Assembly Bill A9103

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to political communication utilizing artificial intelligence

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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

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2023-A9103 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-106, El L

2023-A9103 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any political communication, whether made by phone call, email or other message-based communication, that utilizes an artificial intelligence system to engage in human-like conversation with another shall, by reasonable means, apprise the person of the fact that they are communicating with an artificial intelligence system.

2023-A9103 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9103
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to political communication
   utilizing artificial intelligence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. ANY POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, WHETHER MADE BY PHONE CALL,  EMAIL  OR
 OTHER  MESSAGE-BASED COMMUNICATION, THAT UTILIZES AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE SYSTEM TO ENGAGE IN HUMAN-LIKE CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER SHALL, BY
 REASONABLE MEANS, APPRISE THE PERSON OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE  COMMUNI-
 CATING WITH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14363-01-4

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