In one paragraph
Arizona's SB 1786 (2026), House-engrossed version, would have required a 'covered provider' of a generative AI system with more than one million monthly users to include provenance data in video, image or audio content the system creates or materially alters and that can be shared outside it. It passed the Senate 17-13 on March 3, 2026 and the House 33-20 on April 15, 2026, but was held awaiting concurrence or conference 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 required large consumer generative AI providers to embed provenance data in AI-created or materially altered video, image and audio content.
Key provisions
- Would require a covered provider to include provenance data in video, image or audio content created or materially altered by its generative AI system and available to be shared outside the system (A.R.S. 18-801(A))
- Would not apply to text generated in interactive experiences such as voice assistants, virtual or augmented reality and real-time conversational AI
- Would require commercially and technically reasonable methods to make provenance data difficult to remove or tamper with; a commonly supported watermarking and metadata standard complies
- Would define 'covered provider' as the producer of a generative AI system with more than one million monthly users that is publicly accessible in Arizona to consumers for personal use, excluding cloud service providers, primarily business-to-business providers, accessibility products, internet service providers and affiliates, and search engines
- Would not treat minor edits such as brightness, cropping, resizing or format conversion as a material alteration
- Would bar, to the extent commercially and technically reasonable, putting information about an identifiable individual in provenance data unless the provider chooses to include it where a user affirmatively elects to include it
- Would take effect from and after February 1, 2027 (House-engrossed text)
- Passed the Senate 17-13 and the House 33-20 (amended); held awaiting concurrence or conference; died June 13, 2026
Latest legislative action
May 5, 2026. Transmit to Senate; died when the 57th Arizona Legislature's 2026 regular session ended June 13, 2026
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Warren Petersen | Primary |
Roll call votes
Passed Mar 3, 2026
17 yea13 nayPassed
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