TN SB 2171: Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Cha…

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Tennessee's SB 2171 (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. Companion HB 1898 passed the House. SB 2171 was not passed before the session ended in April 2026; last action: Re-refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee (April 15, 2026).

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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

1. 1As 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
2. 2Would 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
3. 3Large 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
4. 4Catastrophic 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
5. 5Child 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
6. 6Status: recommended for passage with amendments 9-0 (March 24, 2026) and by Senate Commerce and Labor 6-3 (April 7, 2026); after being set on the Senate calendar it was re-referred to Commerce and Labor on April 15, 2026 and not passed before the session ended

Latest legislative action

Apr 15, 2026. Re-refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

Sponsors

Roll call votes

Related and companion bills

• Tennessee HB 1898Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Prote…