Creates provisions relating to artificial intelligence
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Mar 4, 2026
What it does
SB 859 - The act establishes the "AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act".\r \r \tThe act provides that an artificial intelligence (AI) system shall be declared a non-sentient entity and shall not be considered or recognized as a person, spouse or domestic partner, or designated, appointed, or serve as any officer, director, manager, or similar role within any company.\r \r \tAI systems shall not be recognized as legal entities capable of owning title to property, as described in the act. Any assets associated with the AI system shall be attributed to human individuals or organizations responsible for the AI's development, deployment, or operation.\r \r \tAny harm caused by an AI system…
Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in Missouri.