New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11684: Relates to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature
Status: In committee, September 2, 2026
Enacts the "compulsory artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act" in relation to requiring any member of the senate or assembly that rises to speak, read a statement, or enter comments into the official legislative record to verbally state a standard disclosure prior to delivering such remarks if such remarks were drafted in whole or in part by artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence.
What the bill says
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature.
From the introduced text, September 2, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as the "compulsory artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act". § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 7-h to read as follows: § 7-H. DISCLOSURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-GENERATED SPEECH. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM THAT CAN, FOR A GIVEN SET OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND THAT USES MACHINE- AND HUMAN-BASED INPUTS TO PERCEIVE REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, ABSTRACT SUCH PERCEPTIONS INTO MODELS THROUGH ANALYSIS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER, AND USE MODEL INFERENCE TO FORMULATE OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION OR ACTION. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO SYSTEMS THAT USE MACHINE LEARNING, LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (B) "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS THAT ARE SELF-SUPERVISED AND EMULATE THE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT DATA TO GENERATE DERIVED SYNTHETIC …
Sponsors
- Samuel Pirozzolo (R, 63) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Subjects: Legislative Law
Common questions
- What is A11684?
- A11684 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature.
- What does A11684 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature.
- What is the status of A11684?
- In committee as of September 2, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (September 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11684?
- Samuel Pirozzolo (R, 63).
- Where is the official record for A11684?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11684
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