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Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68.
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Tennessee's HB 1898 (114th General Assembly), the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act," as introduced would have barred a frontier model developer or a large chatbot provider (1 million monthly users, $25 million revenue) from making materially false or misleading statements about catastrophic risk, and defined child safety incidents involving covered chatbots. The House passed it as amended, 94-0, on April 16, 2026, and the Senate received it April 20, 2026, but it did not pass the Senate before the session ended. Companion: SB 2171.
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What it means for business
Not law. If enacted as introduced, frontier AI developers and large chatbot providers (1 million monthly users, $25 million revenue) could not have made materially false or misleading statements about catastrophic risk.
Key provisions
- As introduced, creates the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act" as a new chapter of Title 68 (§ 68-107-101 et seq.) and amends Titles 4, 10 (Chapter 7), 47 and 58
- Would bar a frontier model developer (excluding an accredited college or university developing or using frontier models exclusively for academic research) or a large chatbot provider from making a materially false or misleading statement about catastrophic risk
- Large chatbot provider: a person who makes available in Tennessee a covered chatbot (humanlike conversations generated by a foundation model, foreseeably likely to be accessed by minors, at least 1 million monthly active users) and, with affiliates, had annual revenue of at least $25 million
- Catastrophic risk: a foreseeable, material risk that a frontier model will materially contribute to more than 50 deaths or serious injuries or over $1 billion in property damage in a single incident involving expert-level CBRN weapon help, unsupervised conduct that is a cyberattack or would be murder, assault, extortion or theft, or evading control
- Child safety incident: covered chatbot behavior toward a minor that, if done by a human, would be deemed to intentionally or recklessly cause death or bodily injury to the minor, among other listed harms
- Status: passed the House as amended (three amendments), Ayes 94, Nays 0, on April 16, 2026; received in the Senate and passed on first consideration April 20, 2026; not passed by the Senate before the session ended
Latest legislative action
Apr 20, 2026. Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Zachary | Primary |
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