Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Assembly Bill A8947
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SEAWRIGHT
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld & add §814, Ed L
2025-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "youth & teen internet safety and social media literacy act"; directs the commissioner of education to provide technical assistance to school districts for the development of curricula for such study of courses which shall be age appropriate and developed according to the needs and abilities of pupils at successive grade levels in order to provide awareness, skills, information, and support to aid in the safe usage of the internet, social media, and artificial intelligence.
2025-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8947 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y July 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the "youth & teen internet safety and social media literacy act"; and to repeal certain provisions of law relating thereto 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 "youth & teen internet safety and social media literacy act". § 2. Section 814 of the education law is REPEALED and a new section 814 is added to read as follows: § 814. COURSES OF STUDY IN YOUTH AND TEEN INTERNET SAFETY AND SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY. 1. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE MAY PROVIDE, TO PUPILS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE, INSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE PROPER AND SAFE USE OF THE INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ARTI- FICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA FOR SUCH COURSES OF STUDY WHICH SHALL BE AGE APPROPRIATE AND DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PUPILS AT SUCCESSIVE GRADE LEVELS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AWARENESS, SKILLS, INFORMATION, AND SUPPORT TO AID IN THE SAFE USAGE OF THE INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 3. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AGE-APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE TO STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS CONCERNING THE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ARTIFICIAL INTEL- LIGENCE. (B) SUCH RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: (I) TIME MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHY BEHAVIORS ON THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13248-02-5 A. 8947 2
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