S 8451 — Enacts the New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act
Congress · introduced 2025-07-07
Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides requirements for fairness in disclosures to news media workers, news media consumers, oversight of AI systems, and workplace protections for news media workers.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — sponsor · 2025-07-07
- April Baskin (—, NY-63) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Anthony H. Palumbo (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Jessica Ramos (—, NY-13) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-07-07
Action timeline
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Inbound (17)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-07 | Jessica Ramos | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | April Baskin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | James Skoufis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Kristen Gonzalez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Christopher Ryan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Anthony H. Palumbo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Lea Webb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-07-07 | Patricia Fahy | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Anthony H. Palumbo (—, state_upper NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · sponsored by Patricia Fahy (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Anthony H. Palumbo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-07-07 · cosponsored by April Baskin (cosponsor) · sponsorship