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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).