New York A 9446: Relates to warning labels on certain feature platforms; repealer

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A09446 Summary:

BILL NOA09446 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08827

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1 & 5, Chap of 2025; amd Art 45-A, Gen Bus L; rpld §7.48, Ment Hyg L (as proposed in S.4505 & A.5346)

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Requires warning labels on addictive feature platforms which provide features such as addictive feeds, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating thereto.

Go to top A09446 Actions:

BILL NOA09446 

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01/06/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/12/2026reported referred to codes

01/21/2026reported referred to rules

01/21/2026reported 

01/21/2026rules report cal.39

01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.39

01/21/2026substituted by s8827

&nbspS08827 AMEND= GOUNARDES

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.45

&nbsp01/20/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/20/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/20/2026referred to codes

&nbsp01/21/2026substituted for a9446

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.39

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.85

Go to topA09446 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION Chair:Rozic 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes RozicAyeMikulinAye

FallAyeMillerAye

GallagherAyeBlumencranzAye

RajkumarAyeDursoAye

ForrestAyeBolognaAye

BoresAye

LeeAye

AlvarezAye

CunninghamAye

TorresAye

CarrollAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoExcused

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09446 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09446 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9446

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the general busi-
 ness law and the mental hygiene law relating to requiring warning
 labels on addictive social media platforms, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 4505 and A. 5346, in relation to the legislative
 intent and the effectiveness thereof; to amend the general business
 law, in relation to warning labels on addictive feature platforms; and
 to repeal section 7.48 of the mental hygiene law relating to addictive
 social media platform warning labels

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the
 2 general business law and the mental hygiene law relating to requiring
 3 warning labels on addictive social media platforms, as proposed in
 4 legislative bills numbers S. 4505 and A. 5346, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 Section 1. Legislative intent. On June 17th, 2024, US Surgeon General
 7 Vivek H. Murthy called for warning labels on social media platforms due
 8 to the "significant mental health harms" such platforms pose to young
 9 users. The Surgeon General had previously found, in a landmark public
 10 health advisory issued a year prior, that adolescents aged 12 - 15 who
 11 spend more than three hours a day on social media faced double their
 12 risk of anxiety and depression - yet as of summer 2023, average daily
 13 use for this cohort was 4.8 hours. The Surgeon General further found
 14