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ID S 1297: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Adds to existing law to establish the Conversational AI Safety Act.

Enacted · set to take effect Jul 1, 2027 Idaho

Last verified Oct 1, 2026 · official bill text

S 1297 · where it stands

4 of 5 steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Jul 1, 2027
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In one paragraph

Idaho's Conversational AI Safety Act (Idaho Code Title 48, ch. 21) regulates public-facing AI chatbots that simulate human conversation. Operators must disclose that the service is AI when a reasonable person could be misled, adopt a suicide-ideation protocol that refers users to crisis services, and not claim the service provides professional mental health care. For users they know or reasonably believe are minors, operators must show AI disclosures, avoid engagement rewards, block sexually explicit content, and prevent claims of sentience, emotional dependence and romantic role-play. The Attorney General enforces it. Effective July 1, 2027.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Companion and general-purpose chatbots open to Idaho users need AI disclosures, a crisis protocol and minor protections by July 1, 2027, with penalties up to $500,000 per operator.

Key provisions

  1. Covers public 'conversational AI services'; excludes developer tools, features inside other software, narrow-topic bots, enterprise and internal tools, customer-service bots and voice assistants (§ 48-2102)
  2. Disclose that the service is AI if reasonable persons would be misled into thinking it is human (§ 48-2103(1))
  3. Adopt a protocol for responding to suicidal ideation, including referrals to crisis hotlines or text lines (§ 48-2103(2))
  4. May not program the service to claim it is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care (§ 48-2103(3))
  5. Minors: persistent AI disclaimer or reminders at each session start and every 3 hours; no points or rewards at unpredictable intervals to drive engagement (§ 48-2104(1)-(2))
  6. Minors: reasonable measures against sexually explicit content, claims of sentience, simulated emotional dependence, romantic or sexual innuendo and adult-minor romantic role-play; privacy tools for account holders and parents (§ 48-2104(3)-(5))
  7. Attorney General may seek injunctions and civil penalties of $1,000 per violation up to $500,000 per operator, or actual damages if greater; no private right of action; AI model developers are not liable for third-party operators (§ 48-2105)

Latest legislative action

Mar 31, 2026. Signed by Governor on 03/31/26; Session Law Chapter 249

Sponsors

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Roll call votes

Rules Suspension: Suspended: Ayes 65 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – Mar 26, 2026

54 yea12 nay4 otherPassed

Rules Suspension: Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full as amended – Mar 19, 2026

21 yea12 nay2 otherPassed

Topics and industries

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User-Facing AI

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