New York lawmakers ended the 2026 session with five AI-related bills awaiting Governor Hochul's action: a kids-chatbot safety act, AI training-data transparency, the FAIR News Act, a data-center permitting moratorium, and a surveillance-pricing ban (Transparency Coalition).
The bills are presented to the governor on separate schedules, so they do not share one constitutional action deadline.
If signed, A11560/S10642 would impose a one-year moratorium on state permits for data centers with peak demand above 20MW (New York Senate; News10). The bill targets state permitting, rather than every construction activity connected to a project.
A9349B/S8623B would prohibit algorithmic pricing that uses consumers' personal data to offer different prices for the same goods or services, subject to statutory exceptions (News10).
| Bill | What it does | Who it hits |
|---|---|---|
| Data-center moratorium (>20MW) | One-year pause on state permits | Data-center developers seeking state approvals |
| Surveillance-pricing ban | Blocks AI prices set from a shopper's personal data | Retailers using personal data to set individualized prices |
| Kids chatbot safety | Safety rules for chatbots reaching minors | Chatbot operators |
| AI training-data transparency | Disclosure of training data | Model developers (Transparency Coalition) |
| FAIR News Act | Rules for substantially AI-created news content | Publishers covered by the bill |
These are passed bills, not laws currently in force. Gubernatorial action and each bill's effective-date clause determine when any requirement becomes binding.
The data-center bill faces economic and permitting objections that differ from the disclosure and consumer-protection debates surrounding the rest of the package.
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