Legislation Detail

Adds Chapter 63 to Title 6 of the General Laws. Operators may not provide an AI companion unless it maintains a protocol for detecting and responding to user expressions of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or threatened harm to others, including referral to crisis services. Operators must notify users that they are not interacting with a human and must report annually on safety protocols. Customer-service, efficiency, research/technical-assistance and internal-productivity systems are excluded.

'Operators' — any person, partnership, association, firm or business entity (or member, affiliate, subsidiary or beneficial owner) that operates or provides an AI companion to Rhode Island users

Enforcement provision addressing noncompliant AI companion providers; specific penalty amounts n.a.

The Senate companion S 2195 Substitute A as Amended is the enacted vehicle (Public Law 2026 ch. 376 per EveryAILaw; became law June 22, 2026). The General Assembly passed S 2195Aaa / H 7350Aaa on June 8, 2026.