# Doug Smith
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/19644
Party: R
Role: Rep
District: HD-005
States: NY
Tracked bills: 2
Latest activity: 2026-06-05
Summary: Doug Smith is a tracked R Rep in NY with 2 public bills. Focus areas include 2 AI bills. Latest tracked bill: A08962 Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI..
Machine-readable companions:
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/19644/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/19644/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Smith_(New_York)
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/179865/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=44426589

## Tracked bills (2)
### A08962 — Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A08962
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-06-05
Text available: yes

### A10379 — Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors; defines terms; specifies what are considered unsafe features.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A10379
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-06-04
Text available: yes