HB 143 (2025)
Add penalties if the owner or operator of a chatbot knows it is encouraging child harm
This bill became law.
Restricts the ability of a school or local government to ban someone from public property. A ban would require a unanimous vote of the governing body in a duly noticed public meeting, or a court order.
The House amended the bill to establish a process, including an optional public hearing, to issue no trespass orders for
public properties. The revised process does not require a unanimous vote.
The Senate reinstated the requirement for a unanimous vote.
The Senate then added the substance of SB 204, SB 23, and SB 263.
SB 204 allows schools to offer free meals for students up to 200% of the federal poverty level, with some reimbursement from the state.
SB 23 expands what constitutes endangering the welfare of a child and increases penalties. For example, this bill removes the requirement that a person "purposefully" violated a duty of care.
SB 263 adds penalties if a chatbot or similar program somehow encourages a child to engage in sexual or harmful behavior.
A conference committee of representatives and senators agreed on a final version of the bill that only addresses chatbots, similar to SB 263. Under the final version of the bill, the owner or operator of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot could be sued by the Attorney General if they have knowledge indicating the AI chatbot is encouraging a child to commit harmful behavior. The Attorney General would first give the owner/operator 90 days to address the problem and ensure it won't happen again in the future.
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