Assembly Bill A7634

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Excludes a production using artificial intelligence or autonomous vehicles in a manner which results in the displacement of employees from the definition of qualified film

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

2023-A7634 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, Tax L

2023-A7634 - Summary

Excludes a production using artificial intelligence or autonomous vehicles in a manner which results in the displacement of employees whose salaries are qualified expenses from the definition of qualified film for the purposes of the empire state film production credit.

2023-A7634 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7634
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to  prohibiting  applicants  of
   the empire state film production credit from using artificial intelli-
   gence that would displace any natural person in their productions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 24 of the tax law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as follows:
   (III)(A) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, A QUALI-
 FIED FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY OR QUALIFIED  INDEPENDENT  FILM  PRODUCTION
 COMPANY THAT HAS APPLIED FOR CREDIT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL, AS A CONDITION FOR THE GRANTING OF THE CREDIT, BE PROHIBITED FROM
 USING SYNTHETIC MEDIA IN ANY COMPONENT OF PRODUCTION THAT WOULD DISPLACE
 ANY NATURAL PERSON IN SUCH PRODUCTION.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, "SYNTHETIC MEDIA" MEANS ANY
 FORM  OF  MEDIA INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO OR SOUND FULLY OR PARTIALLY
 CREATED OR MODIFIED THROUGH THE USE  OF  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  ALGO-
 RITHMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11610-01-3



              

co-Sponsors

2023-A7634A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, Tax L

2023-A7634A - Summary

Excludes a production using artificial intelligence or autonomous vehicles in a manner which results in the displacement of employees whose salaries are qualified expenses from the definition of qualified film for the purposes of the empire state film production credit.

2023-A7634A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7634--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding a production which
   uses  artificial  intelligence  in  a  manner  which  results  in  the
   displacement of employees whose salaries are qualified  expenses  from
   the  definition of qualified film for the purposes of the empire state
   film production credit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of subdivision (b) of section 24 of the tax
 law, as amended by section 9-a of part D of chapter 59 of  the  laws  of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  "Qualified  film"  means  a feature-length film, television film,
 relocated television production, television pilot or television  series,
 regardless  of the medium by means of which the film, pilot or series is
 created or conveyed. For the purposes of the  credit  provided  by  this
 section only, a "qualified film" whose majority of principal photography
 shooting  days in the production of the qualified film are shot in West-
 chester, Rockland, Nassau, or Suffolk county or any of the five New York
 City boroughs shall have a minimum budget  of  one  million  dollars.  A
 "qualified  film", whose majority of principal photography shooting days
 in the production of the qualified film are shot in any other county  of
 the state than those listed in the preceding sentence shall have a mini-
 mum budget of two hundred fifty thousand dollars. "Qualified film" shall
 not  include:  (i)  a documentary film, news or current affairs program,
 interview or  talk  program,  "how-to"  (i.e.,  instructional)  film  or
 program, film or program consisting primarily of stock footage, sporting
 event  or  sporting  program, game show, award ceremony, film or program
 intended primarily for industrial, corporate or institutional end-users,
 fundraising film or program, daytime drama (i.e., daytime "soap opera"),
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11610-05-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A7634B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24, Tax L

2023-A7634B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes a production using artificial intelligence or autonomous vehicles in a manner which results in the displacement of employees whose salaries are qualified expenses from the definition of qualified film for the purposes of the empire state film production credit.

2023-A7634B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7634--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS, SANTABARBARA, MAMDANI, JACKSON, ANDERSON,
   ZACCARO, GIBBS, CLARK, ARDILA, SOLAGES, CUNNINGHAM --  read  once  and
   referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding a production which
   uses  artificial intelligence or autonomous vehicles in a manner which
   results in the displacement of employees whose salaries are  qualified
   expenses from the definition of qualified film for the purposes of the
   empire state film production credit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section  24  of  the  tax
 law,  as  amended  by section 9-a of part D of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) "Qualified film" means a  feature-length  film,  television  film,
 relocated  television production, television pilot or television series,
 regardless of the medium by means of which the film, pilot or series  is
 created  or  conveyed.  For  the purposes of the credit provided by this
 section only, a "qualified film" whose majority of principal photography
 shooting days in the production of the qualified film are shot in  West-
 chester, Rockland, Nassau, or Suffolk county or any of the five New York
 City  boroughs  shall  have  a  minimum budget of one million dollars. A
 "qualified film", whose majority of principal photography shooting  days
 in  the production of the qualified film are shot in any other county of
 the state than those listed in the preceding sentence shall have a mini-
 mum budget of two hundred fifty thousand dollars. "Qualified film" shall
 not include: (i) a documentary film, news or  current  affairs  program,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11610-09-4
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.