# S. 8391 (New York) — effective immediately

For S. 8391 (New York), effective date is immediately; what it applies to is the unauthorized use of a deceased performer's digital replica: the act rewrites the definitions of "deceased performer", "deceased personality" and "digital replica" in section 50-f of the civil rights law, and narrows the carve-outs for advertising media and for services that display, offer for sale or license a work containing a digital replica, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.

- **Jurisdiction:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** S. 8391 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** immediately _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** the unauthorized use of a deceased performer's digital replica: the act rewrites the definitions of "deceased performer", "deceased personality" and "digital replica" in section 50-f of the civil rights law, and narrows the carve-outs for advertising media and for services that display, offer for sale or license a work containing a digital replica _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> S. 8391

## Source

- https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S08391&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2026-10-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).