Establishes the NY digital choice act requiring social media companies to provide covered users with a copy of the covered user's social graph at the request of the covered user

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STATE OF NEW YORK

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8850--A

IN SENATE

January 9, 2026

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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when

printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology --

committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Passed First Chamber — base rate 16%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum +2 58/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -18 129 days quiet

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