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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 1158

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Relating to: disclaimer required when interacting with generative artificial intelligence that simulates conversation.

Data processing Trade practice

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a person from hosting or using on the person's digital

platform, product, service, application, or web page generative artificial intelligence

that simulates a conversation with or an instant message from a human being unless

the person first provides to the user, in the same location as the conversation or

instant message, a prominent and legible disclaimer that the generative artificial

intelligence is not a human being.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , Joers (D) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D)

5 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Palmeri, Doyle, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Ohnstad, Bare, Behnke, Considine, Emerson, Gustafson, Joers, O'Connor and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Larson, Roys and Agard

  2. Mar 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Apr 3, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1