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Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act established; enforcement; civil penalties; individual action. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act to require a covered entity, defined in the bill, to (i) implement certain reasonable systems and processes, (ii) make reasonable efforts to notify appropriate emergency services or law enforcement if it obtains knowledge that a user faces an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, and (iii) submit a report to the Attorney General after obtaining knowledge of certain covered incidents, defined in the bill, connected to one or more of its chatbots. The bill also requires an operator, defined in the bill, to disclose the non-human nature of the chatbot to users at certain intervals. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to initiate an action to seek an injunction and civil penalties for violations and also provides an individual civil action for any person harmed by a violation or the parent or legal guardian of a minor harmed by a violation.
Introduced
Jan 23, 2026
Last Action
Mar 2, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
House committee offered
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
Read first time
Senator Durant Amendment agreed to
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended
Floor offered Senator Durant Amendment
Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
Floor offered Senator Durant Substitute
Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
Senator Durant Substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26107851D-S1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB796)
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate committee offered
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Presented and ordered printed 26105447D
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Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
Tara A. Durant
Adam P. Ebbin
Christopher T. Head
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg