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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6540: Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on certain content made available by the provider

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 6540 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on certain content made available by the provider. Primary sponsor: Alex Bores (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY S6954B.

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.

Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on synthetic content produced or modified by a synthetic content creations system that such provider makes available.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex BoresPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Monique Chandler-WatermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Larinda HooksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse35
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Emérita TorresCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY S6954B
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6540E
  3. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6540D
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.163
  5. SUBSTITUTED BY S6954A
  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.900
  7. RULES REPORT CAL.900
  8. REPORTED
  9. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 6540C
  10. PRINT NUMBER 6540B
  11. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
  12. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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