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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires disclosure of certain social media terms of service"
description: "Requires social media companies to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service; requires social media companies to submit to the attorney general certain terms of service reports; provides remedies for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 895"
citation: "New York S 895 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5452cc6-0fc7-46ec-86da-d83ba26cd5c8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S895"
source_hash: "8880b7572bbd131087140ee30765f5f11262c93cd9d8a0972b510149b793565c"
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 895 (2023-2024) — Requires disclosure of certain social media terms of service
Requires social media companies to post terms of service for each social media platform owned or operated by the company in a manner reasonably designed to inform all users of the social media platform of the existence and contents of the terms of service; requires social media companies to submit to the attorney general certain terms of service reports; provides remedies for violations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S895&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S895A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S895A)
3. **S895B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S895B)
## Votes
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Internet And Technology Vote - Version: A — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Internet And Technology Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–44** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **47–13** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **47–15** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-09** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1070
- **2023-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 895A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1554
- **2024-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 895B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6789B
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.243
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.640 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5452cc6-0fc7-46ec-86da-d83ba26cd5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).