19, 2025 New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company Do not create, alter or manipulate a model's digital replica using artificial intelligence without clear, conspicuous and separate written consent from the model.Applies when: Any creation, alteration or manipulation of a model's digital replica using artificial intelligence. Ongoing Labor Law § 1035(10)
June 19, 2025 New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company Keep any power of attorney optional, terminable by the model at any time, and limited to modeling services; it may not extend to use of the model's digital replica.Applies when: A model management company presents a power of attorney agreement to a model. An agreement that violates the section is void. Ongoing Labor Law § 1036(1), (2)
June 19, 2025 New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company Do not charge a commission above 20 percent of the model's compensation, require a contract term longer than three years, or renew a contract without the model's affirmative written consent.Applies when: Any representation contract with a model. Ongoing Labor Law § 1035(5), (6), (7)
June 19, 2025 New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company, model management group or client Do not retaliate against a model for exercising rights under the article, including complaining to the company, client, commissioner or attorney general.Applies when: A model exercises a right under Article 36. Ongoing Labor Law § 1038(9)
July 8, 2025 New York AI-generated child sexual abuse material law (FY2026 budget, Part L) Person Do not produce, direct or promote a performance with sexual conduct by a child under 17, including one created or altered by digitization, knowing its character and content.Applies when: Any such performance, obscene or not; the obscene version is a separate crime of the same class. Ongoing Penal Law 263.10, 263.15 as amended by A3005-C Part L §§ 1, 3
July 8, 2025 New York AI-generated child sexual abuse material law (FY2026 budget, Part L) Person Do not knowingly possess, control, or access with intent to view a performance with sexual conduct by a child under 16, including one created or altered by digitization.Applies when: The person knows the character and content of the performance; obscene and non-obscene versions are separate crimes. Ongoing Penal Law 263.11, 263.16 as amended by A3005-C Part L §§ 2, 4
November 5, 2025 New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X) Operator Do not operate or provide an AI companion unless it has a protocol that makes reasonable efforts to detect and address users' expressions of suicidal ideation or self-harm.Applies when: An operator provides an AI companion to a user in New York. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1701
November 5, 2025 New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X) Operator Give a clear and conspicuous notification, verbally or in writing, at the start of any AI companion interaction that the user is not communicating with a human.Applies when: The start of an AI companion interaction; the notice need not be given more than once per day. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1702
November 5, 2025 New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X) Operator Repeat the not-a-human notification at least every three hours during continuing AI companion interactions.Applies when: A continuing AI companion interaction. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1702
December 11, 2025 New York deceased performer digital replica law (S 8391, Civil Rights Law § 50-f) Person Do not knowingly use a deceased performer's unauthorized digital replica in an audiovisual work, sound recording or live musical performance without the right holders' prior consent.Applies when: The user knows the use is of a digital replica and was not authorized by the right holder. Uses on or after December 11, 2025 within 40 years after death; consent comes from the persons holding the rights under subdivision 4. The former disclaimer safe harbor is gone. Ongoing Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(b), (4), (8)
December 15, 2025 New York ban on algorithmic rent-setting coordination (General Business Law § 340-b) Person or entity that operates or licenses rent-setting software Do not knowingly or with reckless disregard facilitate an agreement between residential rental property owners or managers not to compete, including by operating or licensing a coordinating-function tool.Applies when: Any operation or licensing of software, a data analytics service or an algorithmic device that performs a coordinating function for or between such owners or managers. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(2)
December 15, 2025 New York ban on algorithmic rent-setting coordination (General Business Law § 340-b) Residential rental property owner or manager Do not knowingly or with reckless disregard set or adjust rents, lease renewal terms, occupancy levels or other lease terms based on recommendations from a tool performing a coordinating function.Applies when: The owner or manager sets or adjusts terms in one or more residential rental dwelling units. Doing so is treated as an unlawful agreement under Article 22. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(3)
December 21, 2025 New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company or model management group Register with the Department of Labor before doing business in New York; companies with more than five employees working in New York deposit a $50,000 surety bond.Applies when: The company or group does business in New York or arranges modeling services there, and is not exempt under § 1032(2). Registration lasts two calendar years. Ongoing Labor Law § 1032(1); § 1033(4), (6)

Starting in the next 90 days 27 duties

Time to prepare is short for these.

StartsLawWhoWhat it requiresHow oftenSource
January 1, 2027 New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Large frontier developer Write, implement and publish a frontier AI framework covering the ten listed topics; review it at least annually; publish material modifications with a justification within 30 days.Applies when: Large frontier developer, from January 1, 2027. Every year GBL § 1421(1), (2)(a), (2)(b)
January 1, 2027 New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Large frontier developer Send the Department of Financial Services office a summary of catastrophic-risk assessments from internal use of frontier models every three months, or on another agreed schedule.Applies when: Large frontier developer, from January 1, 2027. Ongoing GBL § 1422(2)(a)
January 1, 2027 New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Frontier developer Do not make materially false or misleading statements about catastrophic risk; large developers also may not misstate framework implementation or compliance. Good-faith reasonable statements are excepted.Applies when: From January 1, 2027. Ongoing GBL § 1421(4)
January 1, 2027 New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Large frontier developer Keep a current disclosure statement on file with the Department of Financial Services office before developing, deploying or operating a frontier model in New York; renew every two years.Applies when: From January 1, 2027. Renewal is also due on a transfer of ownership of the frontier model or a material change, whichever comes first. Ongoing GBL § 1428(1)-(3)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Do not offer a covered user access to an integrated AI companion without first conducting age assurance to determine whether the user is a covered minor.Applies when: A covered platform has an AI companion as an accessible or usable feature. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(7)(a)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Disable access to and use of any integrated AI companion by default for covered minors.Applies when: The operator has determined the user is a covered minor. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(7)(b)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Let a parent override or keep the AI companion default separately from other settings, and notify the parent when a minor asks for consent to change it.Applies when: A covered minor's account on a platform with an integrated AI companion. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(7)(c), (d)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Do not offer private communication, full profile viewing, media response or download, tagging or geolocation viewing without first conducting age assurance on the covered user.Applies when: A covered platform offers any of the listed features to a covered user. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(2)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Use age-assurance methods that meet attorney general rules or Article 45 and its rules; do not rely on a user's self-declared age or minor status.Applies when: The operator conducts age assurance under the article. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(1)(b), (c)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Set defaults that stop unconnected adults from privately messaging a covered minor, viewing the full profile, responding to or downloading media, tagging, or viewing geolocation.Applies when: The operator has determined the user is a covered minor. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(3)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Do not suggest a covered minor's profile to an adult who is not already connected to the minor, except through contact syncing.Applies when: The platform suggests profiles for users to connect with. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(4)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Let a parent override or keep each default separately, and notify the parent when a covered minor asks for approval to change a default.Applies when: A covered minor's account. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(5)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Require parental consent before a covered minor under 13 connects with another account, and let parents easily view the minor's connections and linked platforms.Applies when: A covered minor's account; the consent rule applies to minors under 13. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(8)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Conduct age assurance before offering the in-game purchase feature, let parents set a monthly spending limit or opt out, and let parents view the minor's transaction history.Applies when: A covered platform offers games or immersive environments with in-game purchases or digital currency exchange. If it lets minors ask to spend past the limit, parental consent must come before further charges. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(9)(a)-(d); § 1539(12)(c)(ii)(B)
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Do not deploy any mechanism or design feature that subverts the article, undermines a covered minor's or parent's choice, or makes the article's options harder to use.Applies when: Any covered platform. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1541
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator Do not reduce access, lower quality or raise prices for a user because of the operator's compliance duties, except as needed to comply.Applies when: Any covered platform. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1542
January 1, 2027 New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y) Operator (the section does not name who must provide them) Make instructions for parents on parental consent, controls, overrides and settings clearly and conspicuously available in at least the twelve most commonly spoken languages in New York.Applies when: Instructions for parental consent, controls, overrides, settings or other permissions under the article. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1546(1)
January 1, 2027 New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B) Operator Do not provide unsafe AI companion features to a covered user unless the user is not a covered minor and permitted age-determination methods have established that.Applies when: An operator provides a covered AI companion to a user in New York, unless a section 1801(2) purpose exception applies. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1801(1)
January 1, 2027 New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B) Operator Where no attorney general age-assurance rules are in effect, rely on a reasonable age-assurance method that resists circumvention, limits data retention and offers more than one method.Applies when: To the extent the rules under section 1803 or the Article 45 age-assurance rules are not in effect. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1804(1)
January 1, 2027 New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B) Operator Rely on a user's self-declaration of age only where the user declares that they are a minor.Applies when: The operator uses its own reasonable age-assurance method under section 1804(1). Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1804(1)(b)
January 1, 2027 New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B) Operator Offer more than one age-assurance method, including at least one that does not rely on government-issued identification or that lets the user stay anonymous.Applies when: The operator uses its own reasonable age-assurance method under section 1804(1). Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1804(1)(c)
January 1, 2027 New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B) Operator Use information collected to determine covered-minor status only for that purpose and delete it immediately after the attempt, unless needed to comply with state or federal law.Applies when: The operator collects information to determine whether a user is a covered minor. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 1804(2)
January 25, 2027 New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors) Covered operator Do not provide an addictive feed to a covered user unless commercially reasonable, technically feasible methods determined the user is not a minor, or you obtained verifiable parental consent.Applies when: Any covered user in New York, from January 25, 2027. Age-determination and consent methods are set by the Attorney General's rules. Ongoing GBL § 1501(1), (2), (4)
January 25, 2027 New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors) Covered operator Use information collected to determine age or obtain parental consent only for that purpose, and delete it immediately after the attempt unless New York or federal law requires keeping it.Applies when: Whenever information is collected for age determination or verifiable parental consent. Ongoing GBL § 1501(3), (5)
January 25, 2027 New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors) Covered operator Do not send notifications concerning an addictive feed to a covered minor between 12 AM and 6 AM Eastern without verifiable parental consent.Applies when: The operator has actual knowledge the user is a minor. Ongoing GBL § 1502
January 25, 2027 New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors) Covered operator Do not withhold, degrade, lower the quality of, or raise the price of any product, service or feature because you may not provide a covered user an addictive feed.Applies when: A covered user cannot be given an addictive feed under § 1501(1); changes needed to comply with the article or its rules are allowed. Ongoing GBL § 1504
January 25, 2027 New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors) Covered operator Make instructions for giving verifiable parental consent available in no fewer than the twelve most commonly spoken languages in New York.Applies when: Wherever verifiable parental consent is sought. The sentence is passive and does not name who must provide the instructions. Ongoing GBL § 1506(1)

Triggered by an event 22 duties

These apply when something happens, such as a request, an incident or a decision about a person. Each row says what triggers it.

StartsLawWhoWhat it requiresHow oftenSource
When triggered New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X) Operator On detecting suicidal ideation or self-harm, notify the user with a referral to crisis service providers such as the 9-8-8 hotline or a crisis text line.Applies when: The AI companion detects a user's expression of suicidal ideation or self-harm. Each time it happens Gen. Bus. Law § 1701
When triggered New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X) Entity Show the statement THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA clearly and conspicuously with any price set by personalized algorithmic pricing.Applies when: An entity domiciled or doing business in New York advertises, promotes, labels or publishes to a New York consumer a price set by an algorithm using that consumer's personal data. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(2)
When triggered New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021) Employer or employment agency Notify each city-resident candidate or employee, at least ten business days before use, that the tool will be used, and let a candidate request an alternative selection process or accommodation.Applies when: An automated employment decision tool will be used to assess or evaluate a city resident who applied for a position. Each time it happens Admin. Code § 20-871(b)(1)
When triggered New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021) Employer or employment agency Notify each such candidate or employee, at least 10 business days before use, of the job qualifications and characteristics the tool will use in its assessment.Applies when: An automated employment decision tool will be used to assess or evaluate a city resident who applied for a position. Each time it happens Admin. Code § 20-871(b)(2)
When triggered New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021) Employer or employment agency Provide the type of data collected for the tool, its source and the data retention policy within 30 days of a written request, if not disclosed on the website.Applies when: A candidate or employee makes a written request and the information is not already on the employer's or agency's website. Each time it happens Admin. Code § 20-871(b)(3)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Frontier developer Before or when deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model, publish a transparency report (release date, languages, modalities, intended uses, restrictions); a model card may satisfy this.Applies when: Each deployment of a new or substantially modified frontier model, from January 1, 2027. Each time it happens GBL § 1421(3)(a), (3)(c)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Large frontier developer In the transparency report, also summarize catastrophic-risk assessments, their results, third-party involvement and other framework steps taken.Applies when: Each deployment of a new or substantially modified frontier model by a large frontier developer, from January 1, 2027. Each time it happens GBL § 1421(3)(b)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Frontier developer Report a critical safety incident to the Department of Financial Services office within 72 hours of determining it occurred or of learning facts that create a reasonable belief it occurred.Applies when: After a critical safety incident, from January 1, 2027. Each time it happens GBL § 1422(3)(a)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Frontier developer If a critical safety incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, disclose it within 24 hours to an appropriate authority, including law enforcement.Applies when: After a critical safety incident posing imminent risk, from January 1, 2027. Each time it happens GBL § 1422(3)(b)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Frontier developer Redactions in published documents are allowed only for listed protected interests, must be described, and unredacted versions kept for five years.Applies when: Whenever a framework or transparency report is published with redactions, from January 1, 2027. Ongoing GBL § 1421(5)
When triggered New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) Large frontier developer Pay the Department of Financial Services' pro rata assessment covering the cost of administering the article.Applies when: As assessed by the department, from January 1, 2027. Ongoing GBL § 1428(4)
When triggered New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company Obtain clear written consent, separately from the representation agreement, before creating or using a model's digital replica, detailing the scope, purpose, rate of pay and duration of the use.Applies when: A model management company wants to create or use a digital replica of a model it represents. Each time it happens Labor Law § 1034(11)
When triggered New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Client Obtain clear and conspicuous prior written consent for any creation or use of a model's digital replica, detailing the scope, purpose, rate of pay and duration of the use.Applies when: A client wants to create or use a digital replica of a model. Each time it happens Labor Law § 1037(7)
When triggered New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Model management company Give the model a deal memo before services begin and the final client agreement within seven calendar days after the services conclude.Applies when: The company books modeling services for a model. Each time it happens Labor Law § 1034(5)
When triggered New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent) Client Pay an hourly rate at least 50 percent above the contracted rate for work exceeding eight hours in a 24-hour period, and provide at least one 30-minute meal break.Applies when: A model's work for the client exceeds eight hours in any 24-hour period. Each time it happens Labor Law § 1037(1), (2)
When triggered New York ban on biometric identifying technology in schools (State Technology Law § 106-b) School Stop using facial recognition products bought with Smart Schools Bond Act funds before December 20, 2020, and certify that use has stopped.Applies when: The school bought facial recognition technology with Smart Schools Bond Act funds before December 20, 2020. Later purchases will not be reimbursed under the Act. Once Commissioner's determination under State Technology Law § 106-b (2023)
When triggered New York ban on biometric identifying technology in schools (State Technology Law § 106-b) School Before deciding locally to use other biometric identifying technology, such as fingerprint, iris, voice or gait identification, consider privacy, civil rights impact, effectiveness and parental input.Applies when: The school chooses to use biometric identifying technology other than facial recognition. Each time it happens Commissioner's determination under State Technology Law § 106-b (2023)
When triggered New York deceased performer digital replica law (S 8391, Civil Rights Law § 50-f) Service that displays, sells or licenses works After a successor in interest's good-faith notice that a displayed, offered or licensed work is unauthorized, remove the work as soon as technically and practically feasible.Applies when: On an event: notice from the successor in interest to the deceased performer's digital replica rights. A service that does not remove the work loses the subdivision 10 exclusion. Each time it happens Civil Rights Law § 50-f(10)
When triggered New York materially deceptive media in political communications law (S9678-B) Distributor or publisher of a political communication Disclose the use of materially deceptive media in a political communication, with the statement "This (image, video, or audio) has been manipulated".Applies when: The person or entity distributes or publishes a political communication that was produced by or includes materially deceptive media and has actual knowledge that it is materially deceptive. Each time it happens Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(i), (ii)
When triggered New York materially deceptive media in political communications law (S9678-B) Distributor or publisher of a political communication For visual media, print the disclosure in a legible font no smaller than other text in the media and in the same language as the communication.Applies when: The communication is visual media that requires the disclosure. Each time it happens Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(ii)(1)
When triggered New York materially deceptive media in political communications law (S9678-B) Distributor or publisher of a political communication For audio, speak the disclosure clearly at the beginning and end, in the audio's language, and at intervals of no more than two minutes if longer than two minutes.Applies when: The communication is auditory, such as radio or automated telephone calls, and requires the disclosure. Each time it happens Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(ii)(2)
When triggered New York synthetic performer advertising disclosure law (S 8420-A) Person engaged in the business of dealing in property or services Conspicuously disclose in the advertisement that a synthetic performer appears in it.Applies when: The person creates, for a commercial purpose, an advertisement for its property or service in any medium and has actual knowledge that a synthetic performer is in it. Ongoing Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(3)

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New York AI companion safeguards and algorithmic pricing disclosure (FY2026 budget, S 3008-C, Parts U and X)

5 duties · checked November 12, 2026

S 3008-C / A 3008-C (2025-2026 session), Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2025; Part U adds General Business Law Article 47, §§ 1700-1704; Part X adds General Business Law § 349-a. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Operator. Any person, partnership, association, firm or business entity, including any member, affiliate, subsidiary or beneficial owner, that operates or provides an AI companion to a user. Gen. Bus. Law § 1700(5)
  • Entity. Any natural person, firm, organization, partnership, association, corporation or other entity domiciled or doing business in New York that sets prices with personalized algorithmic pricing. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(1)(g), (2)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: New York Attorney General.
  • Penalty: Up to $15,000 per day, a violation of section 1701 or 1702 (AI companion protocol and notifications), in an attorney general action; collected amounts go to the suicide prevention fund. Gen. Bus. Law § 1703
  • Penalty: Up to $1,000 per violation, a violation of the algorithmic pricing disclosure that continues after the attorney general's cease-and-desist deadline; an injunction needs no proof of injury. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(4)
  • Can people sue? The law does not say Gen. Bus. Law § 1703; § 349-a(4) (each authorizes the attorney general only; neither creates nor denies a private action)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: An unspecified number of days (set in the attorney general's cease-and-desist letter; applies to the pricing disclosure in § 349-a only, and the AI companion article has no cure period)

Exemptions

  • Systems a business uses only for customer service or to give information about its products, services or customer accounts are not AI companions. Gen. Bus. Law § 1700(4)(c)(i)
  • Systems mainly designed and marketed for efficiency improvements, research or technical assistance, and systems used only for internal operations or employee productivity, are not AI companions. Gen. Bus. Law § 1700(4)(c)(ii), (iii)
  • The pricing disclosure does not apply to persons subject to the insurance law, to financial institutions and affiliates subject to Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, or to financial institutions under Financial Services Law § 801. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(3)(a)-(c)
  • The pricing disclosure does not apply to a price offered under an existing subscription that is lower than the subscription's price for the same good or service. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(3)(d)
  • Location data used by for-hire or transportation network company vehicles solely to calculate a mileage and trip-duration fare is not personal data. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a(1)(d)

What the text leaves open

  • Neither part sets a user-count, revenue or size threshold.
  • Section 1703 states the AI companion penalty per day; it does not say whether each affected user is a separate violation.
  • Section 1701 does not define suicidal ideation or say what reasonable efforts require.
  • The date § 349-a took effect was not read from official text; the laws page shows a revision dated July 11, 2025.
  • Part U's and Part X's own effective-date sections in the bill were not read; the Article 47 date comes from the Governor's notice.
  • Other parts of the budget bill were not read and are not covered here.

New York AI-generated child sexual abuse material law (FY2026 budget, Part L)

2 duties · checked November 15, 2026

A3005-C (2025-2026), Laws of 2025, ch. 55, Part L, signed May 9, 2025; amends Penal Law 263.10, 263.11, 263.15 and 263.16. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

Enforcement

What the text leaves open

  • Definitions of performance, sexual conduct and obscene (Penal Law 263.00) and any defenses elsewhere in article 263 were not opened.
  • Prison terms and fines for class D and E felonies are in other Penal Law sections that were not opened.
  • The effective date is computed from the signing date and the sixtieth-day clause; no official page stating the date itself was opened.

New York Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Practices Act (FY2025 budget, Part MM)

3 duties · checked November 15, 2026

A8808-C (2023-2024), Laws of 2024, ch. 58, Part MM, signed April 20, 2024; Subpart A amends Civil Rights Law 50, 51, 52-b and 52-c; Subpart B adds Election Law 14-106(5) and (6). Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person, firm or corporation. Anyone who uses a living person's name, portrait, picture, likeness or voice in New York for advertising or trade. Civil Rights Law 50, 51
  • Person or individual who disseminates intimate or sexually explicit images. Anyone who disseminates or publishes a private intimate image or sexually explicit material of a person, including material created or altered by digitization. Civil Rights Law 52-b(1); 52-c(2)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: Unauthorized advertising or trade use is a misdemeanor under Civil Rights Law 50; otherwise enforcement is by private civil action by the person depicted. No state agency is named. A web search on November 15, 2026 found no lawsuit or court order against Part MM; court dockets were not searched.
  • Penalty: Misdemeanor (no fine or jail term stated in section 50), using a living person's name, portrait, picture, likeness or voice for advertising or trade without written consent. Civil Rights Law 50
  • Penalty: Injunction and damages; the jury may award exemplary damages for knowing use, civil action by the person whose name, portrait, picture, likeness or voice was used. Civil Rights Law 51
  • Penalty: Injunctive relief, punitive damages, compensatory damages, reasonable court costs and attorney's fees (amounts not stated), civil action over a private intimate image, including a digitized one. Civil Rights Law 52-b(2)
  • Penalty: Injunctive relief, punitive damages, compensatory damages, reasonable court costs and attorney's fees (amounts not stated), civil action over digitized sexually explicit material. Civil Rights Law 52-c(5)
  • Can people sue? Yes Civil Rights Law 51; 52-b(1), (6); 52-c(2), (6) (intimate image and sexually explicit depiction actions must be brought by the later of three years after dissemination or one year after discovery)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • Listed uses under the likeness statute, such as photographers' displays of their work, and sales of goods or works already sold bearing the name or likeness. Civil Rights Law 51
  • Intimate image actions: listed exemptions, including reporting unlawful conduct and images made for a legitimate public purpose. Civil Rights Law 52-b(3)
  • Sexually explicit depiction actions: exceptions for reporting unlawful activity, legal proceedings, and material of legitimate public concern. Civil Rights Law 52-c(4)(a)
  • Neither section limits or enlarges 47 U.S.C. 230 protections for interactive computer services. Civil Rights Law 52-b(10); 52-c(10)

What the text leaves open

  • Section 50 calls the violation a misdemeanor but states no fine or jail term; the general Penal Law sentencing sections were not opened.
  • The likeness statute does not define likeness or voice or say expressly that AI-generated imitations count; the duty is described as the text reads.
  • Election Law 14-106 shows revisions dated December 12, 2025 and February 6, 2026; which subdivisions they changed was not checked. Subpart B duties are left to the NY-S9678 file.

New York City automated employment decision tools law (Local Law 144 of 2021)

5 duties · checked November 14, 2026

New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 (Int. No. 1894-A); Administrative Code of the City of New York, title 20, chapter 5, subchapter 25, §§ 20-870 to 20-874. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Employer. An employer that uses an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision, meaning screening candidates for employment or employees for promotion within the city. Admin. Code § 20-871(a); § 20-870
  • Employment agency. An employment agency that uses an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee for an employment decision within the city. Admin. Code § 20-871(a); § 20-870

Enforcement

Exemptions

  • Not an automated employment decision tool: a tool that does not automate, support, substantially assist or replace discretionary decision-making and does not materially impact natural persons, such as a junk email filter, firewall, antivirus software, calculator, spreadsheet, database or data set. Admin. Code § 20-870
  • Data information need not be disclosed where disclosure would violate local, state or federal law or interfere with a law enforcement investigation. Admin. Code § 20-871(b)(3)
  • The notice duties cover candidates and employees who reside in the city. Admin. Code § 20-871(b)

What the text leaves open

  • The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's implementing rule (linked from its page, hosted on the city rules site) was not read. Rule-level detail on what a bias audit must calculate, who is an independent auditor and how notices may be given is therefore not in this file.
  • Section 20-873 refers to the department without defining it in the local law text; the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's page says it enforces the law.
  • Section 20-871(b)(1) lets a candidate request an alternative selection process or accommodation; the local law does not say whether one must be provided.
  • Whether any local law after 2021 amended Admin. Code §§ 20-870 to 20-874 was not checked against the current Administrative Code.

New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act)

10 duties · checked November 11, 2026

Chapter 699 of the Laws of 2025 (S 6953-B / A 6453-B), as repealed and replaced by the chapter amendment, Chapter 96 of the Laws of 2026 (S 8828 / A 9449); General Business Law Article 44-B, §§ 1420-1429. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Frontier developer. A person who has trained, or initiated training of, a frontier model. Threshold: Frontier model: a foundation model trained with more than 10^26 integer or floating-point operations, counting the original training run plus later fine-tuning or material modifications. GBL § 1420(8), (9)
  • Large frontier developer. A frontier developer that, together with its affiliates, had annual gross revenues above $500,000,000 in the preceding calendar year. Threshold: Annual gross revenues in excess of $500,000,000 (with affiliates, preceding calendar year), plus the 10^26 compute threshold. GBL § 1420(10)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: New York Attorney General (civil action); an office within the Department of Financial Services, reporting to the superintendent, receives incident reports, internal-use summaries, disclosure statements and assessments.
  • Penalty: Up to $1,000,000 for a first violation; up to $3,000,000 for each subsequent violation, failing to publish or transmit a compliant document, making a prohibited false or misleading statement, failing to report an incident, or failing to follow its own framework; amount based on severity; civil action by the attorney general. GBL § 1427(1)
  • Penalty: $1,000 per day, plus amounts owed in assessments, failing to file a required disclosure statement or to correct false information, after notice and hearing by the Department of Financial Services. GBL § 1428(5)
  • Can people sue? No GBL § 1427(2)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: None

Exemptions

  • Accredited New York colleges and universities, to the extent they engage in academic AI research; the Empire AI consortium or institute (Economic Development Law § 361). GBL § 1426
  • Lawful activity of the federal government is excluded from the 'catastrophic risk' definition. GBL § 1420(3)(b)(ii)

What the text leaves open

  • The office is defined in § 1420(16) only as an office within the Department of Financial Services reporting to the superintendent; it has no proper name in the text. The exact mechanics of the disclosure statement and assessment in § 1428 were summarized, not transcribed.
  • The ten framework topics in § 1421(1)(a)-(j) were not individually transcribed.
  • The original Chapter 699 of 2025 text (S 6953-B), with its different thresholds and penalties, was superseded by Chapter 96 of 2026 before taking effect and was not read today; trackers that still cite the $10 million / $30 million penalties or the $100 million compute-spend test are describing the superseded version.
  • Governor's Approval Memo 76 (Dec 19, 2025) was not read; it reportedly conditioned approval on the chapter amendment.
  • Local-law preemption: none found in the text read.
  • The Senate bill page lists S 8828 as signed by the Governor; the chapter number (96 of 2026) was taken from the first pass and not re-read on the second.

New York SAFE for Kids Act (algorithmic feeds for minors)

5 duties · checked November 14, 2026

Chapter 120 of the Laws of 2024 (S 7694-A, same as A 8148-A), signed June 20, 2024; General Business Law Article 45, §§ 1500 to 1508; implementing rules at 13 NYCRR Part 700. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Covered operator. Any person, business or other legal entity that operates or provides an addictive social media platform: a website, online service or application that offers an addictive feed as a significant part of its services. GBL § 1500(2), (7)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: New York Attorney General, who may bring an action or special proceeding no earlier than 180 days after the article's effective date. No court order blocking the Act is mentioned on the Attorney General's rule page or press release; court dockets were not searched.
  • Penalty: Up to $5,000 per violation, civil penalties for unlawful conduct under Article 45. GBL § 1508(1)
  • Penalty: Injunction, restitution, disgorgement of money or profits, destruction of unlawfully obtained data, and damages; no fixed amount, other relief the Attorney General may seek. GBL § 1508(1)
  • Can people sue? The law does not say GBL § 1508 (names only the Attorney General; silent on private suits)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • Feeds are not addictive feeds when selection uses only information not persistently associated with the user or device and not about prior interactions, user-selected privacy or accessibility settings, or technical device information. GBL § 1500(1)(a), (b)
  • Media the user expressly and unambiguously requested, including from creators or groups the user subscribed to, and user requests to block, prioritize or deprioritize media. GBL § 1500(1)(c), (d)
  • Direct and private communications, results of a specific user search, and the next item in a pre-existing sequence from the same author or source. GBL § 1500(1)(e)-(g)
  • Good-faith restriction of media the operator considers obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable is not prevented. GBL § 1501(7)
  • No liability for commercial activities of operators subject to 15 U.S.C. 6501 to the extent inconsistent with their treatment under 15 U.S.C. 6502. GBL § 1507(2)
  • Operators need not give parents additional or special access to or control over a minor's data or accounts. GBL § 1501(6); § 1503

What the text leaves open

  • The Attorney General may sue no earlier than 180 days after the article's effective date; the text gives no calendar date, and none is computed here.
  • The full text of 13 NYCRR Part 700 was not read; it sets the approved age-assurance and parental-consent methods and transition periods for platforms that lose exempt status.
  • The Notice of Adoption in the State Register was not opened; the July 29, 2026 publication date comes from the Attorney General's press release, and the January 25, 2027 effective date also appears on the codified Article 45 page.
  • Whether any lawsuit challenges the Act or the rules was not confirmed from court records.
  • § 1506(1) does not say who must provide the multilingual consent instructions; it is listed here as an operator duty because operators seek the consent.

New York Safe by Design Act, including integrated AI companion rules (FY2027 budget, A 10008-C, Part Y)

13 duties · checked November 12, 2026

A 10008-C / S 9008-C (2025-2026 session), Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2026, Part Y; adds General Business Law Article 45-B, §§ 1539-1547. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Operator. Any person, business or legal entity that operates or provides a covered platform. Gen. Bus. Law § 1539(3)
  • Covered platform. A public or semi-public website, online service or app that is used by a covered minor in New York, lets users build a profile, and offers both private messaging between users and either a media feed or games with in-game purchases. Gen. Bus. Law § 1539(12)

Enforcement

Exemptions

  • AI systems or non-player characters that operate exclusively within a game or immersive environment, stay within that fictional context and do not initiate, encourage or sustain dialogue about the user's real-world life, emotional state or personal affairs are not AI companions. Gen. Bus. Law § 1539(10)
  • The article is not to be read to impose liability on operators subject to 15 U.S.C. 6501 for commercial activities or actions in a way inconsistent with their treatment under 15 U.S.C. 6502. Gen. Bus. Law § 1543(2)
  • Actions reasonably necessary for platform safety, abuse prevention, customer support, legal compliance or emergency response are not prohibited by section 1540. Gen. Bus. Law § 1540(4-a)
  • Operators may set default protections more protective than the article requires. Gen. Bus. Law § 1545

What the text leaves open

  • The text sets no user-count, revenue or size threshold; coverage turns on use by a covered minor in New York and the platform's features.
  • Until attorney general rules exist, operators must use age-assurance methods that meet General Business Law Article 45 and its rules; Article 45 and those rules were not read for this file.
  • The twelve languages are set by reference to Executive Law § 202-a, which was not read; section 1546 is written in the passive and does not say who must provide the parent instructions.
  • Part X of the same budget bill is described in the bill's title as requiring synthetic content creation system providers to include provenance data; it was not read and is not covered here. Part E (autonomous vehicles) and the other parts were also not read.
  • Part Y's own effective-date section in the bill was not read; the January 1, 2027 date comes from the note on the codified article.

New York State Fashion Workers Act (model digital replica consent)

9 duties · checked November 14, 2026

S 9832 / A 5631-E (2023-2024 session), Chapter 676 of the Laws of 2024, as amended by Chapter 66 of the Laws of 2025; Labor Law Article 36, §§ 1030 to 1039. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Model management company. A person or entity that manages models, procures paid work for them or provides paid vocational guidance, other than a licensed employment agency. Directly hiring an unrepresented model is not model managing. Threshold: No size threshold for coverage. A company with more than five employees working in New York must post a $50,000 surety bond; the registration fee is $500 with five or fewer employees and $700 with more. Labor Law § 1031(3); § 1033(4), (5)
  • Model management group. Two or more model management companies majority owned by the same ultimate parent or persons, which may register on a consolidated basis if each guarantees the others' financial obligations. Labor Law § 1031(4)
  • Client. A person or entity that engages a model for modeling services and manages that work, directly or through intermediaries. Labor Law § 1031(1)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: New York Commissioner of Labor (civil penalties, complaints, injunctions); the Attorney General may sue where there is reasonable cause to believe a company, group or client has engaged in repeated fraudulent or illegal acts; models may sue to enforce §§ 1034 and 1035.
  • Penalty: $3,000, civil penalty by the commissioner against a model management company, group or client for an initial violation of the article. Labor Law § 1038(3)(a)
  • Penalty: $5,000, civil penalty by the commissioner for a second or subsequent violation. Labor Law § 1038(3)(a)
  • Penalty: Actual damages, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, plus liquidated damages of up to 100 percent of actual damages (up to 300 percent if willful), a model's court action against a model management company or group for violating § 1034 or § 1035. Liquidated damages apply unless the company proves a good-faith basis to believe it complied. Labor Law § 1038(8)
  • Can people sue? Yes Labor Law § 1038(8) (an aggrieved model may sue to enforce §§ 1034 and 1035; client duties in § 1037 are not named)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • Employment agencies licensed under Article 11 of the General Business Law are not model management companies; directly hiring a model who has no agency or management representation is not model managing. Labor Law § 1031(3)
  • A company is exempt from registration if it files an exemption request, is based outside New York and licensed or registered in a state with requirements at least as strict, and has no New York office and does not solicit New York clients. Labor Law § 1032(2)
  • Routine photographic edits such as color correction, minor retouching and other standard post-production changes are not a digital replica. Labor Law § 1031(8)
  • Nothing in the article diminishes an employee's rights, privileges, wages, working conditions or remedies under a collective bargaining agreement. Labor Law § 1039

What the text leaves open

  • The private right of action in § 1038(8) names §§ 1034 and 1035 only, so a model's direct court remedy against a client for a § 1037(7) digital replica violation is not stated; clients remain subject to commissioner penalties and attorney general actions.
  • The registration start date of December 21, 2025 is the Department of Labor's stated date. The chapter amendment's effective-date wording was read only in paraphrase.
  • The codified § 1035 skips from subdivision 8 to subdivision 10 on the Senate's laws page.
  • A commissioner's order gives 20 days to register or renew before an injunction may be sought (§ 1038(5)); that is not a cure period for penalties.

New York ban on algorithmic rent-setting coordination (General Business Law § 340-b)

2 duties · checked November 14, 2026

S 7882 / A 1417-B (2025-2026 session), Chapter 437 of the Laws of 2025; General Business Law § 340-b (Article 22). Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person or entity that operates or licenses rent-setting software. Any person or entity, including one that operates or licenses a software, data analytics service or algorithmic device that performs a coordinating function for residential rental property owners or managers. Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(2)
  • Residential rental property owner or manager. Any individual or entity that owns, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, or is a beneficial owner of, or manages, one or more residential rental dwelling units in New York State. Threshold: One or more residential rental dwelling units in New York State. Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(1)(d), (3)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: Section 340-b names no enforcer. Under General Business Law § 342-a the Attorney General may sue on behalf of the people of the state for a civil penalty for a violation of any provision of Article 22, within three years after the act.
  • Penalty: The sum specified in § 341, which sets fines of up to $1,000,000 for a corporation and up to $100,000 for a natural person, civil penalty in an Attorney General action for a violation of a provision of Article 22, which contains § 340-b. Gen. Bus. Law § 342-a; § 341
  • Can people sue? The law does not say Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b (silent)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • A product used to set rent or income limits under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974, the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969, the city rent and rehabilitation law, the emergency housing rent control law, or a government-administered affordable housing program does not perform a coordinating function. Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(1)(c)
  • Collecting information only from owners or managers that are wholly owned subsidiaries of the same parent, or otherwise owned or managed by the same owner or manager, does not meet the data-collection part of a coordinating function. Gen. Bus. Law § 340-b(1)(c)(i)

What the text leaves open

  • Section 340(5) gives injured persons treble damages for a violation of that section. Whether that remedy reaches conduct § 340-b makes unlawful is not stated in § 340-b, so the private right of action is recorded as not stated.
  • Section 341 makes certain Article 22 conduct a class E felony with imprisonment of up to four years; whether it applies to § 340-b conduct is not stated in § 340-b and is not recorded as a penalty here.
  • The laws page for § 340-b lists revisions dated October 17, 2025 and December 19, 2025; no amending chapter after Chapter 437 was identified.

New York ban on biometric identifying technology in schools (State Technology Law § 106-b)

3 duties · checked November 15, 2026

Chapter 349 of the Laws of 2020 (A 6787-D), signed December 22, 2020, as replaced by its chapter amendment, Chapter 2 of the Laws of 2021 (A 954), signed January 28, 2021; State Technology Law § 106-b. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: The law does not name one
  • Penalty: the law does not set an amount.
  • Can people sue? The law does not say State Technology Law § 106-b
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

What the text leaves open

  • The signing date on the Commissioner's determination could not be read on either pass; the file name on nysed.gov points to September 27, 2023, but that date was not confirmed in the text.
  • The determination does not say to whom the Smart Schools Bond Act discontinuance certification goes.
  • Neither the statute nor the determination says what happens to a nonpublic school that breaches the ban.
  • A lawsuit over one district's facial recognition system (Shultz v. New York State Education Department) turned up in searches; the ruling was not read. It challenged a state approval, not § 106-b.
  • The Office of Information Technology Services report of August 7, 2023 was not opened.

New York deceased performer digital replica law (S 8391, Civil Rights Law § 50-f)

2 duties · checked November 14, 2026

Chapter 616 of the Laws of 2025 (S 8391, same as A 8882), signed December 11, 2025; amends Civil Rights Law § 50-f subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person. Any person who uses a deceased performer's digital replica in an audiovisual work, a sound recording or a live performance of a musical work. The performer must have been domiciled in New York at death. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(1)(a), (2)(b)
  • Service that displays, sells or licenses works. A person offering a service that displays, offers for sale or license, sells or licenses a work of art, other visual work or audiovisual work to a user. It is outside the section if its terms do not authorize violations, unless it ignores a successor's notice. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(10)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: Private civil action by the persons who hold the deceased performer's rights (transferees, or heirs holding at least a 51 percent interest). No government enforcer is named.
  • Penalty: The greater of $2,000 or compensatory damages, plus profits attributable to the use not counted in compensatory damages, unauthorized use in violation of § 50-f. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(c)(i)
  • Penalty: Punitive damages, amount not stated, may also be awarded in an action under § 50-f. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(c)(iii)
  • Can people sue? Yes Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(b), (2)(c), (5)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • Parody, satire, commentary or criticism; political or newsworthy works and similar works such as documentaries, docudramas and historical or biographical works, including some degree of fictionalization. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(d)(ii)
  • A representation of the deceased performer as themself, including some degree of fictionalization, except in a live performance of a musical work; de minimis or incidental uses; and advertisements for exempt works. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(d)(ii)
  • Uses in connection with any news, public affairs or sports program or account, or any political campaign. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(d)(iii)
  • Owners and employees of advertising media, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television networks and stations, streaming services, cable systems, billboards and transit ads, unless they had actual knowledge by prior notification of the unauthorized use. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(9)
  • Sampling, remixing, mastering or digital remastering of a sound recording or audiovisual work authorized by the copyright holder is not a digital replica. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(1)(c)
  • The section neither limits nor enlarges the protections of 47 U.S.C. 230 for an interactive computer service. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(13)

What the text leaves open

  • Subdivision 12 limits the section to liability arising from acts occurring directly in New York and describes those acts as uses on products or in advertising; how that fits digital replica uses under subdivision 2(b) is not addressed in the text.
  • The bill text as read did not show which words in subdivisions 9 and 10 were new; the codified text was used for the current wording.
  • Whether a bill passed after December 2025 has changed § 50-f again was not checked beyond the codified revision dated December 19, 2025.

New York deepfake intimate image offense (S 1042-A, Penal Law § 245.15)

1 duty · checked November 15, 2026

Chapter 513 of the Laws of 2023 (S 1042-A), signed September 29, 2023; Penal Law § 245.15. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person. Any person who intentionally disseminates or publishes an intimate still or video image of another person, including an image created or altered by digitization. Penal Law § 245.15(1)

Enforcement

Exemptions

  • Reporting unlawful conduct; dissemination or publication made in the lawful and common practice of law enforcement, legal proceedings or medical treatment. Penal Law § 245.15(3)(a), (b)
  • Images involving voluntary exposure in a public or commercial setting, and dissemination or publication for a legitimate public purpose. Penal Law § 245.15(3)(c), (d)
  • Interactive computer services keep their federal Section 230 protection for content provided by others; the section neither limits nor enlarges it. Penal Law § 245.15(4)

What the text leaves open

  • Civil remedies for the same conduct sit in other laws (for example Civil Rights Law §§ 52-b and 52-c); they were not read in this run and are not mapped here. Civil Rights Law § 52-c has its own file (NY-S5959).
  • The definitions of disseminate and publish in Penal Law § 250.40 were not opened.
  • The 2023 act also repealed subdivision 2-a of § 245.15; the repealed text was not shown on the pages read.

New York digital replica contract law (General Obligations Law § 5-302)

1 duty · checked November 14, 2026

S 7676-B / A 8138-B (2023-2024 session), Chapter 581 of the Laws of 2024; General Obligations Law § 5-302. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Party contracting for an individual's personal or professional services. Any person or entity that makes an agreement with an individual for the performance of personal or professional services containing a provision on a new performance by digital replication. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(1)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: The law does not name one
  • Penalty: the law does not set an amount.
  • Can people sue? The law does not say Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302 (silent)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • A missing description of intended uses does not make the provision unenforceable when the uses are consistent with the contract terms and the fundamental character of the photography or soundtrack as recorded or performed. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(1)(b)
  • Provisions where the individual was represented by legal counsel who negotiated the digital replica license, with the commercial terms stated clearly and conspicuously in a contract or writing the individual signed or initialed. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(1)(c)(i)
  • Provisions where the individual was represented by a labor organization representing workers who do the proposed work, whose collective bargaining agreement expressly addresses uses of digital replicas. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(1)(c)(ii)
  • Other provisions of the agreement are not affected. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-302(2)
  • Contracts entered into before January 1, 2025 and not modified on or after that date. S 7676-B § 2

What the text leaves open

  • The section does not define a new performance by digital replication or say how specific the description of intended uses must be.

New York materially deceptive media in political communications law (S9678-B)

3 duties · checked November 14, 2026

S9678-B (2023-2024 session), Laws of 2024, ch. 169, signed June 28, 2024; amends Election Law 14-106(5)(b) (added by L. 2024, ch. 58, part MM, subpart B) and adds 14-106(7). Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Distributor or publisher of a political communication. A person, firm, association, corporation, campaign, committee or organization that distributes or publishes a political communication produced by or including materially deceptive media, with actual knowledge that it is materially deceptive. Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(i)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: A candidate whose voice or likeness appears in the media, by an application for an order to show cause in state supreme court, with calendar preference and expedited proceedings. Subdivision 5 names no state enforcer. A web search on November 14, 2026 found no report of a court order blocking this law; court dockets were not searched.
  • Penalty: the law does not set an amount.
  • Can people sue? Yes Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(iv)-(vi) (depicted candidate only; clear and convincing evidence)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • Materially deceptive media that is satire or parody. Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(iii)(1)
  • Media distributed by a bona fide news reporting entity for news reporting or coverage, if the reporting clearly acknowledges there are questions about the media's authenticity. Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(iii)(2)
  • Radio and television broadcasting stations, including cable, satellite and streaming operators, paid to air a political communication, if they can show disclaimer requirements consistent with the paragraph that they gave to each purchaser. Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(iii)(3)
  • Initial dissemination by a platform or service, such as a website or regularly published newspaper or magazine, of media provided by another information content provider. Election Law 14-106(5)(b)(iii)(4)
  • Nothing in the section requires an entity to cancel, edit or insert video or audio labels where that would be inconsistent with federal law. Election Law 14-106(7)

What the text leaves open

  • Penalties for Election Law article 14 violations found in other sections (for example 14-126) were not opened; whether they reach subdivision 5 is not stated in 14-106.
  • The disclosure duty requires actual knowledge, while the candidate's civil action uses a knew-or-should-have-known standard. Both passes returned this reading.
  • 14-106 does not define political communication.
  • The original subdivision 5 came from the 2024 budget (L. 2024, ch. 58, part MM, subpart B), which was not opened; its own effective date is not confirmed here.

New York right of publicity and sexually explicit deepfake law (S 5959-D; Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c)

3 duties · checked November 14, 2026

Chapter 304 of the Laws of 2020 (S 5959-D, same as A 5605-C), signed November 30, 2020; adds Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f and 52-c. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person. Any person who uses a deceased personality's name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness on products or goods or for advertising, selling or soliciting purchases. The personality must have been domiciled in New York at death. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(1)(b), (2)(a)
  • Person (discloser of sexually explicit material). A human being or legal entity that discloses, disseminates or publishes sexually explicit material made by digitization that relates to a depicted individual. Civil Rights Law § 52-c(1), (2)(a)

Enforcement

  • Enforcer: Private civil actions: under § 50-f by the persons who hold the deceased personality's rights, and under § 52-c by the depicted individual. No government enforcer is named.
  • Penalty: The greater of $2,000 or compensatory damages, plus profits attributable to the use not counted in compensatory damages; punitive damages may also be awarded, unauthorized use in violation of § 50-f. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(c)
  • Penalty: Injunctive relief, punitive damages, compensatory damages, and reasonable court costs and attorney's fees; no fixed amount, unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction under § 52-c, in the discretion of the finder of fact. Civil Rights Law § 52-c(5)
  • Can people sue? Yes Civil Rights Law § 52-c(2)(a); § 50-f(2), (5)
  • Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say

Exemptions

  • For § 50-f(2)(a): plays, books, magazines, newspapers, music, art and other visual works; works of political, public-interest, educational or newsworthy value; audio or audiovisual entertainment; and advertisements for those works. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(d)(i)
  • News, public affairs or sports programs or accounts, and political campaigns. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(2)(d)(iii)
  • Owners and employees of advertising media, unless they had actual knowledge by prior notification of the unauthorized use. Civil Rights Law § 50-f(9)
  • For § 52-c: disclosure while reporting unlawful activity, in law enforcement duties or in legal proceedings. Civil Rights Law § 52-c(4)(a)(i)
  • For § 52-c: material of legitimate public concern, of political or newsworthy value, or otherwise constitutionally protected commentary or criticism; being a public figure alone does not make material newsworthy. Civil Rights Law § 52-c(4)(a)(ii)
  • Neither section limits or enlarges the protections of 47 U.S.C. 230 for an interactive computer service. Civil Rights Law § 52-c(10); § 50-f(13)

What the text leaves open

  • The codified § 52-c differs from the 2020 chapter text (its definitions now mention software and artificial intelligence and add a category of sexualized poses); the amending chapter was not identified, so it is not listed under amended_by.
  • The codified § 50-f has a service-provider notice-and-removal subdivision (10) that was not in the 2020 text; which chapter first added it was not identified.
  • The effective date of May 29, 2021 is the 180th day counted from the November 30, 2020 signing; the bill states the 180-day rule and no calendar date.
  • The New York Senate's page lists two sections numbered 52-c; this file concerns the one on sexually explicit depictions.

New York synthetic performer advertising disclosure law (S 8420-A)

1 duty · checked November 12, 2026

S 8420-A (2025-2026 session; substituted for A 8887-B), Chapter 617 of the Laws of 2025; amends General Business Law § 396-b. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Person engaged in the business of dealing in property or services. Any person in the business of dealing in any property or service who, for a commercial purpose, produces or creates an advertisement for that property or service. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(3)

Enforcement

Exemptions

  • Advertisements and promotional materials for expressive works such as films, television, streaming content, documentaries and video games, where the synthetic performer is used in the promotion as it is in the work. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(4)
  • Audio advertisements. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(7)(a)
  • Advertisements where AI is used solely to translate a human performer's language. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(7)(b)
  • Advertising media, including newspapers, magazines, television networks and stations, streaming services, cable systems, billboards and transit advertising, that publish or distribute a violating advertisement. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(8)
  • The section does not limit or expand the protections of 47 U.S.C. 230 for interactive computer services. Gen. Bus. Law § 396-b(6)

What the text leaves open

  • The section sets civil penalties but does not name who enforces it or brings the penalty action.
  • The term advertisement is not defined.
  • The disclosure duty applies only with actual knowledge that a synthetic performer is in the advertisement.
  • The effective date is computed here as 180 days after the December 11, 2025 signing; the bill states the interval, not the calendar date.
  • The reason for the June 12, 2026 revision of § 396-b shown on the laws page was not determined.

New York unsafe AI companion features for minors law (S 9051-B)

5 duties · checked November 12, 2026

S 9051-B (2025-2026 session), Chapter 368 of the Laws of 2026; adds General Business Law Article 48, §§ 1800-1805. Official text · Full law page

Who it covers

  • Operator. Any person, partnership, association, firm or business entity, and any member, affiliate, subsidiary or beneficial owner of one, that provides a covered AI companion to a user. Gen. Bus. Law § 1800(6)

Enforcement

Exemptions

  • Covered AI companions made available solely for customer service or information about the business's products, services or customer accounts, if they cannot respond to topics outside that purpose. Gen. Bus. Law § 1801(2)(a)
  • Covered AI companions made available solely for efficiency improvements, research or technical assistance, if they cannot respond to topics outside that purpose. Gen. Bus. Law § 1801(2)(b)
  • Systems used by a business entity solely for internal business purposes or employee productivity. Gen. Bus. Law § 1801(2)(c)
  • Conduct is treated as wholly outside New York where the covered AI companion is accessed by a user physically located outside New York. Gen. Bus. Law § 1805

What the text leaves open

  • The text sets no user-count, revenue or size threshold.
  • Section 1801(1) requires both that the user is not a covered minor and that permitted age-determination methods have established it, while 'covered minor' turns on the operator's actual knowledge; how the two fit together is left to attorney general rules.
  • The age-determination methods are those allowed under General Business Law Article 45 and its rules; Article 45 and those rules were not read for this file.
  • Section 1804(3) says the article does not supersede Article 47 (the 2025 AI companion safeguards), which has its own file.
  • The article defines 'responsible party' (an operator or an individual who controls its compliance) but no operative section uses the term; section 1802 lets the attorney general act against any person.
  • An earlier print of the bill included a private right of action; the enacted print (S 9051-B) does not.
  • Whether the attorney general has proposed rules under section 1803 was not checked.

Other enacted laws to check

These 7 enacted AI laws are in the states you chose, but they are not yet mapped duty by duty, so they are not in the plan above. Each page has a summary and the official source.

Information, not legal advice. This plan summarizes what the official texts of the laws listed say. It does not decide whether a law applies to your organization; that turns on facts such as your size, your role as a developer or deployer, and how you use AI. Laws change, and courts and regulators can read them differently. Check the official text linked with each duty and talk to a qualified lawyer before acting. Using this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. See our terms of service.

How the plan is built

Each law in the plan was read from its official text, on the legislature’s or state’s own website. 265 of the 326 have also been read a second time to confirm every date, threshold, penalty and enforcer; the rest have had one full read, and each shows the date it was last checked. Each duty is written in plain English in 30 words or fewer and carries the section it comes from, with a link.

Where a law is silent, the plan says so. It does not borrow a penalty from another statute or guess at a deadline. A law that is repealed or replaced on a known date shows that end date, and its duties leave the plan once the date passes. The date each law was last checked appears with it.

The plan is built fresh from these records every time the page loads, so it changes as soon as a law is added or re-checked. To report an error, use the corrections page. For how we find laws and decide what counts as an AI law, see our methodology. If you are not sure which laws touch your business at all, start with Am I Affected?

Common questions

What does an AI compliance plan cover?

Each duty an enacted state AI law places on a business or other regulated party: who it applies to, what it requires, when it starts, how often it recurs, who enforces it, the penalties and whether people can sue. The builder covers 1,235 duties in 326 enacted laws across 50 states, and every duty links to the section of law it comes from.

Where does the information come from?

From the official text of each law: the enrolled bill, session law or codified statute, opened on the legislature's or state's own website. 265 of the 326 laws have also been read a second time to confirm every date, threshold, penalty and enforcer, and the date each law was last checked is shown with it. Where a law is silent on a point, such as a penalty amount, the plan says the law does not say rather than filling the gap. Law firm summaries and news reports are never used as sources.

Does the plan include every AI law in a state?

Not yet. It includes the enacted laws we have mapped duty by duty. When you choose a state, its other enacted AI laws are listed separately with links, so nothing is left out of view. New laws are added as they are read. When a law is repealed or replaced on a set date, its duties show that end date and leave the plan once it passes.

How do I know which duties apply to my company?

Start with the 'who it covers' entry for each law: many apply only above a size or revenue threshold, only to developers or only to deployers, or only in one industry. The plan quotes those conditions from the text. Whether your company meets them depends on facts only you and your counsel know.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is information drawn from official legal texts, organized so you can see what each law requires. Use it to brief your team and your lawyers, not in place of them.

What does Pro add?

The same plan as a CSV file for spreadsheets and audit files, and as a calendar file (.ics) with every dated duty as an event that links back to the law. Both are built from the states and uses you pick. The plan on this page, and printing it, are open to everyone.