# John McDonald
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/14207
Party: D
Role: Rep
District: HD-108
States: NY
Tracked bills: 3
Latest activity: 2026-04-24
Summary: John McDonald is a tracked D Rep in NY with 3 public bills. Focus areas include 3 AI bills. Latest tracked bill: A04901 Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully autonomous vehicle; makes related provisions..
Machine-readable companions:
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/14207/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/14207/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/John_T._McDonald_III
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/142711/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=13789885

## Tracked bills (3)
### A04901 — Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully autonomous vehicle; makes related provisions.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A04901
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-04-24
Text available: yes

### A08916 — Prohibits licensees from relying on artificial intelligence for tracking and advertisement purposes and using such artificial intelligence to create personalized advertisements.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A08916
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### A09185 — Includes communications generated using artificial intelligence in the definition of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A09185
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes