New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11292: Relates to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Prohibits the deployment of a stealth crawler in a manner that would damage, impair or burden the operation of a covered news source or otherwise cause a news source economic harm.
What the bill says
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers.
From the introduced text, May 8, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 48 to read as follows: ARTICLE 48 NEW YORK STEALTH CRAWLER PROHIBITION ACT SECTION 1750. SHORT TITLE. 1751. DEFINITIONS. 1752. STEALTH CRAWLER DISCLOSURE. 1753. STEALTH CRAWLER PROHIBITION. 1754. ENFORCEMENT. 1755. SEVERABILITY. § 1750. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "NEW YORK STEALTH CRAWLER PROHIBITION ACT". § 1751. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "CRAWLER" MEANS SOFTWARE THAT RETRIEVES, SCANS, INDEXES, SCRAPES OR OTHERWISE ACCESSES A WEBSITE OR OTHER INTERNET SOURCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN ONLINE CRAWLER, SPIDER, FETCHER, CLIENT, BOT, USER AGENT, AI AGENT OR EQUIVALENT TOOL. 2. "COVERED NEWS SOURCE" MEANS THE WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT SOURCE OF ANY PRINT, TELEVISION, RADIO, NETWORK, CABLE, SATELLITE OR DIGITAL PUBLICATION OR SERVICE WHICH: (A) PERFORMS A PUBLIC-INFORMATION FUNCTION COMPARABLE TO THAT TRADITIONALLY SERVED BY JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS, BROADCASTERS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS; (B) MAKES A SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURE OF LABOR, SKILL, AND MONEY TO CREATE, EDIT, PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE CONTENT INCLUDING BY ENGAGING …
Sponsors
- Steven Otis (D, 91) · primary sponsor
- Alex Bores (D, 73)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S9934A
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.633
- : RULES REPORT CAL.633
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
- : REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Votes
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 5, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (May 20, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Science And Technology Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes (May 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: General Business Law
Common questions
- What is A11292?
- A11292 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers.
- What does A11292 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the use of stealth crawlers.
- What is the status of A11292?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S9934A (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11292?
- Steven Otis (D, 91), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for A11292?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11292
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