New York S 825: Provides that people arrested in connection with felonies relating to sex offenses where the victim is less than 13 years old must submit a DNA sample

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S00825 Summary:

BILL NOS00825B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00774-B

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRFAHY, HARCKHAM, RYAN C

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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.

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BILL NOS00825B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1190

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2025PASSED SENATE

05/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

02/25/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR

02/25/2026PRINT NUMBER 825A

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.869

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/06/2026PASSED SENATE

05/06/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/06/2026referred to labor

05/21/2026RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

05/21/2026returned to senate

05/21/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

05/21/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 825B

06/01/2026REPASSED SENATE

06/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 825--B
 Cal. No. 869

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, HARCKHAM, C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --
 recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule
 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from
 said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
 vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02531-07-6

 S. 825--B 2

 1 any person under the age of eighteen who produces their own pieces of
 2 video content.
 3 11. "Compensated video content" shall mean video content shared on an
 4 online platform that meets either of the following criteria:
 5 (a) the number of views received per video segment meets the online
 6 platform's threshold for the generation of compensation; or
 7 (b) the content creator received actual compensation for the video
 8 segment at a rate greater than or equal to ten cents per view.
 9 12. "Featured minor" shall mean a minor under the age of eighteen
 10 whose likeness, name, or photog