WA HB1168: Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence.

In one paragraph

Washington's HB 1168 (substitute, 2025-26 biennium) would have required developers of generative AI systems released on or after January 1, 2022 and available to Washingtonians to post a high-level summary of their training data on their website by January 1, 2026 and before each later release. The Attorney General would have enforced it with a civil penalty of $5,000 per day and a 45-day cure notice. Its 1st substitute was recommended by House Technology in January 2025, was reintroduced January 12, 2026 and died at adjournment.

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What it means for business

None: the bill did not pass. It would have required generative AI developers to publish training-data summaries or face Attorney General penalties of $5,000 per day.

Key provisions

1. 1Developers primarily engaged in designing or substantially modifying generative AI for commercial or public use; excludes internal-use or research developers and API users without substantial modification (Sec. 1)
2. 2Website summary of datasets: sources, purpose, number and types of data points, purchased, licensed or public, personal information, cleaning, training dates, synthetic data (Sec. 2)
3. 3No disclosure for security-and-integrity systems, aircraft operation in national airspace, or national security systems for federal entities (Sec. 2)
4. 4Attorney General enforces; civil penalty of $5,000 per day; if a cure is possible, the developer has 45 days after notice before suit (Sec. 3)
5. 5Majority do pass in House Technology January 28, 2025; Appropriations hearing February 25, 2025; reintroduced January 12, 2026; died at adjournment. No effective date in the text

Latest legislative action

Jan 12, 2026. Referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.

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