Assembly Bill A7278

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of certain artificial intelligence models

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A7278 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Science And Technology
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Add §106-c, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10583

2025-A7278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state agencies and state-owned entities from utilizing large language models or any artificial intelligence systems to make decisions that affect individuals' rights, benefits, or services; requires such decisions to be made by human personnel of the respective state agency or state-owned entity; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement.

2025-A7278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7278
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Science and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to prohibiting the
   use of certain artificial intelligence models
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
 106-c to read as follows:
   §  106-C.  USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS. 1. AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION:
   A. "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" OR "AI" MEANS  ANY  MACHINE-BASED  SYSTEM
 THAT  MAKES DECISIONS BASED ON ALGORITHMS, MACHINE LEARNING, OR ANY FORM
 OF DATA-DRIVEN MODELING;
   B. "LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL" OR "LLM" MEANS  ANY  AI  MODEL  DESIGNED  TO
 UNDERSTAND AND GENERATE HUMAN LANGUAGE BASED ON LARGE DATASETS;
   C.  "STATE  AGENCY"  MEANS  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION,
 COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY,  OR
 OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OF THE STATE; AND
   D.  "STATE-OWNED  ENTITY" MEANS ANY ENTITY THAT IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED
 BY THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC  UNIVERSITIES,  STATE-
 RUN HOSPITALS, AND OTHER STATE-FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS.
   2.  NO  STATE  AGENCY OR STATE-OWNED ENTITY SHALL IMPLEMENT OR UTILIZE
 LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS OR ANY ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEMS  TO  MAKE
 DECISIONS  THAT  AFFECT  INDIVIDUALS' RIGHTS, BENEFITS, OR SERVICES. ALL
 DECISIONS AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS' RIGHTS, BENEFITS, OR SERVICES  MUST  BE
 MADE  BY  HUMAN  PERSONNEL OF THE RESPECTIVE STATE AGENCY OR STATE-OWNED
 ENTITY.
   3. A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE USE OF  AI
 OR  LLMS IN PURELY ADVISORY CAPACITIES, PROVIDED THAT THE FINAL DECISION
 IS MADE BY HUMAN PERSONNEL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11025-01-5
 A. 7278                             2

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