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NY S 6278

in committee

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication and provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6278 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6278 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 6278 about?

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication; provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes, which are digitized images which are altered to incorporate a person's face or their identifiable body part onto an image and such image depicts a pornographic or lewd sex act or graphic violence.

Who sponsors NY S 6278?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 6278.

Description

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication; provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes, which are digitized images which are altered to incorporate a person's face or their identifiable body part onto an image and such image depicts a pornographic or lewd sex act or graphic violence.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6829not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5583not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6293

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6278?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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