AZ HB2737: Chatbot regulations; personal data; requirements

In one paragraph

Arizona's HB 2737 (2026) would have limited how a chatbot provider may use personal data and chat logs: no processing personal data to inform output without a user's express request and affirmative consent, no using chat logs for advertising, no training on chat logs of minors without parental consent or of adults without consent, no selling chat logs, and no retention beyond ten years unless required. It was held in House committees with no action and died when the 2026 session ended June 13, 2026.

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What it means for business

None: the bill died and never became law. It would have restricted chatbot providers' use of chat logs and personal data for output, advertising, training and sale, and required user access to chat logs.

Key provisions

1. 1Would define a chatbot as an algorithmic or automated system that generates text, audio, image or video simulating interpersonal conversation, including AI
2. 2Would bar processing personal data to inform chatbot output unless necessary for a user's express request and the user gives affirmative consent
3. 3Would bar processing chat logs to decide, select or customize advertisements
4. 4Would bar processing a minor's chat log and personal data (including for training) without parent or guardian affirmative consent when the provider knows or should have known the user is a minor, and training on an adult's data without affirmative consent
5. 5Would bar profiling beyond what an express request needs, selling chat logs, and retaining a chat log more than ten years unless required by law
6. 6Would bar discriminating or retaliating (denying service, charging different prices, lower quality) against users who refuse consent to training, and give users access to their own chat logs in a downloadable, easy-to-read format
7. 7Held in House committees (Artificial Intelligence & Innovation; Rules) with no action; died June 13, 2026

Latest legislative action

Jan 21, 2026. House read second time; died when the 57th Arizona Legislature's 2026 regular session ended June 13, 2026

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