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Kristen Gonzalez

Sponsor · State Senator, District 59 · Democratic/Working Families

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Senate bill · S933 (2025-26)

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer

Latest action Mar 5, 2026

Summary

Establishes the position of chief artificial intelligence officer and such person's functions, powers and duties; including, but not limited to, developing statewide artificial intelligence policies and governance, coordinating the activities of any and all state departments, boards, commissions, agencies and authorities performing any functions using artificial intelligence tools; makes related provisions.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A1205, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the State Technology Law.

Committee

Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Internet And Technology · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill would establish the position of chief artificial intelligence officer.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMar 5, 2026Result: passed

    (59) (0) (0) (4)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Internet And Technology

    Senate Internet And TechnologyFeb 25, 2026Result: passed

    (7) (0) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 22, 2025Result: passed

    (57) (0) (0) (5)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Finance

    Senate FinanceMar 4, 2025Result: passed

    (21) (0) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Internet And Technology

    Senate Internet And TechnologyFeb 10, 2025Result: passed

    (7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Andrew Gounardes, Angelo Santabarbara and 6 more on Agora

  • Democratic6
  • Republican2
See the full list on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The sponsor's argument

Why Kristen Gonzalez says this is needed

Establishing a chief artificial intelligence officer, the office of artificial intelligence, and an advisory committee for state artificial intelligence policy, will cement New York State's leadership in respon- sible artificial intelligence, enabling a thorough examination of the benefits of its uses while being proactive in mitigating its risks. In New York State and worldwide, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and computational modeling services have exploded onto the market and become fully-integrated tools for individuals and companies alike, often automating certain historically human-conducted decision-making tasks and functions to boost productivity. However, these systems come with significant risks to security and privacy, unknown malfunctions, and the demonstrated potential for discrimination to occur due to biases in their development and operation. This bill would centralize government-wide activities related to Al in single office, providing best practices guidance on the responsible procurement, development, deployment, and ongoing use of Al tools. The Chief AI Officer would also provide a critical linkage between policy formation happening within state government and the research activities to be conducted at the newly formed Empire Al research consortium.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Mar 5, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. Mar 5, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. Mar 5, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  4. Mar 4, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. Feb 26, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (13 earlier events)
  1. Feb 25, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.428

    1ST REPORT CAL.428

    NY Senate

  2. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  3. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  4. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

    NY Senate

  5. May 22, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  6. May 22, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  7. May 22, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  8. Mar 10, 2025

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  9. Mar 5, 2025

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

  10. Mar 4, 2025

    1ST Report CAL.468

    1ST REPORT CAL.468

    NY Senate

  11. Feb 10, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  12. Jan 9, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  13. Jan 8, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

    NY Senate

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