New York S8928 — Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Transparency Act (AI disclosure in WARN notices)

Summary

Senate Bill S8928, introduced by Senator Jeremy Cooney on January 16, 2026, and referred to the Senate Labor Committee, would amend the State WARN Act (Labor Law § 860-b) so that every WARN notice states whether the job losses result, in whole or in part, from introducing, expanding or adopting AI systems, automation technologies or machine-based processes that replaced or materially altered the affected employees' duties. Where the employer knows them at the time of notice, the statement would also give the estimated percentage of positions affected and a brief description of the technology. The Commissioner of Labor would keep a database of these statements and publish quarterly summaries of AI- or automation-related reductions by number, sector and location. DOL would run a two-year pilot, the AI Innovation and Workforce Tracking Initiative, to evaluate compliance, data accuracy and policy effects. The act would take effect 180 days after becoming law. The bill puts in statute a disclosure that DOL already asks for in its WARN filing system (state-281).

Key dates

1. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 21, 2027.

Evidence

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1. In Senate Committee Labor Committee

   Supports: Current status

   requires that each notice include a statement as to whether the employment losses described are the result, in whole or in part, of the introduction, expansion, or adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, automation technologies, or machine-based processes

   Supports: Core requirement (bill summary)

   Senate Bill S8928, 2025-2026 Legislative Session New York State Senate Primary source

2. Introduced by Sen. COONEY — read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

   Supports: Sponsor and committee referral (introduced January 16, 2026, per the bill text heading)

   AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to disclose the use of artificial intelligence or automation as a factor in workforce reductions

   Supports: Title and purpose

   the "artificial intelligence workforce impact transparency act".

   Supports: Short title

   (A) The estimated percentage of positions affected due to such auto-

   Supports: Estimated percentage of positions affected and description of the technology, to the extent known

   Such commissioner shall prepare and publish quarterly summaries

   Supports: Database and quarterly published summaries

   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after

   Supports: Effective date if enacted

   S. 8928 bill text (introduced) New York State Senate (Open Legislation) Primary source