HB 2311

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As passed on 6/9/2026: - Requires operators of conversational AI services to disclose to all users that they are interacting with an artificial intelligence. - Prohibits engagement tactics like unpredictable rewards for known minors. - Requires conversational AI services to prevent for all users sexually explicit, romantic, or emotionally dependent interactions and to avoid behavior that could lead a reasonable person to believe they are interacting with a human rather than an AI. - Requires operators to offer privacy and account management tools to minors and their parents or guardians. - Mandates operators establish a protocol to refer users expressing suicidal ideation or self-harm to crisis services. Requires reasonable measures to prevent the service from encouraging suicide or self-harm. - Prohibits requiring a digital identification system to determine whether an account holder is a minor. Limits collection of data from an age assurance method. - Authorizes the Attorney General to enforce the act through civil penalties and clarifies that it does not create a private right of action. - The 2/12/2026 amendment exempts chatbots used for commerce-related or transactional assistance. Defines operator as a person that makes a chatbot available. Clarifies there is no liability for the developer of an AI model where a conversational AI service is made available by a third-party operator. - The 6/9/2026 amendment applies protections to all users, not just minors, and clarifies age assurance requirement.

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