New York A 5429: Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act requiring certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence

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A05429 Summary:

BILL NOA05429A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01854-A

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §201-j, Lab L; add §186-h, Tax L

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Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.

Go to top A05429 Actions:

BILL NOA05429A

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02/14/2025referred to labor

06/02/2025amend (t) and recommit to labor

06/02/2025print number 5429a

01/07/2026referred to labor

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Go to topA05429 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5429--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring certain busi-
 nesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments; and to
 amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a surcharge on certain
 corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have
 greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial
 intelligence

 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 "New York workforce stabilization act".
 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-j to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 201-j. Artificial intelligence impact assessments. 1. No employer
 6 shall utilize or apply any artificial intelligence unless the employer,
 7 or an entity acting on behalf of such employer, shall have conducted an
 8 impact assessment for the application and use of such artificial intel-
 9 ligence. Following the first impact assessment, an impact assessment
 10 shall be conducted at least once every two years. An impact assessment
 11 shall be conducted prior to any material change to the artificial intel-
 12 ligence that may change the outcome or effect of such system. Such
 13 impact assessments shall include:
 14 (a) a description of the objectives of the artificial intelligence;
 15 (b) an evaluation of the ability of the artificial intelligence to
 16 achieve its stated objectives;
 17 (c) a description and evaluation of the objectives and development of
 18 the artificial intelligence including:
 19 (i) a summary of the underlying algorithms, computational modes, and
 20 tools that are used within the artificial intelligence; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05440-03-5

 A. 5429--A 2

 1 (ii) the design and training data used to develop the artificial
 2 intelligence process;
 3 (d) the extent to which the deployment and use of the artificial
 4 intelligence requires input of sensitive and personal data, how that
 5 data is used and stored, and any control users may have over their data;
 6 (e) an estimate of the number of employees already displaced due to
 7 artificial intelligence; and
 8 (f) an estimate of the number of employees expected to be displaced or
 9 otherwise affected due to the increased use of artificial intelligence
 10 in the workplace.
 11 2. Any impact assessment conducted pursuant to this subdivision shall
 12 be submitted to the department at least thirty days prior to the imple-
 13 mentation of the artificial intelligence that is the subject of such
 14 assessment.
 15 3. For the purposes of this section:
 16 (a) "Employer" means a business that: (i) is resident in the state,
 17 (ii) is not a small business, and (iii) employs more tha