| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8459
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
2025-S8459 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §50-h, Civ Rts L
2025-S8459 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8459
SPONSOR: PERSAUD
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting tran-
scripts being made from video conference meetings by artificial intelli-
gence without conspicuous disclosure during such meeting
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
To protect individuals' privacy by requiring conspicuous disclosure
before artificial intelligence (AI) is used to transcribe video confer-
ence meetings.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section i of the bill amends the civil rights law by adding a new
section 50h, which prohibits the transcription of video conference meet-
ings by artificial intelligence unless a clear and conspicuous disclo-
sure is made during the meeting. The disclosure must inform all partic-
ipants that their spoken words may be transcribed by AI technology.
2025-S8459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8459
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
July 16, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting tran-
scripts being made from video conference meetings by artificial intel-
ligence without conspicuous disclosure during such meeting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section
50-h to read as follows:
§ 50-H. RIGHT TO PRIVACY; TRANSCRIPTION. NO PERSON SHALL PERMIT A
VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETING TO BE TRANSCRIBED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
WITHOUT SUCH MEETING HAVING A CONSPICUOUS DISCLOSURE DURING SUCH MEETING
THAT EVERY PERSON WHO ATTENDED SUCH MEETING MAY HAVE THEIR WORDS FROM
SUCH MEETING TRANSCRIBED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13287-03-5
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