Alex Bores’ Bills
A6540 · 2025–2026

Requires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on certain content made available by the provider

Passed both houses
Preventing harms from AIOnline safety

Requires providers of synthetic-content ('generative AI') creation systems to embed provenance data, information identifying content as AI-generated or AI-modified, in the content their systems produce or alter. (Auto-generated summary)

On the Assembly floor this bill was replaced by its identical Senate companion S6954, which passed both houses. (Not signed into law as of June 7, 2026.)

Official record

Official summary · NYS Open LegislationRequires synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on synthetic content produced or modified by a synthetic content creations system that such provider makes available.

Legislative history

  1. 2025-03-05Assembly: REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  2. 2025-05-02Assembly: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  3. 2025-05-02Assembly: PRINT NUMBER 6540A
  4. 2025-05-06Assembly: REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
  5. 2025-05-20Assembly: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. 2025-05-30Assembly: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
  7. 2025-05-30Assembly: PRINT NUMBER 6540B
  8. 2025-06-04Assembly: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 6540C
  9. 2025-06-17Assembly: REPORTED
  10. 2025-06-17Assembly: RULES REPORT CAL.900
  11. 2025-06-17Assembly: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.900
  12. 2025-06-17Assembly: SUBSTITUTED BY S6954A
  13. 2026-01-07Assembly: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.163
  14. 2026-01-12Assembly: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6540D
  15. 2026-05-27Assembly: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6540E
  16. 2026-06-05Assembly: SUBSTITUTED BY S6954B