A 222 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbot

Summary
Imposes liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information to a user by a chatbot that results in financial loss or other demonstrable harm.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2026
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MODERATE
The bill expands liability protections for users of chatbots by adding new definitions, clarifying who is covered, and introducing specific requirements for companion chatbots to prevent self-harm. It also broadens the scope of liability to include bodily harm to third parties and strengthens the obligations of proprietors to ensure chatbot accuracy and provide clear disclosure notices.
Scope change
The bill now applies to any person or entity that owns, operates, or deploys a chatbot, removing the previous employee threshold requirement for 'Proprietor' and adding liability for third parties directing chatbot responses.
DEFINITION

Added new definitions for 'Artificial intelligence', 'Covered user', 'Human-like', 'Minor', and 'Companion chatbot' to clarify terminology and expand coverage.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed the requirement that proprietors must have more than twenty employees, making the law applicable to smaller businesses and individuals.

REQUIREMENT

Added new requirements for proprietors of companion chatbots to use commercially reasonable methods to prevent self-harm and provide crisis resources when self-harm is detected.

Expanded liability to include bodily harm to covered users or third parties, including self-harm, beyond just financial loss.

Added liability for third parties who direct a proprietor's chatbot to provide substantive responses, information, advice, or action.

Changed notice requirements to apply to 'covered users' rather than general 'consumers' and clarified that notices must distinguish between artificial intelligence and human representatives.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Mar 5, 2026
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 222A
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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