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S-08706
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Proposed Effective Date
2026-01-07
New York Senate Bill 8706-A — An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring covered businesses to submit annual reports on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use
Requires covered businesses — those doing business in New York with more than 100 employees or that are publicly traded — to submit annual reports to the Department of Labor by March 1 on the impact of AI on hiring and the nature of their AI use for the preceding calendar year. Reports must include employment displacement and hiring data attributable to AI, descriptions of AI objectives, human oversight information, sensitive data use, and risk reduction measures. The Department of Labor must compile an aggregate annual report and submit it to the governor and legislature within 120 days of the reporting deadline. Failure to report subjects the covered business to a civil penalty of up to $500 per day, with a 90-day cure period.
Passage Likelihood
Low
Chamber No passage
Committee No action
Majority party Yes
Bipartisan No
Prior session None
Legislative History
2026-01-07 committee referral REFERRED TO LABOR
2026-01-15 other AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
2026-01-15 other PRINT NUMBER 8706A
Mapped Requirements
R-02 Regulatory Disclosure & Submissions
Official Sources
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Entry Last Reviewed
2026-03-28
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Summary

Requires covered businesses — those doing business in New York with more than 100 employees or that are publicly traded — to submit annual reports to the Department of Labor by March 1 on the impact of AI on hiring and the nature of their AI use for the preceding calendar year. Reports must include employment displacement and hiring data attributable to AI, descriptions of AI objectives, human oversight information, sensitive data use, and risk reduction measures. The Department of Labor must compile an aggregate annual report and submit it to the governor and legislature within 120 days of the reporting deadline. Failure to report subjects the covered business to a civil penalty of up to $500 per day, with a 90-day cure period.

Enforcement & Penalties
Enforcement Authority
Enforced by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor. Enforcement is agency-initiated. Upon notice of a violation, a covered business has ninety days to cure the violation to the satisfaction of the commissioner. No private right of action is created.
Penalties
Civil penalty of not more than $500 per day that the covered business remains in violation of reporting requirements. The commissioner shall waive or reduce penalties if the violation is cured within the ninety-day cure period.
Who Is Covered
"covered business" shall mean a business entity doing business in the state and: (a) employs more than one hundred people; or (b) is a publicly traded entity.
Compliance Obligations 3 obligations · click obligation ID to open requirement page
R-02 Regulatory Disclosure & Submissions · R-02.1 · Deployer · Employment
Labor Law § 201-j(2)
Plain Language
Every covered business must submit a report to the New York Department of Labor by March 1 each year covering the prior calendar year. The report must include two categories of information: (1) employment data estimating the number of employees displaced, hired, or positions eliminated due in whole or part to AI use; and (2) information on AI usage objectives, human oversight, frequency and duration of use, sensitive personal data involvement and protections, and risk reduction measures. The enumerated items are floors — 'including but not limited to' — so the Department may require additional disclosures. The obligation is annual and recurring, triggered by operating as a covered business in New York during the reporting year.
Statutory Text
2. Reporting requirement. On or before March first of every year, a covered business shall report to the department regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on its hiring and the nature of its artificial intelligence use in the calendar year ending the preceding December thirty-first. Such report shall include: (a) Employment data, including but not limited to: (i) An estimate of the number of employees displaced, or whose hours have been reduced, due in full or in part to use of artificial intelligence; (ii) An estimate of the number of employees hired, or whose hours have been increased, due in full or in part to use of artificial intelligence; and (iii) An estimate of the number of positions previously filled that the covered business has decided not to fill due in full or in part to use of artificial intelligence; and (b) Information on the nature of artificial intelligence usage, including but not limited to: (i) Descriptions of the objectives of the use of artificial intelligence; (ii) Information regarding any human oversight of artificial intelligence; (iii) Information on the frequency and length of use of artificial intelligence; (iv) Information on any use of artificial intelligence in relation to sensitive personal data, including storage and access protections related to use of artificial intelligence in relation to such personal data; and (v) Measures in place for oversight, risk reduction, or other protections related to use of artificial intelligence.
Other · Employment
Labor Law § 201-j(3)
Plain Language
The Department of Labor must create standardized forms and submission processes for covered business reports and has discretionary authority to develop additional reporting requirements related to AI's impact on hiring and business operations. This is a government administrative obligation, not a compliance duty imposed on businesses. However, covered businesses should monitor for additional requirements the Department may issue under this authority.
Statutory Text
3. Responsibilities of the department. The department shall develop standard reporting forms and processes for covered businesses to submit the reports required pursuant to subdivision two of this section. The department may develop additional reporting requirements related to the hiring and business impacts of utilization of artificial intelligence by covered businesses.
Other · Employment
Labor Law § 201-j(4)(a)-(c)
Plain Language
The Department of Labor must compile an aggregate annual report analyzing the AI impact data submitted by covered businesses, including breakdowns by employment sector, geographic location, and business size. The report must be submitted to the governor and legislative leaders within 120 days of the March 1 reporting deadline (i.e., by approximately June 29) and posted on the Department's website simultaneously. This is a government reporting obligation, not a private-sector compliance duty.
Statutory Text
4. Annual report. (a) The department shall review the reports submitted by covered businesses pursuant to subdivision two of this section and shall prepare an annual report on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence usage in the state based on the department's review of such reports submitted pursuant to subdivision two of this section. (b) The department shall submit the report required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the minority leader of the assembly within one hundred twenty days of the covered business reporting deadline established pursuant to subdivision two of this section. Such report shall be made publicly available on the department's website at the same time as such report is submitted to the governor and legislature. (c) The report required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall include, but not be limited to, presentation of aggregate data regarding employment impacts, objectives, and implementation of artificial intelligence by covered businesses, including analysis of such impacts by employment sector, geographic location, and business size.