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A00222 Summary:

BILL NOA00222A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05668

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSRLunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390-f, Gen Bus L

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Imposes liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information to a user by a chatbot that results in financial loss or other demonstrable harm.

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BILL NOA00222A

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01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

02/28/2025amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

02/28/2025print number 222a

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

03/05/2026reference changed to science and technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 222--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to liability for
 false information provided by a chatbot

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 390-f to read as follows:
 3 § 390-f. Liability for chatbot responses. 1. As used in this section
 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system or combina-
 6 tion of systems, that for explicit and implicit objectives, infers, from
 7 the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions,
 8 content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or
 9 virtual environments.
 10 (b) "Chatbot" means an artificial intelligence system, software
 11 program, or technological application that simulates human-like conver-
 12 sation and interaction through text messages, audio, or a combination
 13 thereof to provide information and services to users.
 14 (c) "Companion chatbot" means a chatbot that is designed to provide
 15 human-like interaction that simulates an interpersonal relationship with
 16 a user or group of users as its primary function, or uses previous user
 17 interactions when simulating an interpersonal relationship in future
 18 interactions. An interpersonal relationship shall include, but shall not
 19 be limited to, romantic, platonic, familial, adversarial, professional,
 20 official, therapeutic, or stranger relationships that are between the
 21 covered user and a fictional or non-fictional character or group of
 22 characters.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01914-02-5

 A. 222--A 2

 1 (d) "Covered user" means a user of a chatbot in New York.
 2 (e) "Human-like" means any form of communication or interaction that
 3 approximates human behavior, including non-human behavior that could be
 4 attributed to a human actor, including but not limited to, a human actor
 5 role playing as a fictional non-human character, an animal, or other
 6 interactive entity.
 7 (f) "Minor" means an individual under the age of eighteen.
 8 (g) "Proprietor" means any person, business, company, organization,
 9 institution or government entity that owns, operates or deploys a chat-
 10 bot used to interact with users. Proprietors shall not include third-
 11 party developers that license their technology to a proprietor.
 12 2. (a) A proprietor of a chatbot that is used as an alternative to a
 13 human representative, or otherwise as an agent of the proprietor to
 14 provide any substantive response, information, advice, or action may not
 15 disclaim liability where a chatbot provides materially misleading,
 16 incorrect, contradictory or harmful information to a covered user that
 17 results in financial loss or other demonstrable harm to a covered user.
 18 No such liability shall be imposed where the proprietor has corrected
 19 the information and substantially or completely cured the harm to the
 20 covered user within th