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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7476: Relates to social media open application programming

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 7476 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to social media open application programming. Primary sponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): REFERRED TO INTERNET 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.

Relates to social media open application programming; requires social media platforms to implement and maintain a standards-based application programming interface that permits third-party applications to retrieve data at no cost to be used for the user's benefit and to provide certain information to users; requires social media companies to submit a report to the attorney general.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad Hoylman-SigalPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

Sources

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