Key point: Last week, the Washington and New York legislatures each passed two bills; chatbot bills advanced in Georgia, Hawaii, and Tennessee; the Hawaii House passed a pricing bill while Colorado and Massachusetts committees advanced pricing bills; health care-related AI bills advanced in Missouri and Vermont; and New Hampshire advanced a deceptive AI bill.
Below is the ninth 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
Washington’s legislature closed for the year by passing two AI-related bills – HB 2225 (chatbots) and HB 1170 (provenance). Both bills are now with Governor Bob Ferguson for consideration. We will be publishing an article on the chatbot bill later today.
The New York legislature also passed two bills last week – a GenAI warning bill and the RAISE Act chapter amendment bill. You can read our analysis of the GenAI warning bill here.
In other chatbot bill news, bills crossed chambers in Georgia and Hawaii (two bills), a Tennessee committee recommended advancing a bill, and new bills were introduced in New Jersey and New York.
Turning to pricing bill developments, the Hawaii House passed a bill prohibiting surveillance pricing in the sale of food. Meanwhile, pricing bills passed out of committees in Massachusetts and Colorado, and new bills were filed in New Jersey and Minnesota.
Turning to health care-related AI bills, three bills saw movement last week. A Missouri bill passed out of committee while two Vermont bills are on the notice calendar.
In New Hampshire, a bill creating a private right of action with statutory damages for certain deceptive uses of AI received a committee report of ought to pass with amendment. The amendment is not yet publicly available.
Florida’s legislature closed without passing any of the AI bills we were tracking, including the Florida AI Bill of Rights.
Virginia’s legislature also closed for the year without passing any of the fourteen AI-related bills we tracked this year.
Finally, as we reported last week, the Commerce Secretary’s list of onerous state AI laws pursuant to President Trump’s executive order was due on March 11. That list has yet to be published.
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.
There were no updates for this category last week.
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.
Washington’s HB 2225 passed the legislature and is now on Governor Bob Ferguson’s desk. The bill was requested by the governor.
Meanwhile, three bills crossed chambers. Georgia’s chatbot bill (SB 540) unanimously passed the Senate, and two Hawaii chatbot bills (HB 1782 and SB 3001) unanimously passed the House and Senate, respectively.
In Tennessee, SB 1700 was recommended for passage with an amendment by the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
Turning to new bills, New Jersey’s A 4730 requires persons to notify certain consumers when communicating with GenAI to engage in trade or commerce while A 4732 requires AI companion operators to provide notifications that users are not communicating with a human. In New York, S 9408 would place a temporary moratorium on chatbot toys.
Pricing
These bills deal with the use of AI to set prices and in some cases deal with employment.
Hawaii’s HB 2458 passed the House. The bill prohibits surveillance pricing in the sale of food.
In Massachusetts, H 1564 was reported out of committee and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means under a new bill number (H 5222). S 994 and S 1016 also were reported out of committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means with a new bill number (S 2983). The bills address rental pricing.
In Colorado, HB 1210 (surveillance pricing and wage setting) was amended and passed out of committee. It is now on floor readings.
Turning to new bills, in New Jersey A 4523 was introduced as the companion bill to S 3717. The bills establish the Fair Price Protection Act. A new bill also was introduced in Minnesota (HF 4131) (surveillance-based price and wage discrimination prohibited).
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 A 3411 (GenAI warnings) passed the legislature. We wrote an analysis of the bill here.
Provenance
These bills require entities to make disclosures regarding the data used to train AI.
Washington’s HB 1170 passed the legislature and is on the governor’s desk.
Employment
These bills regulate the use of AI in employment settings such as hiring, firing, promotion, compensation or displacement issues.
There were no updates for this category last week.
Health
These bills focus on the use of AI in healthcare.
Three health care-related AI bills advanced last week. Missouri’s HB 2368 passed out of a House committee. The bill provides that any “person or entity that develops or deploys artificial intelligence in the state shall not advertise or represent to the public that the AI is or is able to act as a mental health professional or is capable of providing therapy services, psychotherapy services, or a mental health diagnosis.”
Meanwhile, two Vermont bills are on the notice calendar. HB 814 regulates the use of mental health chatbots and requires notice when GenAI is used for patient communications, among other things. HB 816 regulates the use of AI in providing mental health services.
Personhood
These bills generally provide that AI cannot be granted legal status or deemed a person under state law.
There were no updates for this category last week.
AI Bill of Rights
These bills cover multiple issues such as chatbots and providing individuals with rights relating to AI.
Florida’s legislature closed without passing the Florida AI Bill of Rights.
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) passed the legislature. Meanwhile, a frontier model bill was introduced in Minnesota (SF 4509).
Other
New Hampshire’s SB 657 received a committee report of ought to pass with amendment. The amendment is not yet available. The initial bill creates a private right of action with statutory damages for certain deceptive uses of AI. In New Jersey, A 4733 prohibits advertising GenAI as able to practice a regulated profession or occupation.