New York S 1962: Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence consumer protection act"

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S01962 Summary:

BILL NOS01962 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00768

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 45-A §§1550 - 1556, Gen Bus L

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Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence consumer protection act", in relation to preventing the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to discriminate against protected classes.

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BILL NOS01962 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1962

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to preventing the
 use of artificial intelligence algorithms to discriminate against
 protected classes

 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 consumer protection act".
 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 45-A
 4 to read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 45-A
 6 NEW YORK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
 7 Section 1550. Definitions.
 8 1551. Required documentation.
 9 1552. Risk management.
 10 1553. Technical documentation.
 11 1554. Required disclosure.
 12 1555. Preemption.
 13 1556. Enforcement.
 14 § 1550. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 15 terms shall have the following meanings:
 16 1. "Algorithmic discrimination":
 17 (a) shall mean any condition in which the use of an artificial intel-
 18 ligence decision system results in any unlawful differential treatment
 19 or impact that disfavors any individual or group of individuals on the
 20 basis of their actual or perceived age, color, disability, ethnicity,
 21 genetic information, English language proficiency, national origin,
 22 race, religion, reproductive health, sex, veteran status, or other clas-
 23 sification protected pursuant to state or federal law; and
 24 (b) shall not include:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01361-01-5

 S. 1962 2

 1 (i) the offer, license, or use of a high-risk artificial intelligence
 2 decision system by a developer or deployer for the sole purpose of:
 3 (A) such developer's or deployer's self-testing to identify, mitigate,
 4 or prevent discrimination or otherwise ensure compliance with state and
 5 federal law; or
 6 (B) expanding an applicant, customer, or participant pool to increase
 7 diversity or redress historic discrimination; or
 8 (ii) an act or omission by or on behalf of a private club or other
 9 establishment not open to the general public, as set forth in title II
 10 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a(e), as amended.
 11 2. "Artificial intelligence decision system" shall mean any computa-
 12 tional process, derived from machine learning, statistical modeling,
 13 data analytics, or artificial intelligence, that issues simplified
 14 output, including any content, decision, prediction, or recommendation,
 15 that is used to substantially assist or replace discretionary decision
 16 making for making consequential decisions that impact consumers.
 17 3. "Bias and governance audit" means an impartial evaluation by an
 18 independent auditor, which shall include, at a minimum, the testing of
 19 an artificial intelligence decision system to assess such system's
 20 disparate impact on employees because of such employee's age, race,
 21 creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, disability, citizenship or
 22 immigration status, marital or familial status, military status, reli-
 23 gion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
 24 expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare
 25 choices.
 26 4. "Consequential decision" shall mean any decision that has a mater