Key point: Last week, chatbot bills crossed chambers in Arizona and Iowa and advanced out of committees in five states, a health care-related AI bill crossed chambers in Kentucky, and provenance bills advanced out of committees in Utah and New York.

Below is the seventh update on the status of proposed state AI legislation in 2026. These posts track state AI bills that can directly or indirectly affect private-sector AI developers and deployers. These posts do not track AI bills that focus on government use of AI; insurance; workgroups; education; legal settings; name, image, and likeness; deepfakes; CSAM and sexual material; and election interference. As always, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change.

What’s New

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We continue to see chatbot bills advance. Last week, bills crossed chambers in Arizona and Iowa while bills advanced out of committees in Georgia, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Keep a close eye on the Oregon bill. It contains a private right of action with statutory damages. New bills also were filed in New Jersey, Louisiana, and Connecticut. Of note, the Connecticut bill is Senator James Maroney’s 2026 AI bill. It covers numerous topics including chatbots and the use of AI in employment settings.

A health care-related AI bill also crossed chambers last week with Kentucky’s HB 455 passing the House. The bill regulates the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy services.

Provenance bills also advanced. Utah’s Digital Content Provenance Standards Act passed out of a Senate Committee and is on a second reading. The bill previously passed the House. Meanwhile, New York’s AI Training Data Transparency Act passed out of a Senate Committee and is on floor votes. New York companion bills S 6954 and A 6540 – the Stop Deepfakes Act – also passed out of committees and are on floor votes.

Turning to pricing bills, six new bills were introduced in four states: Georgia (two bills), Louisianna (two bills), Minnesota, and Rhode Island.

Florida’s AI Bill of Rights (SB 482) remains on the Senate’s special order calendar. The bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee last week (18-0). However, the bill reportedly will not be considered in the House. This comes after reports last week that the Trump administration raised concerns with the bill.

Finally, Indiana’s legislature closed without passing either of the two bills we were tracking.

More details on those bills plus updates on all bill movements last week in the below post.

High Risk / Consequential Decisions

These bills regulate AI in high-risk situations such as financial services or healthcare and can require disclosures, assessments, and consumer rights.

A South Carolina Republican Senator introduced an algorithmic discrimination bill (S 963).

Chatbot

These bills come in different varieties but, in general, they regulate AI interacting directly with individuals. For example, chatbots that act as companions or interact with individuals in a commercial or healthcare setting.

Bills in two states crossed chambers last week. In Arizona, an amended HB 2311 passed out of the House. Meanwhile, Iowa’s SF 2417 unanimously passed the Senate.

Five bills also advanced out of committees. Georgia’s SB 540 was amended and advanced out of the Senate Children and Families Committee.

In Illinois, the House Rules Committee approved HB 3021 for consideration, and the bill was placed on a second reading.

New York’s S 7263 was voted out of committee and is on floor votes. The bill imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals.

Oregon’s SB 1546 continued to advance. After passing the Senate last week, the bill was amended and passed out of a House Committee. The bill contains a private right of action with statutory damages.

Washington’s SB 5984 also continued to advance. The bill was amended and passed out of the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee.

New bills were filed in New Jersey (S 3668) and Louisianna (HB 791). In Connecticut, Senator Maroney filed the text of his AI bill (SB 5). The bill includes, among other things, chatbot provisions.

Pricing

These bills deal with the use of AI to set prices and in some cases deal with employment.

Lawmakers introduced six new pricing bills last week.

In Georgia, a group of six Democrat representatives introduced the Georgia Pricing Surveillance Act (HB 1439). Meanwhile, a group of 23 Democrat Senators introduced a bill (SB 559) to regulate rental property owners’ and managers’ use of algorithmic coordination functions.

Two new pricing surveillance bills were prefiled in Louisianna (SB 362 and HB 471).

Minnesota lawmakers are also considering a new surveillance pricing bill (HF 3794).

Finally, Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a new surveillance pricing bill (HB 7849), which is set for a March 3 committee hearing.

Disclosures

These bills generally require organizations to identify when content is generated by AI or otherwise make disclosures regarding the use of GenAI.

New York’s S 934 passed out of the Senate Internet and Technology Committee and is now on floor votes. Meanwhile, its companion bill (A 6578) was amended on third reading. The bills require warnings on GenAI systems.

Provenance

These bills require entities to make disclosures regarding the data used to train AI.

Utah’s HB 276 passed out of a Senate Committee and is on a second reading. The bill previously passed the House. The bill does several things but, as it relates to the scope of our posts, the bill enacts the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act.

New York’s S 6955 passed out of the Senate Internet and Technology Committee and it on floor votes. The bill establishes the AI Training Data Transparency Act. Meanwhile, companion bills S 6954 and A 6540 – the Stop Deepfakes Act – passed out of committees and are on floor votes. The bills require synthetic content creations system providers to include provenance data on certain content made available by the provider.

Employment

These bills regulate the use of AI in employment settings such as hiring, firing, promotion, compensation or displacement issues.

A Louisianna lawmaker prefiled a bill (HB 421) dealing with the use of automated decision systems in employment.

Health

These bills focus on the use of AI in healthcare.

In Kentucky, HB 455 passed the House. The bill regulates the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy services.

Personhood

These bills generally provide that AI cannot be granted legal status or deemed a person under state law.

In Missouri, HB 1746 and HB 1769 passed out of House committees.

AI Bill of Rights

These bills cover multiple issues such as chatbots and providing individuals with rights relating to AI.

Florida’s AI Bill of Rights (SB 482) remains on the Senate’s special order calendar. However, the bill reportedly will not be considered in the House. Meanwhile, a new AI Bill of Rights bill was prefiled in Louisianna (HB 734).

Frontier Models

These bills apply to frontier models and the bills commonly apply only to global-scale tech corporations.

New York’s RAISE Act chapter amendments bill (S 8828) moved closer to passage. The bill is now on a third reading in the Assembly after previously passing the Senate.