---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires social media networks to provide and maintain mechanisms for reporting hateful conduct on their platform"
description: "Requires social media networks to provide and maintain mechanisms for reporting hateful conduct on their platform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7865"
citation: "New York A 7865 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FAHY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-28"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69f3fd4-4cf9-4c74-be88-0c823929cd64"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7865"
source_hash: "aba22b490fb0ca377a8c9f69a5b9af9fd96664daed91a08303832d8d85690b7e"
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 A 7865 (2021-2022) — Requires social media networks to provide and maintain mechanisms for reporting hateful conduct on their platform

Requires social media networks to provide and maintain mechanisms for reporting hateful conduct on their platform.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7865&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7865A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7865A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FAHY — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CONRAD — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28** REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** PRINT NUMBER 7865A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** REPORTED
- **2022-05-23** RULES REPORT CAL.313
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.313
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4511A
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1318
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-06** SIGNED CHAP.204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69f3fd4-4cf9-4c74-be88-0c823929cd64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).