New York A 774: Establishes protections for minors who are featured in compensated video content

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A00774 Summary:

BILL NOA00774B

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SAME ASSAME AS S00825-B

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Raga, Lunsford, Davila, Reyes, Tapia

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 4-A Art Head, §§150, 130, 131 & 132, ren §154-a to be §156, add §155, Lab L; add §7-7.2, EPT L

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Establishes protections for minors who are featured in compensated video content that generate earnings from being shared on social media or other video-sharing websites.

Go to top A00774 Actions:

BILL NOA00774B

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01/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

01/14/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

01/14/2026print number 774a

05/16/2026amend and recommit to labor

05/16/2026print number 774b

05/21/2026reported referred to codes

05/28/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA00774 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:05/21/2026AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoExcusedDiPietroExcused

RozicExcusedMorinelloAye

SteckAyeDeStefanoAye

CruzAyeGiglioAye

ReyesExcusedSlaterAye

RamosAyeNorberAye

JacobsonAyeSempolinskiAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

AndersonAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA00774 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00774 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 774--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LEVENBERG, RAGA, LUNSFORD, DAVILA,
 REYES, TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor --
 recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Assembly Rule
 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
 committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
 ted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law and the estates, powers and trusts law, in
 relation to establishing protections for minors who are featured in
 compensated video content

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

 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 4-A of the labor law, as
 2 added by chapter 630 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 3 [EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF] CHILD PERFORMERS
 4 AND MINORS FEATURED IN COMPENSATED VIDEO CONTENT

 5 § 2. Section 150 of the labor law is amended by adding four new subdi-
 6 visions 9, 10, 11 and 12 to read as follows:
 7 9. "Online platform" shall mean any public-facing website, web appli-
 8 cation, or digital application, including a mobile application. "Online
 9 platform" includes a social network, advertising network, mobile operat-
 10 ing system, search engine, email service, or Internet access service.
 11 10. "Content creator" shall mean an individual that creates video
 12 content, performed in the state, in exchange for compensation, and
 13 includes any sole proprietorship, partnership, company, or other corpo-
 14 rate entity assuming the name or identity of a particular individual for
 15 the purposes of that content creation. "Content creator" shall not mean
 16 any person under the age of eighteen who produces their own pieces of
 17 video content.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02531-06-6

 A. 774--B 2

 1 11. "Compensated video content" shall mean video content shared on an
 2 online platform that meets either of the following criteria:
 3 (a) the number of views received per video segment meets the online
 4 platform's threshold for the generation of compensation; or
 5 (b) the content creator received actual compensation for the video
 6 segment at a rate greater than or equal to ten cen