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Assembly Bill A9253

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence by law enforcement agencies

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2025-A9253 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-z, Exec L

2025-A9253 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires policing agencies to conduct an inventory of, and develop a publicly-available policy for, any artificial intelligence used to aid criminal investigations.

2025-A9253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9253
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  requiring  policing
   agencies  to conduct an inventory of, and develop a publicly-available
   policy for, any artificial intelligence used to aid criminal  investi-
   gations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-z
 to read as follows:
   §  837-Z. USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY POLICING AGENCIES. 1.  FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" OR "AI" MEANS A MACHINE-BASED TECHNOLOGY
 THAT CAN INFER FROM THE INPUT  IT  RECEIVES  HOW  TO  GENERATE  OUTPUTS,
 INCLUDING CONTENT, DECISIONS, PREDICTIONS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (B)  "COVERED  AI" MEANS ANY AI USED TO AID A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTI-
 GATION, INCLUDING BY GENERATING A  LEAD  FOR  FURTHER  INVESTIGATION  OR
 CORROBORATION,  AS  WELL  AS GENERATIVE AI TECHNOLOGIES USED TO WRITE OR
 MATERIALLY AID IN WRITING POLICE REPORTS OR OTHER RECORDS RELATING TO  A
 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
   (I)  COVERED  AI  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS NOT LIMITED TO, TECHNOLOGIES THAT
 PERFORM BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION;  FORENSIC  DNA  PHENOTYPING;  FORENSIC
 INVESTIGATIVE GENETIC GENEALOGY; CROSS-CAMERA TRACKING; VEHICLE SURVEIL-
 LANCE  OR  TRACKING  INCLUDING  AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS; ANOMALY
 DETECTION; GUNSHOT DETECTION;  PERSON-BASED  PREDICTIVE  POLICING;  RISK
 SCORING; BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; SENTIMENT ANALYSIS; CONVOY ANALYSIS; FRAUD
 DETECTION;  ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK OR SOCIAL
 MEDIA ANALYSIS.
   (II) COVERED AI DOES NOT MEAN AI THAT IS USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS
 THAT DO NOT MATERIALLY IMPACT INVESTIGATIONS, SUCH AS  PRODUCTIVITY  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13978-02-5
 A. 9253                             2
              

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