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Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act; established, prohibited practices, penalties.
VA · Legislation · 2026 · HB635
Record updated Feb 9, 2026
Summary
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act established; prohibited practices; penalties. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act, which prohibits an operator from making a companion chatbot, as those terms are defined in the bill, available to a user in the Commonwealth unless the companion chatbot is incapable of certain actions specified in the bill.
Timeline
2026-02-09
H
Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
2026-02-04
H
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-04
H
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2026-01-29
H
Assigned HST sub: Technology and Innovation
2026-01-13
H
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105121D
2026-01-13
H
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
Bill Text
Pending
Bill Text is not available yet for this record.