A 11684: Enacts the "compulsory artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act" in relation to requiring any member of the senate or assembly that rises to speak, read a statement, or enter comments into the official legislative record to verbally state a standard disclosure prior to delivering such remarks if such remarks were drafted in whole or in part by artificial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence.
<p>This act, known as the "Compulsory Artificial Narrative Disclosure for Official Rhetoric (CANDOR) Act," amends the legislative law to require members of the New York State Senate and Assembly to disclose the use of artificial intelligence in their official remarks. Specifically, any legislator who delivers a statement, reads a prepared text, or enters comments into the official record that were drafted in whole or in part by artificial intelligence must verbally announce this fact before speaking. The required verbal disclosure must clearly state the approximate percentage of AI-generated text and declare that the words are not the product of the speaker's own organic intellect or independent thought. Failure to provide this verbal disclosure will result in an immediate point of order, and the non-compliant remarks will be permanently marked in the official record with a digital wate…
- What is the current status of A 11684?
- As of September 27, 2026, A 11684 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on September 2, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 11684 pass?
- Not yet. A 11684 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11684, and where is it now?
- A 11684 was authored by Asm. Sam Pirozzolo. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
| Sep. 02, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11684 IN ASSEMBLY September 2, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pirozzolo) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the disclosure of artificial intelligence use in floor statements and debate by members of the legislature The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as the "compulsory 2 artificial narrative disclosure for official rhetoric (CANDOR) act". 3 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 7-h to 4 read as follows: 5 § 7-h. Disclosure of artificial intelligence or generative artificial 6 intelligence-generated speech. 1. As used in this section, the following 7 terms shall have the following meanings: 8 (a) "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, 9 for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommen- 10 dations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, and that 11 uses machine- and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual envi- 12 ronments, abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an 13 automated manner, and use model inference to formulate options for 14 information or action. This definition includes but is not limited to 15 systems that use machine learning, large language model, natural 16 language processing, and computer vision technologies, including genera- 17 tive artificial intelligence. 18 (b) "Generative artificial intelligence" means a class of artificial 19 intelligence models that are self-supervised and emulate the structure 20 and characteristics of input data to generate derived synthetic content, 21 including, but not limited to, images, videos, audio, text, and other 22 digital content. 23 2. Any member of the state senate or state assembly that rises to 24 speak, read a statement, or enter comments into the official legislative 25 record, where such remarks were drafted in whole or in part by artifi- 26 cial intelligence or generative artificial intelligence, shall, prior to 27 delivering said remarks, verbally state a standard disclosure. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16109-01-6A. 11684 2 1 3. The verbal disclosure required under subdivision two of this 2 section shall be delivered clearly and prominently and shall conform 3 substantially to the following format: "The following remarks contain 4 approximately (insert percentage) percent of artificial intelligence or 5 generative artificial intelligence generated text. I hereby announce 6 that these upcoming words are not the product of my own organic intel- 7 lect, independent thought, or cognitive labor, but are instead derived 8 from artificial intelligence sources." 9 4. Failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of this section 10 shall result in an immediate point of order, and the non-compliant 11 member's remarks shall be marked in the official record with a permanent 12 digital watermark reading: "WARNING: High Probability of Automated 13 Plagiarism; Content Lacks Proven Human Origin." 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.