New York A 3265: Enacts the New York artificial intelligence bill of rights

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A03265 Summary:

BILL NOA03265 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel (MS)

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COSPNSRBlumencranz, Bichotte Hermelyn, Hyndman

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg

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Add Art 5 §§501 - 509, St Tech L

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Enacts the New York artificial intelligence bill of rights to provide residents of the state with rights and protections to ensure that any system making decisions without human intervention impacting their lives do so lawfully, properly, and with meaningful oversight.

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BILL NOA03265 

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01/27/2025referred to science and technology

01/07/2026referred to science and technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3265

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL, BLUMENCRANZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, HYNDMAN --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Science and Technology

 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to enacting the
 New York artificial intelligence bill of rights

 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 artificial intelligence bill of rights".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. This legislature hereby finds that this
 4 generation of humans is the first in history to have the ability to
 5 create technologies that can make decisions which previously could have
 6 only been made by humans. States and countries across the world are
 7 grappling with critical questions of how we can use these technologies
 8 to solve our problems, how we can avoid or manage the new problems that
 9 these technologies may create, and how we can control these powerful
 10 technologies.
 11 Therefore, the legislature declares that any New York resident
 12 affected by any system making decisions without human intervention be
 13 entitled to certain rights and protections to ensure that the system
 14 impacting their lives do so lawfully, properly, and with meaningful
 15 oversight.
 16 Among these rights and protections are (i) the right to safe and
 17 effective systems; (ii) protections against algorithmic discrimination;
 18 (iii) protections against abusive data practices; (iv) the right to have
 19 agency over one's data; (v) the right to know when an automated system
 20 is being used; (vi) the right to understand how and why an automated
 21 system contributed to outcomes that impact one; (vii) the right to opt
 22 out of an automated system; and (viii) the right to work with a human in
 23 the place of an automated system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06913-01-5

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 1 The legislature also finds that automated systems will continue to be
 2 developed and evolve both within the state and outside the state. It is
 3 therefore critical that New York does not overburden the development of
 4 innovative systems that better the state and its residents, nor drive
 5 the development of such systems to foreign states or countries with less
 6 appropriate regulation, nor threaten the security of our state, country,
 7 and its people.
 8 To these ends, the legislature declares that the white paper published
 9 by the White House Office of Science and Technology titled "Blueprint
 10 for an AI Bill of Rights" in October of 2022 is commensurate with the
 11 goals of this state in relation to artificial intelligence.
 12 § 3. The state technology law is amended by adding a new article 5 to
 13 read as follows:
 14 ARTICLE V
 15 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BILL OF RIGHTS

 16 Section 501. Definitions.
 17 502. Application.
 18 503. Construction.
 19 504. Safe and effective systems.
 20 505. Algorithmic discrimination practices.
 21 506. Data privacy.
 22 507. Notice and explanation.
 23 508. Human alternatives, consideration, and fallback.
 24 509. Penalties; no private cause of action.
 25 § 501. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
 26 have the fo