Law / United States / New York
Prohibition on Unsafe AI Companion Features for Minors
N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law art. 48 (proposed §§ 1800-1805), S9051-B
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
Finalized, with one agreed text, dated 5 June 2026, as of 12 September 2026.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is Senate print S9051-B, the text both houses passed. That print is S9051B, published 1 June 2026.
Locally, this stage is passed both houses, not yet delivered to the Governor.
The stage above is recorded at www.nysenate.gov.
The Senate passed S9051-B on 4 June 2026 and the Assembly substituted it for its companion A10379-C and passed it on 5 June 2026. In New York a bill passed by both houses reaches the Governor only when it is delivered, which can be months later; no delivery, signature or veto is recorded on the Senate docket.
What it requires
- This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet; what follows is what it would require if enacted in this form.
- Do not provide an AI companion with unsafe features, as this article defines them, to a user you know or should know is a minor, unless you have used a permitted age-assurance method to confirm they are not.
- Unsafe features include outputs facilitating suicide, self-harm, disordered eating or sexually explicit conduct or child sexual abuse material, outputs encouraging secrecy or self-isolation, deceiving a minor about the companion's non-human nature, and engagement-optimizing outputs that override the companion's own safety guardrails.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
New York Attorney General
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet.
As passed by both houses, it would bar an operator from providing an AI companion with unsafe features to a covered minor, including outputs that facilitate suicide, self-harm, disordered eating or sexually explicit conduct, outputs that encourage secrecy or self-isolation, features deceptive as to the companion's non-human, non-sentient nature, and engagement-optimizing outputs that override the companion's own safety guardrails, unless the operator uses a permitted age-assurance method to confirm the user is not a minor.
The Attorney General enforces the act, which the active print would take effect January 1, 2027. Passed the Senate and Assembly in June 2026; not yet delivered to or acted on by the Governor as of this review.
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Read the law
New York State Senate, bill text and status for S9051-B (2025)