Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A11626

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "options for search listing act"

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-A11626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Science And Technology
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-ss, Gen Bus L

2025-A11626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "options for search listing act" to require the optional use of artificial intelligence when using a search engine.

2025-A11626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11626
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 29, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Shrestha) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Science and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the utilization
   of artificial intelligence
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "options for search listing act".
   §  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
 ss to read as follows:
   § 399-SS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTION. 1. AS USED IN  THIS  SECTION
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE" MEANS A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM THAT CAN,
 FOR A GIVEN SET OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS, RECOMMEN-
 DATIONS, OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND THAT
 USES MACHINE- AND HUMAN-BASED INPUTS TO PERCEIVE REAL AND VIRTUAL  ENVI-
 RONMENTS,  ABSTRACT  SUCH PERCEPTIONS INTO MODELS THROUGH ANALYSIS IN AN
 AUTOMATED MANNER, AND USE  MODEL  INFERENCE  TO  FORMULATE  OPTIONS  FOR
 INFORMATION OR ACTION.
   (B)  "SEARCH ENGINE" MEANS A WEBSITE, SOFTWARE PROGRAM, OR SYSTEM THAT
 ALLOWS USERS TO FIND INDEXED INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.
   (C) "AI SEARCH ENGINE OPERATOR" MEANS ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCI-
 ATION, FIRM, OR BUSINESS ENTITY, OR ANY MEMBER, AFFILIATE, SUBSIDIARY OR
 BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  FIRM,  OR  BUSINESS
 ENTITY  WHO  OPERATES FOR OR PROVIDES A SEARCH ENGINE WITH OUTPUT GENER-
 ATED AT LEAST PARTIALLY BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
   2. AI SEARCH ENGINE OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE SEARCH  ENGINE  USERS  THE
 OPTION  TO  TURN  OFF  ANY  DISPLAY OF INFORMATION WHICH IS GENERATED BY
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16075-02-6

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.