# New York S 4505: Relates to warning labels on certain social media platforms

New York S 4505, Relates to warning labels on certain social media platforms, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Andrew Gounardes (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.68) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 4505
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to warning labels on certain social media platforms
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.68
- Sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY, CODES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (206 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Warning labels for New York social media: benefit, low. The law requires warning labels each time covered New York users access certain social media platforms. Covered platforms mainly host user-created content and significantly offer addictive feeds, autoplay, endless scrolling, public like counts, or push notifications. They cannot provide these featu…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Christopher Ryan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jessica Ramos (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Nathalia Fernandez (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 141 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-27 | committee | Internet And Technology Committee Vote | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.68 (Senate)
- 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.689 (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-17: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-17: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-16: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.787 (House)
- 2025-06-16: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5346 (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO CODES (House)
- 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-05: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-06-04: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: 1ST REPORT CAL.1507 (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4505)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4505)

## Related
- [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025)
- [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025)
- [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025)
- [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025)
- [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4505-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).