A 8963 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the NY digital choice act requiring social media companies to provide covered users with a copy of the covered user's social graph at the request of the covered user

Summary
Establishes the NY digital choice act requiring social media companies to provide covered users with a copy of the covered user's social graph at the request of the covered user; defines terms; provides requirements for the interoperability of covered users' data; grants the attorney general the authority to promulgate rules and regulations and enforce such provisions.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Aug 13, 2025 Last action Apr 9, 2026
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What changed between versions

A8963A A8963B · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from A8963-A to A8963-B and had several sponsors added to the list. Substantively, the bill added a new definition for 'continuous, real-time data sharing' and modified the portability requirement to ensure the provided data format is 'readily usable' by the user rather than just 'viewable'.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the NY Digital Choice Act, but the applicability of the data format requirement was clarified to ensure usability.
DEFINITION

Added a new definition for 'continuous, real-time data sharing' requiring data exchange no less frequently than every thirty seconds.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the portability requirement from data being 'readily viewable' to 'readily usable' to ensure users can effectively interact with their downloaded data.

SCOPE

Added multiple new sponsors (Simon, Rosenthal, Hyndman, Torres, Simone, Conrad, Glick, Lunsford, K. Brown, Beephan, Tapia) to the bill introduction.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number from A8963-A to A8963-B and adjusted the associated legislative document tracking numbers.

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Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8963B
lower
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Dec 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8963A
lower
Dec 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Aug 13, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

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