# New York S 7599: Relates to automated decision-making by government agencies New York S 7599, Relates to automated decision-making by government agencies, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.86) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7599-2025 - 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 7599 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Relates to automated decision-making by government agencies - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-23 - Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.86 - Sponsor: Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (208 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Public workers gain protections against automation: benefit, medium. The law protects covered New York public workers in schools, public colleges, state agencies, and public authorities from AI and automated decision tools. These tools cannot cause firing, displacement, loss of positions, or cuts to non-overtime hours, wages, or benefits. The law restricts transferr… - Government must check automated decisions: benefit, medium. New York agencies must substantially complete an impact assessment before using covered automated decision tools with ongoing, meaningful human review. Trained reviewers must understand the tool, have power to change decisions, and sign the assessment. Agencies must repeat assessments at least ever… - Government must disclose automated decision tools: benefit, low. New York government agencies must post annual lists describing covered automated tools, their start dates, and their purpose and use. Basic computer processes, internal tools without meaningful effects on people’s rights or welfare, and separately defined automated employment tools are excluded. Ag… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cordell Cleare (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Sanders Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John Liu (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Roxanne J. Persaud (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-16 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 143 | 2 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | committee | Internet And Technology Committee Vote | pass | 6 | 1 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.86 (Senate) - 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.711 (Senate) - 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-16: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-16: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-16: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.406 (House) - 2025-06-16: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8295D (House) - 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (House) - 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-09: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7599C (Senate) - 2025-06-05: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-06-04: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate) - 2025-06-04: AMENDED 7599B (Senate) - 2025-05-30: AMENDED (T) 7599A (Senate) - 2025-05-29: 1ST REPORT CAL.1510 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599C) - Amendment B, 2025-06-04: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599B) - Amendment A, 2025-05-30: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599A) - Original, 2025-04-23: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599) ## 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 C (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599C) - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7599) ## 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-S7599-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).