STATE OF NEW YORK
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9006
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to
disclosure of motion picture start times
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a
2 new section 61.15 to read as follows:
3 § 61.15. Motion picture start time disclosures. 1. For purposes of
4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (a) "Ticket operator" shall mean the person or entity responsible for
6 overseeing the content of a ticket.
7 (b) "Ticket" shall mean a digital or physical limited purpose license
8 to, at a minimum, enter a specific theater and attend a specific screen-
9 ing of a specific motion picture.
10 (c) "Theater" shall mean any venue screening a motion picture.
11 (d) "Motion picture" shall mean audiovisual works consisting of a
12 series of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an
13 impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any, exclud-
14 ing previews and promotional content.
15 (e) "Previews and promotional content" shall mean any content which
16 promotes or advertises a motion picture, product or service. This
17 includes, but is not limited to:
18 (i) Trailers for upcoming films;
19 (ii) Advertisements for products, services, or other commercial inter-
20 ests; and
21 (iii) Announcements or sponsorships messages unrelated to the content
22 of the advertised film.
23 2. A ticket operator shall not knowingly display, advertise or provide
24 a person with a ticket for a motion picture screening which does not
25 conspicuously display the scheduled start time of the motion picture.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. A ticket operator shall be permitted to include the start time of
2 previews and promotional content on the ticket, provided that the sched-
3 uled start times for both the motion picture and the previews and promo-
4 tional content are clearly labeled as such.
5 4. The attorney general may impose a civil penalty of not more than
6 two hundred and fifty dollars per screening which violates the
7 provisions of subdivision two or three of this section.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
