Requires the department of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce including but not limited to job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy and security; prohibits any state entity from using artificial intelligence in any way that would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker or loss of position, including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages or employment benefits, or results in the impairment of existing collective bargaining agreements.

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4550

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor

        AN ACT in relation to requiring the department of  labor  to  study  the
          long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. 1. No later than six months after  the  effective  date  of
     2  this  act,  the department of labor, in consultation with the department
     3  of civil service and the  office  of  information  technology  services,
     4  shall  begin  a study on the long-term impact of artificial intelligence
     5  on the state workforce including but not  limited  to  job  performance,
     6  productivity,  training,  education  requirements, privacy and security.
     7  The department shall issue an interim report on its current findings and
     8  recommendations for legislative action every five years and shall  issue
     9  a  final report and recommendations for legislative action no later than
    10  January 1, 2035. The department shall issue its reports and  recommenda-
    11  tions  to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader
    12  of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the minority
    13  leader of the senate.
    14    2. Until the final report and recommendations are received pursuant to
    15  subdivision 1 of this section, every state  department,  board,  bureau,
    16  division,  commission,  committee, public authority, public corporation,
    17  council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental
    18  or  proprietary  function  for  the state shall be prohibited from using
    19  artificial intelligence in any  way  that  would  displace  any  natural
    20  person  from their employment with such state department, board, bureau,
    21  division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
    22  council, office or other governmental entity.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05745-01-5