Internet and Technology Committee advances eight bills on AI, social media, payments and data breaches

The Internet and Technology Committee advanced eight bills at its May 29, 2025, meeting, sending most measures to first reading and two to the finance committee. The agenda included proposals on personal-data oversight, warning labels for addictive social media features, provenance requirements for generative artificial intelligence, automated decision-making by state agencies, and prompt notification after state-agency data breaches.

The committee chair opened the session at 9:08 a.m. and said the panel had a quorum and eight bills on the agenda. Two bills were reported to the finance committee: a measure on management and oversight of personal data and a separate bill requiring prompt notification to affected individuals after certain state-agency data breaches. The other six bills were reported to first reading.

Why it matters: The package touches multiple areas where state law intersects with rapidly evolving technology — consumer protections for payments and online accounts, transparency for AI-generated content, constraints on government use of automated decision systems, and new labeling and disclosure regimes for social platforms. Several bills would amend the general business law and the state technology law; one would amend the mental hygiene law.

Key measures and committee discussion

Senate Bill 3044 (management and oversight of personal data). The committee reported SB 3044 to the finance committee. The bill’s introduction was brief and there was no extended debate recorded during the committee meeting. (Transcript excerpt: "Senate Bill 3,044 an act to amend the general business law in relation to the management and oversight of personal data.")

Senate Bill 4505 (warning labels on addictive social media platforms). Sponsor Senator Gernardis described the bill as building on last year’s social-media work and said it mirrors measures moving in other states. "I think it's an important thing that we acknowledge those harms and that we educate users of this technology about potential impacts it could have on their health and well-being," Senator Gernardis said. The bill would amend the general business law and the mental hygiene law to require warning labels on addictive social media platforms; the committee reported the bill to first reading.

Senate Bill 5500 (peer-to-peer mobile payment service security). SB 5500 would amend the general business law in relation to peer-to-peer mobile payment service security and authorize the financial frauds and consumer protection unit in the financial services law to enforce those provisions. The committee moved the bill to first reading; the transcript records one senator registering opposition on this vote.

Senate Bill 6954 (provenance data for generative AI). Sponsor Senator Gernardis said the bill would require generative AI providers to include provenance data on synthetic content and that the proposed standard "mirrors what is quickly becoming the national standard." Committee members asked how the requirement would interact with ephemeral social media (for example, Snapchat stories). A sponsor response explained the bill aims to attach provenance metadata to AI-modified content so that users and platforms can see that material was generated or altered by AI even if the visible content is temporary. The bill was reported to first reading.

Senate Bill 7599 (automated decision making by government agencies). The sponsor described SB 7599 as a continuation of last year’s government-AI legislation and credited work by labor groups and the Office of the State Comptroller, saying those stakeholders supported clearer guardrails for state use of the technology. The committee reported the bill to first reading; the transcript records one senator voting in opposition.

Senate Bill 7713 (limits on automatic license plate reader information). SB 7713 would restrict the use of automatic license plate reader data. The committee voted to report the bill to first reading; opposition was recorded on the motion but the bill advanced.

Senate Bill 7974 (recovery of online accounts for mobile phones). SB 7974 would amend the general business law to address recovery of online accounts tied to mobile phones. The committee moved the bill to first reading with no extended debate recorded.

Senate Bill 8169 (prompt notification after data breaches in certain state agencies). Sponsor Senator Bynow was not present for her first bill in committee; members elected to move the bill and reported it to the finance committee so it can be considered there. One committee member noted they voted yes because it was the sponsor’s first committee bill.

Votes at a glance

- SB 3044 — Amend general business law: management and oversight of personal data. Outcome: reported from committee to the finance committee. Mover/second: motion to move recorded; specifics not detailed in transcript. - SB 4505 — Amend general business law and mental hygiene law: require warning labels on addictive social media platforms. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. Sponsor comment: Senator Gernardis stressed harms to youth and the need for user education. - SB 5500 — Amend general business law; authorize enforcement by financial frauds and consumer protection unit: peer-to-peer mobile payment security. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. Transcript records one senator opposing the motion. - SB 6954 — Amend general business law: require provenance data on AI-generated or modified content. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. Committee discussion addressed how provenance metadata would persist on ephemeral social media. - SB 7599 — Amend state technology law: automated decision making by government agencies. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. Sponsor cited labor groups and an Office of the State Comptroller report in support. Transcript records one senator opposed. - SB 7713 — Amend general business law: restrict use of automatic license plate reader information. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. Opposition was recorded, but the bill advanced. - SB 7974 — Amend general business law: recovery of online accounts for mobile phones. Outcome: reported from committee to first reading. - SB 8169 — Amend state technology law: prompt notification to affected individuals in the event of a data breach within certain state agencies. Outcome: reported from committee to the finance committee; sponsor absent. One member said they voted yes because it was the sponsor’s first bill.

What was not decided or left unclear

The committee moved all eight bills out of committee for further consideration; none were adopted into law at the meeting. Several roll-call tallies were not specified in the transcript; where the record shows a single opposed vote, the article notes it but does not infer additional counts or identify the dissenting member by name because the transcript did not record individual roll-call names for every vote.

Next steps

Bills reported to first reading will proceed through the Senate’s legislative sequence; those reported to the finance committee will receive further committee consideration there. The committee did not set additional hearings or amendments at this meeting.