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NY S07263

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kristen Gonzalez

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits chatbot proprietors from allowing their chatbots to provide substantive responses, information, or advice that would constitute unlicensed practice of regulated professions including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, psychology, and law

  • Holds proprietors civilly liable for actual damages caused by chatbot professional impersonation, with willful violations also subject to attorneys' fees and court costs

  • Specifies that proprietors cannot waive or disclaim liability simply by disclosing that users are interacting with a non-human chatbot

  • Requires proprietors to provide clear, conspicuous notice to users that they are interacting with an AI chatbot, displayed in the same language and at least as large as the largest font on the website

  • Takes effect 90 days after becoming law; excludes third-party developers who license chatbot technology from the definition of "proprietor"

Legislative Description

Imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals.

Last Action

ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Internet and Technology1/7/2026
Rules6/13/2025
Internet and Technology4/7/2025

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