Law / United States / 
New York
Prohibition on Chatbot Toys
N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law art. 48 (proposed §§ 1800-1802), S9408-A / A11144-B
Finalized, with one agreed text, dated , as of .
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- New York Attorney General
- How the hook was established
- express
- What makes it apply
- Place of effect
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
Where it has got to
The text described here is Senate print S9408-A, the text the Senate passed. That print is S9408A, published .
Locally, this stage is passed both houses, not yet delivered to the Governor.
The stage above is recorded at www.nysenate.gov.
The Senate passed S9408-A on , and the Assembly substituted its companion A11144-B for it and passed it on . The Senate docket records no delivery to the Governor, signature or veto.
What it requires
- Passed by both houses and not signed, so this binds nobody yet; what follows is what the bill would require as passed.
- Do not manufacture, exchange, hold for sale, distribute or sell in New York a children's toy with an AI companion embedded in or integrated with it.
- If the bill becomes law, the prohibition takes effect on the ninetieth day after that and expires five years later.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
As passed, section 1802 lets the Attorney General seek civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day for each violation of the article.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Day
- Per violation amount
- 15,000
Over one month of continuous breach, USD 456,600.
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The article prohibits making and selling chatbot toys and lets the Attorney General sue; no section requires anyone to create, keep or produce a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The bill adds article 48 to the General Business Law, which would bar any person from manufacturing, exchanging, holding for sale, distributing or selling a chatbot toy in New York. A chatbot toy is a children's toy with an AI companion embedded in or integrated with it. The Attorney General could sue to enjoin a violation and seek civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day for each violation.
The act would take effect on the ninetieth day after it becomes law and would expire five years after that date. Passed the Senate on and the Assembly on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s or deploys a companion chatbot.