New York S 10415: Creates the office of emerging technology and provides for its functions and duties

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S10415 Summary:

BILL NOS10415 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Redesig Art 50 to be Art 60, ren §§1000 - 1003 to be §§1500 - 1503, add Art 50 §§1000 & 1001, Exec L

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Creates the office of emerging technology; provides for its functions and duties; requires the office to submit a report to the governor and the legislature.

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BILL NOS10415 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10415

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 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 executive law, in relation to creating the office of
 emerging technology and providing for its functions and duties

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

 1 Section 1. Article 50 of the executive law is redesignated article 60
 2 and sections 1000, 1001, 1002 and 1003, as renumbered by chapter 770 of
 3 the laws of 1978, are renumbered sections 1500, 1501, 1502 and 1503.
 4 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 50 to read
 5 as follows:
 6 ARTICLE 50
 7 OFFICE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
 8 Section 1000. Office of emerging technology.
 9 1001. Functions, powers and duties of the office.
 10 § 1000. Office of emerging technology. 1. The office of emerging tech-
 11 nology is hereby created within the executive department to have and
 12 exercise the functions, powers and duties provided by the provisions of
 13 this article and any other provision of law. For purposes of this arti-
 14 cle, "the office" means the office of emerging technology.
 15 2. The office shall be governed by a board consisting of the following
 16 thirteen members to be appointed as follows for two year terms:
 17 (a) the director, who shall be appointed by the governor with the
 18 consent and approval of the senate;
 19 (b) six members appointed by the temporary president of the senate,
 20 including three from the majority party and three from the minority
 21 party; and
 22 (c) six members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, including
 23 three from the majority party and three from the minority party.
 24 3. Each member shall have expertise and experience related to at least
 25 one of the following fields, disciplines, or areas:
 26 (a) the use and function of both existing and emerging technology;
 27 (b) data privacy and data security;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07110-01-5

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 1 (c) civil rights, civil liberties, and due process and procedural
 2 rights; and
 3 (d) legal representation of low-income individuals.
 4 4. The director shall not act in any capacity for, any organization,
 5 agency, or institutions with which the office makes any contract or
 6 other arrangement under this article.
 7 5. The board shall meet at least four times each year and may estab-
 8 lish its own rules and procedures concerning the conduct of its meetings
 9 and other affairs not inconsistent with law.
 10 § 1001. Functions, powers and duties of the office. 1. The basic func-
 11 tion of the office shall be to act as the official state planning and
 12 coordinating office for changes in policy, practice and allocation of
 13 state resources around emerging technologies, to advise and assist the
 14 state agencies in developing policies, plans and programs around emerg-
 15 ing technologies, and to provide early indications of beneficial and
 16 adverse impacts of the applications of emerging technology and to devel-
 17 op and coordinate information which may assist the legislature and the
 18 state in responding to emerging technologies. In carrying out such func-
 19 tion, the office shall:
 20 (a) Identify existing or probable impacts of emerging technology or
 21 technological programs.
 22 (b) Where possible, ascertain cause-and-effect relationships of the