New York A 6549: Establishes the "stop online predators act"

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A06549 Summary:

BILL NOA06549A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04609-A

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRTaylor, Steck, Alvarez, Lunsford, Wieder, Lee, Hooks, McDonald, Seawright, Jensen, Beephan, Colton,
 Buttenschon, Solages, DeStefano, Gray, Braunstein, Levenberg, Sempolinski, Durso, Brown K, Maher,
 McMahon, Rivera, Simon, Glick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Paulin, Shimsky, Lasher, Giglio, Eachus, Burroughs,
 Tapia, Wright, Griffin, Dinowitz, Smith, Simpson, Burdick, Jacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren Art 45-A to be Art 45-B, add Art 45-A §§1509 - 1517, Gen Bus L

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Establishes the "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators of covered platforms to require parental approval of certain activity related to a covered minor's covered platform account.

Go to top A06549 Actions:

BILL NOA06549A

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03/06/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

05/27/2025reported referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

01/12/2026amend (t) and recommit to codes

01/12/2026print number 6549a

Go to topA06549 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:05/27/2025AYE/NAY:15/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RozicAyeMikulinAye

FallExcusedMillerAye

GallagherAyeBlumencranzAye

RajkumarAyeDursoAye

ForrestAyeBolognaAye

BoresAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA06549 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06549 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6549--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, TAYLOR, STECK, ALVAREZ, LUNSFORD, WIEDER,
 LEE, HOOKS, McDONALD, SEAWRIGHT, JENSEN, BEEPHAN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection --
 reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to establishing
 the stop online predators act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "stop online predators act".
 3 § 2. Article 45-A of the general business law is renumbered article
 4 45-B and a new article 45-A is added to read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 45-A
 6 STOP ONLINE PREDATORS ACT
 7 Section 1509. Definitions.
 8 1510. Privacy by default.
 9 1511. Parental approvals.
 10 1512. Construction of article.
 11 1513. Prohibition on dark patterns.
 12 1514. Nondiscrimination.
 13 1515. Scope.
 14 1516. Rulemaking authority.
 15 1517. Remedies.
 16 § 1509. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 17 terms shall have the following meanings:
 18 1. "Adult" shall mean a natural person who is eighteen years of age or
 19 older.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07773-06-6

 A. 6549--A 2

 1 2. "Connected" and variations thereof shall mean that a covered minor
 2 and/or such covered minor's parent has previously approved a connection
 3 with another user such that such other user may privately contact the
 4 covered minor; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall
 5 prevent a covered platform from allowing such other user to send a
 6 private communication to accompany such other user's initial request for
 7 connection with a covered minor.
 8 3. "Covered minor" shall mean any user who is determined by an opera-
 9 tor, via one or more commercially reasonable age verification methods,
 10 to be under the age of eighteen.
 11 4. "Covered platform" shall mean a public or semi-public website,
 12 online service, online application, or mobile application that (a) is
 13 used by a covered minor in this state, (b) allows users to construct a
 14 public or semi-public profile for the purposes of u