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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8831: Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealer

Enacted 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 8831 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealer. Primary sponsor: Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (February 13, 2026): SIGNED CHAP.86.

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.

Provides for the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by a county, city, town, village, school district, board of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension board, district corporation, the state university of New York, the city university of New York, or community college; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kristen GonzalezPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59

“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. SIGNED CHAP.86
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.51
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A9487
  7. REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.46
  11. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

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