# New York S 6953: Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models New York S 6953, Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Andrew Gounardes (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.76) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S6953-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 6953 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-27 - Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.76 - Sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 16 - Subjects: INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (197 yes, 23 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - AI rule violations bring major fines: cost, medium. Starting 90 days after enactment, the New York Attorney General can sue over violations of the frontier-model rules. Civil fines can reach $10 million for a first violation and $30 million for each later violation. The amount depends on how serious the violation is. The Attorney General can also se… - Residents gain no new AI lawsuit right: cost, low. Starting 90 days after enactment, private parties cannot sue under this law over violations of its frontier-model rules. The New York Attorney General enforces those rules. The law preserves duties, lawsuits, and remedies available under other laws. - New safety rules for large AI developers: mixed, medium. Starting 90 days after enactment, large AI developers must follow new safety rules for covered models operating partly or fully in New York. Covered models include those trained using more than 10^26 computing operations and costing over $100 million in training compute. Models made by distilling a… - AI developers must report safety incidents: mixed, low. Starting 90 days after enactment, large developers must report covered AI safety incidents to the Attorney General and state emergency agency. Reports are due within 72 hours of learning about an incident or facts supporting a reasonable belief one occurred. Reports must give the date, explain why… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Anthony H. Palumbo (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: George Borrello (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jabari Brisport (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: John Liu (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Liz Krueger (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Hinchey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia Fahy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel May (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-12 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 20 | 0 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 1 | | | 2025-06-12 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 119 | 22 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.76 (Senate) - 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.699 (Senate) - 2025-12-09: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-12: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-12: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.656 (House) - 2025-06-12: SUBSTITUTED FOR A6453B (House) - 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-12: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1889 (Senate) - 2025-06-12: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate) - 2025-06-09: PRINT NUMBER 6953B (Senate) - 2025-06-09: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY (Senate) - 2025-06-03: PRINT NUMBER 6953A (Senate) - 2025-06-03: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY (Senate) - 2025-03-27: REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment B, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953B) - Amendment A, 2025-06-03: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953A) - Original, 2025-03-27: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953) ## Related bills - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses (signed) - A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953) ## 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) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S6953-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).