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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6293: Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication and provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6293 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication and provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes. Primary sponsor: Steve Otis (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication; provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes, which are digitized images which are altered to incorporate a person's face or their identifiable body part onto an image and such image depicts a pornographic or lewd sex act or graphic violence.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve OtisPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Ed BraunsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  2. REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source