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Assembly Bill A7838

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce

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2023-A7838 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4550

2023-A7838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce including but not limited to on job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy and security; prohibits any state entity from using artificial intelligence in any way that would displace any natural person from their employment with such state entity until the department's final report is received.

2023-A7838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7838
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the department of  labor  to  study  the
   long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. No later than six months after  the  effective  date  of
 this  act,  the department of labor, in consultation with the department
 of civil service and the  office  of  information  technology  services,
 shall  begin  a study on the long-term impact of artificial intelligence
 on the state workforce including but not  limited  to  job  performance,
 productivity,  training,  education  requirements, privacy and security.
 The department shall issue an interim report on its current findings and
 recommendations for legislative action every five years and shall  issue
 a  final report and recommendations for legislative action no later than
 January 1, 2035. The department shall issue its reports and  recommenda-
 tions  to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader
 of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the minority
 leader of the senate.
   2. Until the final report and recommendations are received pursuant to
 subdivision 1 of this section, every state  department,  board,  bureau,
 division,  commission,  committee, public authority, public corporation,
 council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental
 or  proprietary  function  for  the state shall be prohibited from using
 artificial intelligence in any  way  that  would  displace  any  natural
 person  from their employment with such state department, board, bureau,
 division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
 council, office or other governmental entity.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11815-01-3

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