Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act; established, enforcement, civil penalty.
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Jul 21
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
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What it does
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act established; enforcement; civil penalties; individual action. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act to require a covered entity, defined in the bill, to (i) implement certain reasonable systems and processes, (ii) make reasonable efforts to notify appropriate emergency services or law enforcement if it obtains knowledge that a user faces an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, and (iii) submit a report to the Attorney General after obtaining knowledge of certain covered incidents, defined in the bill, connected to one or more of its chatbots. The bill also requires an operator, defined in the bill, to…
What moved
Who is involved
- Tara DurantLead sponsor
- Adam EbbinCo-sponsor
- Chris HeadCo-sponsor
- Schuyler VanValkenburgCo-sponsor
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