Assembly Bill A4550A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A4550 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §12-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7838

2025-A4550 - Summary

Requires the department of labor to study 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; prohibits any state entity from using artificial intelligence in any way that would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker or loss of position, including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages or employment benefits, or results in the impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements.

2025-A4550 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4550
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05745-01-5

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2025-A4550A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §12-a, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7838

2025-A4550A (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 job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy and security; prohibits any state entity from using artificial intelligence in any way that would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker or loss of position, including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages or employment benefits, or results in the impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements.

2025-A4550A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4550--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the department
   of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial  intelligence  on
   the  state  workforce; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new section 12-a to
 read as follows:
   § 12-A. STUDY ON THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  ON
 THE  STATE  WORKFORCE.   1. NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPART-
 MENT 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
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FOUR.   THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 ISSUE  ITS  REPORTS  AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE.
   2. UNTIL THE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE 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 SHALL RESULT IN THE DISPLACEMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05745-02-5

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