---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models"
description: "Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models; defines terms; establishes remedies for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6953"
citation: "New York S 6953 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41276e74-d510-4739-8450-d42c7407e3bc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953"
source_hash: "0bec9f5a557f4b907349bddd8ae2301282f5484dfe481c7183d4ca2254a4ec81"
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 6953 (2025-2026) — Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models

Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models; defines terms; establishes remedies for violations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6953&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S6953A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953A)
3. **S6953B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6953B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **119–22** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 6953A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** PRINT NUMBER 6953B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1889
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6453B
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.656
- **2025-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.699 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41276e74-d510-4739-8450-d42c7407e3bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).