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Requires policing agencies to conduct an inventory of, and develop a publicly-available policy for, any artificial intelligence used to aid criminal investigations.
In one paragraph
New York's A 9253-A would add Executive Law § 837-ww requiring policing agencies to publish a public disclosure of each “covered AI” used to aid criminal investigations, at least ninety days before using a new product and within 180 days of the effective date for products already in use. Any use in an investigation would have to be noted in the police report, and the Attorney General would issue a model policy. Introduced November 21, 2025; amended and recommitted to the Codes Committee March 17, 2026; it has not passed either chamber.
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What it means for business
None yet: the bill is pending. If enacted, policing agencies would have to publish disclosures of AI used in investigations, record that use in police reports and adopt a policy based on the Attorney General's model.
Key provisions
- Adds Executive Law § 837-ww. “Covered AI” is AI used to aid a law enforcement investigation (including to generate a lead) and generative AI used to write or materially aid in writing police reports; administrative tools and generative AI used only for spelling or grammar are excluded
- Disclosure must include system name (vendor and product), capabilities and limitations, data inputs and outputs, authorized and unauthorized uses, and copies of internal validation summaries and performance checks; amended within 90 days when capabilities materially change
- Disclosures must be posted conspicuously on the agency website in text-searchable form, free of charge (agencies with fewer than ten full-time sworn officers and no website may provide them on request)
- Any covered AI use in a criminal investigation must be disclosed in the police report and given to the prosecutor and the individual (through counsel if represented); post-arrest uses no later than twenty calendar days after the use
- Reports created wholly or partly with generative AI need a disclaimer, identification of AI content where technically feasible, and the author's certification of review; the first draft must be kept as long as the final report, with an audit trail
- The Attorney General must post a model policy within 90 days of the effective date; each police agency must adopt it, or a policy meeting or exceeding it, within 90 days after it is issued
- The Attorney General may sue for equitable or declaratory relief; residents may sue the agency or subdivision for equitable or declaratory relief to enforce subdivisions 2 and 4(c) after 90 days' written notice, with attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff
- Would take effect immediately; no monetary penalties are stated; Senate same-as S10425
Latest legislative action
Mar 17, 2026. print number 9253a
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| GALEF | Primary |
| Kenneth Zebrowski | Primary |
| Linda Rosenthal D | Primary |
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