In one paragraph
Pennsylvania's SB 1090 (2025-26), the Safeguarding Adolescents from Exploitative Chatbots and Harmful AI Technology Act (Printer's No. 1423), would require operators of AI companion platforms to disclose nonhuman status, maintain suicide and self-harm protocols, and apply safeguards for minors. The Attorney General could seek civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation. It passed the Senate 49-1 on March 17, 2026 and was referred to the House Communications & Technology Committee on March 18.
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What it means for business
None yet: the bill is pending. If enacted, AI companion platform operators would have to make nonhuman and minor-suitability disclosures and maintain safety protocols, with civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation.
Key provisions
- Would require a clear and conspicuous notice that an AI companion is artificial and not human if a reasonable person would be misled
- Would require a protocol, to the extent technologically feasible, to prevent suicide, self-harm or violence-encouraging content and to refer users to crisis services; protocol details must be published on the operator's website
- Would require, for users the operator knows or should have known are minors, an AI disclosure, a break-and-nonhuman reminder at least once every three hours, and reasonable measures to prevent sexually explicit visual material or instructions to engage in sexually explicit conduct
- Would require operators who know minors use the service to disclose that AI companions may not be suitable for some minors
- Would give the Attorney General enforcement power and civil penalties of not more than $10,000 per violation, in addition to other remedies
- Would take effect in 120 days
- Passed the Senate 49-1 on March 17, 2026; referred to the House Communications & Technology Committee on March 18, 2026
Latest legislative action
Mar 18, 2026. Referred to Communications & Technology
Sponsors (showing 5 of 50)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Corman | Primary |
| Greg Rothman R | Primary |
| Mastriano | Primary |
| Tartaglione | Primary |
| Amanda Cappelletti D | Cosponsor |
Roll call votes
Final Passage: PASSAGE Mar 17, 2026
49 yea1 nayPassed
Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed Mar 17, 2026
22 yea0 nayPassed
Committee vote (Communications & Technology): Reported as Committed Nov 18, 2025
11 yea0 nayPassed
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