# Rachel May
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/20169
Party: D
Role: Sen
District: SD-048
States: NY
Tracked bills: 6
Latest activity: 2026-03-09
Summary: Rachel May is a tracked D Sen in NY with 6 public bills. Focus areas include 5 AI, 1 Energy bills. Latest tracked bill: S00934 Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate..
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Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Rachel_May
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/185054/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=13761092

## Tracked bills (6)
### S00934 — Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S00934
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Engrossed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-03-09
Text available: yes

### S01169 — Regulates the development and use of certain artificial intelligence systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination; requires independent audits of high risk AI systems; provides for enforcement by the attorney general as well as a private right of action.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S01169
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Engrossed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### S08004 — Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodation; prohibits entering into any agreement that authorizes any third party to use any biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information; provides penalties for violations.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S08004
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### S08451 — 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.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S08451
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### S08546 — Requires the public service commission establish a grid modernization surcharge imposed on utilities for the energy use of data centers and high-intensity data centers which meet a specified threshold of electricity or information-technology load; establishes the grid modernization fund to finance investments in system reliability, capacity expansion, and integration of clean energy resources.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S08546
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: Energy
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### S06953 — Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models; defines terms; establishes remedies for violations.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/S06953
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Passed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2025-12-19
Text available: yes