# Joseph DeStefano
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/20680
Party: R
Role: Rep
District: HD-003
States: NY
Tracked bills: 3
Latest activity: 2026-01-07
Summary: Joseph DeStefano is a tracked R Rep in NY with 3 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 requirements for fairness in disclosures to news media workers, news media consumers, oversight of AI systems, and workplace protections for news media workers..
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https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/20680/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/20680/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_DeStefano
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/185148/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=45421505

## Tracked bills (3)
### A08962 — 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/A08962
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### A09097 — Requires disclosure of use of generative artificial intelligence to clients, criminal defendants, and the court.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A09097
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes

### A09091 — Requires search engines inform users when showing information which was generated using artificial intelligence.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/NY/2025/A09091
Jurisdiction: NY
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: Uncategorized
Updated: 2026-01-07
Text available: yes