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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the right of publicity"
+description: "Relates to the right of publicity; amends the definitions of \"deceased performer\", \"deceased personality\" and \"digital replica\" in relation to the right of publicity; relates to the use of a deceased performer's digital replica without authorization by the applicable right holder."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 8391"
+citation: "New York S 8391 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-06-06"
+last_action: "2025-12-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9928a43-859d-4fe0-a388-c445f08c4bf7"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8391"
+source_hash: "a73e1698025f7fb37d3780e602a85919cb70340e01bff93d632ad149f227479e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 8391 (2025-2026) — Relates to the right of publicity
+
+Relates to the right of publicity; amends the definitions of "deceased performer", "deceased personality" and "digital replica" in relation to the right of publicity; relates to the use of a deceased performer's digital replica without authorization by the applicable right holder.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8391&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2025
+- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-13** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8882
+- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.883
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-11** SIGNED CHAP.616 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9928a43-859d-4fe0-a388-c445f08c4bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+