New York lawmakers wrap up by passing kids chatbot safety bill and two AI transparency acts

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, seen here signing legislation earlier this year, will now consider seven AI-related bills passed by state lawmakers prior to adjourning on June 5. Hochul will have until Dec. 31 to sign or veto the measures.

June 9, 2026 — Legislators in Albany wrapped up the 2026 session late last week by passing a kids chatbot safety bill, an AI training data transparency act, the FAIR News Act, a data center moratorium, and a ban on AI-assisted surveillance pricing.

S 9051, sponsored by Sen. Kristen Gonzalez, Assemblymember Alex Bores, and championed by Attorney General Letitia James, would prohibit AI companies from offering companion chatbots to kids. The bill won final legislative passage on unanimous votes of 137-0 in the Assembly and 60-0 in the Senate.

Also approved by both chambers last week:

• A 6578, the AI Training Data Transparency Act;

• S 6954, an AI disclosure and provenance data bill;

• S 8451, the FAIR News Act;

• A 9349, a bill prohibiting the practice of surveillance pricing;

• A 11560, the Responsible Data Center Development Act.

Legislators adjourned sine die on the evening of Friday, June 5. Gov. Kathy Hochul now has until Dec. 31 to sign each bill, veto it, or allow it to pass into law unsigned.

S 9051: A kids chatbot safety Act

Chatbot features and outputs banned for minors

S 9051 contains a lengthy list of chatbot features deemed inappropriate for minors (under age 18). As of Jan. 1, 2027, companion chatbot operators would not be allowed to offer their products to New York residents unless they can determine the user is not a minor.

Features covered under the terms of S 9051, and deemed unsafe for minors, include:

• suggesting that the chatbot is a real or fictional individual that is human, alive, or experiences human emotions;

• implying that the chatbot has a personal relationship, professional relationship, or an  authority figure role with the user;

• generating outputs framed as the chatbot’s personal opinions or emotional appeals;

• engaging in flattery or sycophancy with the user;

• generating outputs  containing  unprompted or unsolicited emotion-based questions or content regarding the user's emotions that go beyond a direct response to a user prompt;

• using information concerning the user's mental or physical health or well-being, or matters personal to the user, acquired from the user more than twelve hours previously or in any previous user session;

• using deception concerning the mechanical and non-sentient nature of the chatbot;

• incorporating other design features that simulate companionship or an interpersonal  relationship with a user;

• generating outputs that contain endorsement, promotion, or facilitation of suicide, self-harm, disordered eating, unlawful drug or alcohol use, or drug or alcohol abuse;

• generating outputs that encourage the user to maintain secrecy about interactions with the chatbot, to self-isolate, or to not seek help from licensed professionals or appropriate adults;

• generating outputs that optimize user engagement that supersede the covered AI companion's safety guardrails;

• generating outputs that are, describe, or facilitate sexually explicit conduct or child sexual abuse material.

Enforcement by state attorney general

The new rules around kids and chatbots would, under SB 9051, be enforced by the state attorney general, with a fine of up to $25,000 per violation.

The bill calls for the attorney general to create a website to receive complaints from the public concerning an AI chatbot operator’s non-compliance with the rules established by SB 9051.

A 6578 : The Training Data Transparency Act

A 6578, the AI Training Data Transparency Act, was passed by the Assembly in 2025 but stalled in the Senate in June 2025.

One year later its sponsor, Asm. Alex Bores, revived the bill and steered it through final passage with the Senate with a 54-6 vote on June 4, 2026. The bill now awaits Gov. Hochul’s approval.

The AI Training Data Transparency Act requires generative AI developers to post a high-level summary of the datasets used in the development of the AI model or service.

California legislators enacted a similar measure, AB 2013, in 2024 and it went into effect in early 2026. That law survived its first challenge in federal court in March 2026, when a US District Court judge denied a motion for an injunction to block the law’s enforcement.

S 6954: An AI disclosure Act

S 6954, an AI disclosure and provenance data bill (Sen. Gounardes, Sen. Fahy, Asm. Bores) passed the Senate 60-1 on June 3, and passed the Assembly 141-0 on June 4.

This bill requires generative AI content-creation system providers to apply provenance data to any synthetic content created or modified by that system. The provenance data must identify the content as synthetic. It must also communicate the fact that the content was created or edited using AI, the name of the content-creation systems provider, the date/time the provenance data was applied, the portions of the content generated by the system, and the type of device, system, or service used to create the image, audio, or video.

Provisions within the bill apply only to content created or modified after the effective date of the Act, which would be 180 days after its enactment.

S 8451: The FAIR News Act

Lawmakers also passed S 8451, the FAIR News Act. If signed by Gov. Hochul, the Act would enact transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.

The bill, lead-sponsored by Sen. Fahy, is meant to combat false or misleading AI-generated content, as well as content plagiarized from its original source without permission or proper citation.

Transparency requirement in news media

The bill’s main requirement is this:

Any news media content published, broadcast, or otherwise disseminated, which was substantially composed or created through the use of generative AI, must conspicuously imprint on the top of the page/video/graphic (or verbally at the onset of audio material) that the content was substantially created by generative AI.

enforcement by state attorney general

Enforcement will be carried out by the state attorney general. Violations may result in a civil penalty of $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for each subsequent offense.

Three other AI-related bills passed

Three other AI-related bills were approved by legislators in Albany this session. They now will be considered by Gov. Hochul, who has until Dec. 31 to sign or veto.

A 9349, a bill prohibiting the practice of surveillance pricing, sponsored by Asm. Emerita Torres, passed the Senate 39-21, and the Assembly 100-42.

A 11560, the Responsible Data Center Development Act, sponsored by Asm. Didi Barrett and Sen. Kristen Gonzalez, passed the Senate 43-17 and the Assembly 103-38. The Act would establish a statewide one-year moratorium on the permitting of hyperscale data centers with a peak load of more than 20 megawatts.

A 3411, a warning label bill, was approved earlier this session by both chambers. This bill requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface apprising the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.

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