New York A 7178: Relates to schedule in case of disability

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A07178 Summary:

BILL NOA07178 

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Ren Art 21-A to be Art 21-B, add Art 21-A §§338 - 338-b, Gen Bus L

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Relates to journalism usage fees; requires notice to be given to a covered platform by an eligible digital journalism provider requiring covered platforms to pay journalism usage fees to eligible digital journalism providers; establishes arbitration requirements for disputes over such fees.

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BILL NOA07178 

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03/21/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7178

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to journalism
 usage fees

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

 1 Section 1. Article 21-A of the general business law is renumbered
 2 article 21-B and a new article 21-A is added to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 21-A
 4 JOURNALISM USAGE FEES
 5 Section 338. Definitions.
 6 338-a. Journalism usage fee payments; notice.
 7 338-b. Journalism usage fees; arbitration.
 8 § 338. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to
 9 in this article, shall have the following meanings:
 10 1. "Access" means to acquire, crawl, or index content.
 11 2. "Advertising revenue" means revenue generated through the sale of
 12 digital advertising impressions that are served to customers through an
 13 online platform, regardless of whether such impressions are served on
 14 internet websites or accessed through online or mobile applications, and
 15 contain references to content from eligible digital journalism provid-
 16 ers.
 17 3. a. "Covered platform" means an online platform that at any point
 18 during a twelve-month period meets either of the following criteria:
 19 (i) The online platform has at least fifty million United States-based
 20 monthly active users or subscribers on the online platform.
 21 (ii) The online platform is owned or controlled by a person with
 22 either of the following:
 23 (1) United States net annual sales or a market capitalization greater
 24 than five hundred fifty billion dollars, adjusted annually for inflation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 on the basis of the consumer price index published by the United States
 2 bureau of labor statistics.
 3 (2) At least one billion worldwide monthly active users on the online
 4 platform.
 5 b. "Covered platform" does not mean an organization exempt from feder-
 6 al income taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
 7 Code of 1986.
 8 4. "Eligible broadcaster" means an entity that meets all of the
 9 following criteria:
 10 a. The entity holds or operates under a license issued by the federal
 11 communications commission under Subchapter III (commencing with Section
 12 301) of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
 13 b. The entity engages professionals to create, edit, produce, and
 14 distribute original content concerning local, regional, national, or
 15 international matters of public interest through activities, including
 16 conducting interviews, observing current events, analyzing documents and
 17 other information, and fact checking through multiple firsthand or
 18 secondhand news sources.
 19 c. The entity updates its content on at least a weekly basis.
 20 d. The entity uses an editorial process for error correction and clar-
 21 ification, including a transparent process for reporting errors or
 22 complaints to the station.
 23 5. "Eligible digital journalism provider" means an eligible publisher
 24 or eligible broadcaster that discloses its ownership to the public.
 25 6. "Eligible publisher" means an entity that publishes a qualifying