New York A 11292: Relates to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers

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A11292 Summary:

BILL NOA11292 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09934-A

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SPONSORRules (Otis)

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COSPNSRBores

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 48 §§1750 - 1755, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits the deployment of a stealth crawler in a manner that would damage, impair or burden the operation of a covered news source or otherwise cause a news source economic harm.

Go to top A11292 Actions:

BILL NOA11292 

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05/08/2026referred to science and technology

05/13/2026reported referred to codes

05/20/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.633

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.633

06/05/2026substituted by s9934a

&nbspS09934 AMEND=A GIANARIS

&nbsp04/16/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

&nbsp05/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

&nbsp05/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 9934A

&nbsp05/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.1326

&nbsp05/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/02/2026referred to codes

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a11292

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.633

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA11292 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Chair:Otis 
DATE:05/13/2026AYE/NAY:7/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes OtisAyeBlumencranzAye

VanelAyeDursoAye

BurkeAye

ConradAye

GibbsExcused

BoresExcused

HooksAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

PowersAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisExcused

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAbsent

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA11292 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA11292 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11292

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 8, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Otis) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
 use of stealth crawlers

 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 article
 2 48 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 48
 4 NEW YORK STEALTH CRAWLER PROHIBITION ACT
 5 Section 1750. Short title.
 6 1751. Definitions.
 7 1752. Stealth crawler disclosure.
 8 1753. Stealth crawler prohibition.
 9 1754. Enforcement.
 10 1755. Severability.
 11 § 1750. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 12 the "New York stealth crawler prohibition act".
 13 § 1751. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 14 shall have the following meanings:
 15 1. "Crawler" means software that retrieves, scans, indexes, scrapes or
 16 otherwise accesses a website or other internet source, including but not
 17 limited to an online crawler, spider, fetcher, client, bot, user agent,
 18 AI agent or equivalent tool.
 19 2. "Covered news source" means the website or any other relevant
 20 source of any print, television, radio, network, cable, satellite or
 21 digital publication or service which:
 22 (a) performs a public-information function comparable to that tradi-
 23 tionally served by journalism organizations, such as newspapers, broad-
 24 casters, magazines and other periodical publications;
 25 (b) makes a substantial expenditure of labor, skill, and money to
 26 create, edit, produce and distribute content including by engaging indi-
 27 viduals to create, edit, produce and distribute original text, audio,
 28 photo, illust