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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4609: Establishes the "stop online predators act"

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

S 4609 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the "stop online predators act". Primary sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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 "stop online predators act"; requires operators of covered platforms to conduct age verification to determine whether a user is a covered minor; requires operators of covered platforms to utilize certain default privacy settings for covered minors; requires operators of covered platforms to require parental approval of certain activity related to a covered minor's covered platform account.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew GounardesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. PRINT NUMBER 4609A
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
  4. REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
  5. REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

Sources

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