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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to requiring advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer"
+description: "Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 8420"
+citation: "New York S 8420 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-06-09"
+last_action: "2025-12-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a29b4bfa-fc4e-416f-a349-f9a1248d3080"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8420"
+source_hash: "ac4c6759f8a67b1ce79fd3557c3ff12af444bb364749f55036628bd4770855f6"
+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 8420 (2025-2026) — Relates to requiring advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer
+
+Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8420&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S8420A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8420A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **92–49** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** PRINT NUMBER 8420A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2028
+- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8887B
+- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.701
+- **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.617 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a29b4bfa-fc4e-416f-a349-f9a1248d3080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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