HB 1263 CO

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Became Law

The act defines a 'conversational artificial intelligence service' as an artificial intelligence system that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through adaptive textual, visual, or aural communications.     Effective January 1, 2027, the act creates requirements and prohibitions for a person, partnership, corporation, or entity that develops and makes publicly available a conversational artificial intelligence service or offers a conversational artificial intelligence service to a consumer (operator).     An operator is required to use commercially reasonable methods or generally accepted methods to estimate the age of a consumer who has or opens an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service (account holder) and the age of other users of a conversational artificial intelligence service. If an operator knows that an account holder or user is a minor, an operator is:Required to provide certain disclosures;Prohibited from providing the minor account holder or minor user with points or rewards to encourage engagement with the conversational artificial intelligence service;Required to institute technically feasible measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence service from producing explicit sexual conduct, intimate digital depictions, or statements that simulate emotional dependence;Required to implement a protocol for a conversational artificial intelligence service to stop engaging in response to a user prompt regarding sexual conduct with a minor; andRequired to provide tools for the minor account holder or minor user or a parent or guardian of the minor account holder or minor user to manage the minor account holder's or minor user's privacy and account settings.     The act also requires an operator to provide a disclosure to a user that a conversational artificial intelligence service is artificial intelligence, implement a protocol for user prompts regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm, and annually report to the attorney general's office information regarding the protocol the operator is implementing. The act prohibits an operator from stating that any output data provided by a conversational artificial intelligence service is provided by, endorsed by, or equivalent to services provided by certain licensed or certified professionals.     The act clarifies that nothing in the act limits an individual's ability to access certain information and resources pursuant to the state constitution, requires an operator to disclose confidential information, or authorizes content moderation practices inconsistent with the United States constitution.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• S. Camacho Democratic · sponsor
• J. Mabrey Democratic · sponsor
• J. Carson Republican · sponsor
• I. Jodeh Democratic · sponsor

1. May 29, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 28, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 28, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 28, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 12, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
6. May 11, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. May 8, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
8. May 5, 2026 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
9. May 4, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper
10. Apr 21, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
11. Apr 20, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
12. Mar 31, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
13. Mar 26, 2026 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
14. Feb 19, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower