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Assembly Bill A1449

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires candidates for office to caption their video advertisements

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2025-A1449 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §73-c, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4962

2025-A1449 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all candidates for elected local, state or federal office shall be required to caption any video advertisement which is viewed by the general public.

2025-A1449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1449
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring candi-
   dates for office to caption their video advertisements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
 73-c to read as follows:
   §  73-C.  VIDEO  ADVERTISEMENT CAPTIONS; CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CANDIDATE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SET
 FORTH PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   2. ALL CANDIDATES FOR ELECTED LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICE SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  ENSURE THAT ANY VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT OR PROMOTION THAT SUCH
 CANDIDATE APPEARS IN WHICH IS VIEWED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL INCLUDE
 CAPTIONS IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER. SUCH CAPTIONS MAY  BE  ADDED
 BY THE CANDIDATE OR MAY BE AUTO GENERATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04259-01-5

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