Assembly Bill A11346

                             
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                                   11346
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2026
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cunningham)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Small Business
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation  to  requiring
   the  division  of  small business to conduct a study on certain stake-
   holder interest in a pilot  program  matching  small  businesses  with
   content creators; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The economic development law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 134-a to read as follows:
   § 134-A. SMALL BUSINESS AND CONTENT CREATOR STUDY. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "CONTENT CREATOR" MEANS A PERSON WHO CREATES MATERIAL TO BE SHARED
 PUBLICLY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
   (B)  "SMALL  BUSINESS"  MEANS  A  RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS ANNUAL
 GROSS REVENUES OF LESS THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND EMPLOYS TWENTY-FIVE
 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES. FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER AN ENTITY QUALI-
 FIES AS A SMALL BUSINESS, THE REVENUES OF ANY PARENT ENTITY, ANY SUBSID-
 IARY ENTITIES, AND ANY ENTITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY A  COMMON  PARENT
 ENTITY SHALL BE AGGREGATED.
   2. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE DIVISION
 FOR  SMALL-BUSINESS SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY BY ENGAGING IN PUBLIC OUTREACH
 TO BUSINESSES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST  CONTENT
 CREATORS  AND  SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE IN PARTICIPATING IN A PILOT PROGRAM
 IN WHICH SMALL BUSINESSES LOOKING FOR SUPPORT WITH MARKETING AND  ADVER-
 TISEMENT  ARE  MATCHED  WITH  CONTENT  CREATORS WHO CAN USE THEIR SOCIAL
 MEDIA PLATFORMS TO BRING ATTENTION TO SUCH SMALL BUSINESSES.
   3. THE DIVISION FOR SMALL-BUSINESS SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ON THE FIND-
 INGS MADE BY THE STUDY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.  THE
 DIVISION FOR SMALL-BUSINESS SHALL TRANSMIT SUCH REPORT  ALONG  WITH  THE
 STUDY TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
 DENT  OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE,
 THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND  THE  CHAIR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15836-01-6
 A. 11346                            2

 OF  THE SENATE COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMIT-
 TEE NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SUCH STUDY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2028.