New York lawmakers would disclose AI help with floor remarks

A senator or assembly member would have to make a spoken disclosure before delivering covered remarks. It covers New York State senators and assembly members who speak, read a statement, or enter comments in the official legislative record. The rule applies when AI or generative AI drafted any part of the remarks. The disclosure must be clear and prominent and give an approximate percentage of AI-generated text, using wording substantially like the bill’s example. The member would have to speak the disclosure before delivering the remarks.

A member who fails to disclose would face an immediate point of order, and the remarks would receive a permanent digital warning in the official record. This applies when a member fails to make a disclosure required for covered remarks. The point of order would be immediate, and the warning would remain in the official record permanently.