New York S 1228: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey real property at the St. Lawrence psychiatric center to the city of Ogdensburg or a private buyer

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S01228 Summary:

BILL NOS01228C

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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Amd 396-b, Gen Bus L

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Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

04/03/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

04/03/2025PRINT NUMBER 1228A

05/15/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/15/2025PRINT NUMBER 1228B

05/21/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/21/2025PRINT NUMBER 1228C

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1408

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1228--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 396-b of the general business law, as added by
 2 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 396-b. Advertisements. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Artificial intelligence", "artificial intelligence technology",
 6 or "AI" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of
 7 human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or deci-
 8 sions influencing real or virtual environments, and that uses machine-
 9 and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments,
 10 abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated
 11 manner, and use model inference to formulate options for information or
 12 action.
 13 (b) "Generative artificial intelligence" means a class of artificial
 14 intelligence models that are self-supervised and emulate the structure
 15 and characteristics of input data to generate derived synthetic content,
 16 including, but not limited to, images, videos, audio, text, and other
 17 digital content.
 18 (c) "Synthetic performer" means a digitally created asset created,
 19 reproduced, or modified by computer, using generative artificial intel-
 20 ligence or a software algorithm, that is intended to create the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00785-10-5

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 1 impression that the asset is engaging in an audio, audiovisual, and/or
 2 visual performance of a human performer who is not recognizable as any
 3 identifiable natural performer.
 4 2. Any person, firm, corporation or association, or agent or employee
 5 thereof, hereinafter called person, who, being engaged in the business
 6 of dealing in any property, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates
 7 or places before the public or causes, directly or indirectly, to be
 8 made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public,
 9 in this state, any advertisement respecting any such property, in any
 10 newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or over any radio station or
 11 television station, unless it is stated in any such advertisement that
 12 the advertiser is a dealer in such property or from the context of any
 13 such advertisement, it plainly appears that such person is a dealer in
 14 such property so offered for sale in any such advertisement; or when
 15 placing or causing any such advertisem