State AI law
Rhode Island
AI laws
We track 32 artificial-intelligence bills and regulations in Rhode Island. 12 have been signed or enacted, and 10 are still moving.
Last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How we collect and check bills
Where Rhode Island’s bills stand
32 bills- Introduced
- 6
- In committee
- 3
- Passed a chamber
- 1
- Signed or enacted
- 12
- Dead or vetoed
- 10
Overview
How Rhode Island regulates AI
Rhode Island has 32 published AI-related bills in our register, 12 of them signed or enacted. Every bill below links to its own page with the status, dates and a plain-English summary.
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RSS feed for Rhode IslandRelating to Criminal Offenses -- Impersonation and Identity Fraud
Rhode Island's 2026 identity fraud amendment defines a forged digital likeness as a computer- or other electronic system-generated visual representation of an identifiable person, or an audio recording of their voice, made to closely resemble a genuine one, likely to deceive, and created and distributed without consent. Digital forgery, knowingly creating or distributing such a likeness as genuine to facilitate fraud, is now felony identity fraud under 11-49.1-3(a)(8). The act also covers impersonating an entity with intent to defraud. Constitutionally protected activity, law enforcement and providers or developers of the underlying technology are excepted. Effective on passage.
Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Impersonation and Identity Fraud
Rhode Island's 2026 identity fraud amendment defines a forged digital likeness as a computer- or other electronic system-generated visual representation of an identifiable person, or an audio recording of their voice, made to closely resemble a genuine one, likely to deceive, and created and distributed without consent. Digital forgery, knowingly creating or distributing such a likeness as genuine to facilitate fraud, is now felony identity fraud under 11-49.1-3(a)(8). The act also covers impersonating an entity with intent to defraud. Constitutionally protected activity, law enforcement and providers or developers of the underlying technology are excepted. Effective on passage.
Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments.
Rhode Island H 7349 Substitute A (2026), enacted as Chapter 373, the Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act, adds chapter 40.1-5.5. Providers may use AI only for administrative or supplementary support, may not let AI make independent therapeutic decisions or determine treatment plans, and need written patient consent for certain AI use. Only licensed professionals may offer therapy to the public. Enacted June 22, 2026; effective upon passage.
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS
Rhode Island's AI companion law, effective January 1, 2027, applies to operators of AI companions: AI that simulates a sustained human-like relationship by remembering users, asking unprompted emotional questions and keeping up a personal dialogue. Operators must have a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation, self-harm or physical harm to others expressed by a user, with a referral to crisis services when detected, and must tell users at the start of an interaction and every three hours that they are not talking to a human. From July 1, 2027 operators file annual reports with the Attorney General, who enforces with penalties up to $15,000 a day. Signed June 22, 2026.
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS
Rhode Island's AI companion law, effective January 1, 2027, applies to operators of AI companions: AI that simulates a sustained human-like relationship by remembering users, asking unprompted emotional questions and keeping up a personal dialogue. Operators must have a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation, self-harm or physical harm to others expressed by a user, with a referral to crisis services when detected, and must tell users at the start of an interaction and every three hours that they are not talking to a human. From July 1, 2027 operators file annual reports with the Attorney General, who enforces with penalties up to $15,000 a day. Signed June 22, 2026.
Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments.
Rhode Island's Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act bars any person or company from offering therapy or psychotherapy to the public, including through internet AI, unless a licensed professional provides it. Licensed professionals may not let AI make independent therapeutic decisions, set treatment plans, or talk with clients therapeutically outside an established care relationship, and need written informed consent before using emotionally bonding AI or AI companions on recorded or transcribed sessions. FDA-cleared tools, religious counseling, peer support and approved research are exempt. Effective June 22, 2026.
Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visi…
Rhode Island's H 7538 Sub A adds Chapter 23-106 to the General Laws. Healthcare providers and healthcare facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth visits must notify patients of the use of AI for that sole purpose and review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit. The Senate passed Sub A and the House concurred June 11, 2026; signed June 22, 2026 (Chapter 199); effective upon passage (June 22, 2026).
Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visi…
Rhode Island S 2570 Substitute A (2026), enacted as Chapter 372, the Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act, requires healthcare providers and facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth visits to notify patients of the use of AI for that sole purpose and to review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit. The act states no penalties. Enacted June 22, 2026; effective upon passage.
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE BY HEALTH INSURERS TO MANAGE COVERAGE AND…
Rhode Island's proposed Transparency and Accountability in AI Use by Health Insurers to Manage Coverage and Claims Act. Health insurers, and contractors acting for them, would have to disclose to the health insurance commissioner and DBR how they use AI in claims and coverage decisions (models, role, training data, performance metrics, governance) and keep records of AI-driven decisions for five years. Any clinical denial in which AI was a substantial factor would need review and approval by a provider with the same license as the ordering provider, or it would be invalid. Regulators would report yearly. The Senate passed a substitute on June 9, 2026.
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
Rhode Island SB 2499 (2026), as introduced on February 6, 2026, would add a chapter on electronic monitoring and automated decision systems in employment. It would make it unlawful for an employer to use an electronic monitoring tool to collect employee information unless stated conditions are met, bar tools that incorporate facial recognition, and require impact assessments. Employers would have to keep records for five years; penalties would be those in title 28. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
Rhode Island's H 7767 would add a chapter to Title 28 limiting how employers use electronic monitoring and automated decision systems on workers. Employers could monitor only for listed purposes, with written notice, an independent impact assessment, and human review of decisions based on monitoring data; monitoring tools using facial recognition or gait, voice analysis or emotion recognition would be barred. Introduced February 12, 2026; House Labor recommended it be held for further study April 15, 2026. It has not passed either chamber.
Requires DOA provide inventory of all state agencies using artificial intelligence (AI); establishes a 13 member permanent commission to mon…
Rhode Island H 7119 (2026), the Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act as introduced on January 15, 2026, would require the department of administration to inventory all systems that employ artificial intelligence and make each inventory public on the state's open data portal. It would create a permanent 13-member artificial intelligence commission within that department. The text says it takes effect upon passage and has no penalties section.
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTERNET ACCESS AND ADVERTISING BY FACSIMILE
Rhode Island H 7543 (2026), as introduced on February 6, 2026, would add section 6-47-2.1 requiring any video, image or photograph generated by artificial intelligence that is posted on a public platform, and is created in or viewable in Rhode Island, to carry a marking disclosing that it was AI-generated. A violation for profit or for trade would be a deceptive trade practice with a civil penalty under 6-13.1-8. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers and identify what data may be …
Rhode Island H 8077 (2026), as introduced on February 27, 2026, would let municipal and state police use automated license plate readers under a new chapter 12-5.3. Readers could scan plates only for listed purposes, could not photograph vehicle occupants or record audio, and captured plate data would be deleted after 21 days except for stated exceptions. The attorney general and aggrieved persons could sue. The text takes effect January 1, 2027.
Amends the residential landlord and tenant act to prohibit the use of algorithmic renting-setting software that relies on nonpublic competit…
Rhode Island's H 7129 would have added R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-63 making it unlawful for any person to use a revenue management device (rent-optimization software that uses nonpublic competitor data) or nonpublic competitor data to set, recommend or determine rents or occupancy levels for residential units. A violation would have been an unfair or deceptive trade practice enforceable by the attorney general. Introduced January 15, 2026 and referred to House Judiciary; withdrawn at the sponsor's request, recorded 03/14/2026 (the status report also shows 03/18/2026 in parentheses).
Regulates how certain large social media platforms utilize algorithms.
Rhode Island H 7954 (2026), the Digital Platform Transparency and Democratic Integrity Act as introduced on February 27, 2026, would require covered platforms (more than one million monthly active users nationally that let users create profiles and share content) to disclose the main factors behind content ranking and to label AI-made synthetic media that appears to depict real people, statements or events. Knowing violations carry civil penalties up to $10,000 each. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Creates the surveillance pricing and online retailing act that would prohibit algorithmic price increases for online purchases.
Rhode Island H 7849 (2026), as introduced on February 27, 2026, would add chapter 6-13.4 barring online retailers from knowingly applying an 'algorithmic price increase': a price above the seller's baseline price set using an algorithm, AI or other data processing system and materially influenced by an individual consumer's personal data. Violations are deceptive trade practices with civil penalties up to $100 per violation. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Promotes transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims.
Rhode Island H 7190 (2026), as introduced on January 21, 2026, would add chapter 27-84 requiring health insurers to disclose to OHIC and DBR how they use AI to manage claims and coverage and to keep records of AI decisions for at least five years. A non-administrative adverse benefit determination on medically necessary care in which AI made, or was a substantial factor in, the decision would need review and approval by a provider with the same license status as the ordering provider. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Prohibits the use of algorithmic pricing by landlords to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant.
Rhode Island S 2266 (2026), as introduced on January 23, 2026, would add section 34-18-63. Effective January 1, 2027, landlords and their agents could not use an algorithmic device that uses or was trained on nonpublic competitor data to determine or suggest rent, or use an algorithmic device to set rent changes for renewals or existing tenants. Violations would be deceptive trade practices. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Electronic Imaging Devices
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen. Laws 11-64-3 makes the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material cover sexually explicit or intimate images of an identifiable adult, including any image created by a digital device or altered by digitization, when shared without consent and with knowledge or reckless disregard of harm or intent to harass. A first offense is a misdemeanor and later offenses are felonies; threatening disclosure to obtain a benefit or demanding payment for removal is a felony up to 5 years. Platforms and telecom services are not liable for third-party content. Effective on passage.
Relating to Elections -- Deceptive and Fraudulent Synthetic Media in Election Communications
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 17-30) bars candidates, campaign committees, PACs, party committees and independent spenders from distributing synthetic media they know or should know is deceptive and fraudulent within 90 days of an election. Synthetic media is an image, audio or video of a person intentionally manipulated with generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology to look real but give a fundamentally different impression. A clear disclosure that the media 'has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence' is a safe harbor. Depicted candidates may seek injunctions and damages. Effective on passage.
Relating to Elections -- Deceptive and Fraudulent Synthetic Media in Election Communications
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 17-30) bars candidates, campaign committees, PACs, party committees and independent spenders from distributing synthetic media they know or should know is deceptive and fraudulent within 90 days of an election. Synthetic media is an image, audio or video of a person intentionally manipulated with generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology to look real but give a fundamentally different impression. A clear disclosure that the media 'has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence' is a safe harbor. Depicted candidates may seek injunctions and damages. Effective on passage.
Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Electronic Imaging Devices
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen. Laws 11-64-3 makes the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material cover sexually explicit or intimate images of an identifiable adult, including any image created by a digital device or altered by digitization, when shared without consent and with knowledge or reckless disregard of harm or intent to harass. A first offense is a misdemeanor and later offenses are felonies; threatening disclosure to obtain a benefit or demanding payment for removal is a felony up to 5 years. Platforms and telecom services are not liable for third-party content. Effective on passage.
SENATE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2023-2024 (This resolution would amend the rules of the Senate relative to …
Rhode Island's Senate Resolution S 8 (January session 2025), titled 'Senate Resolution Amending the Rules of the Senate for the Years 2023-2024' as printed, amends the Senate's rules to add an 11th standing committee, the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies, which handles governor's appointments referred to it and legislation on the creation, use and regulation of AI and emerging technologies. The Senate read and passed it on January 14, 2025. It is a Senate rules resolution and does not change state law.
Prohibits use of algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and prohibits landlord price fixing of residential r…
Rhode Island S 2892 (2024), as introduced on March 22, 2024, would add section 34-18-15.1 barring any landlord or person from using an algorithm, commercial computer program or digital technology, including AI, to set or determine residential rent. It would also bar sharing rental information with intent to stabilize rents across owners. Violations would be deceptive trade practices, and aggrieved persons could seek injunctions, damages and treble damages. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Prohibits use of algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and prohibits landlord price fixing of residential r…
Rhode Island H 8058 (2024), as introduced on March 13, 2024, would add section 34-18-15.1 barring any landlord or person from using an algorithm, commercial computer program or digital technology, including AI, to set or determine residential rent. It would also bar sharing rental information with intent to stabilize rents across owners. Violations would be deceptive trade practices, with civil actions for injunctions, damages and treble damages. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Provides that health insurance plans would provide coverage the use of artificial intelligence technology for analysis of breast tissue diag…
Rhode Island H 8073 (2024), as introduced on March 15, 2024, would require individual and group health insurance contracts and plans delivered, issued or renewed in Rhode Island on or after January 1, 2025 to cover the use of AI technology for analysis of breast tissue diagnostic imaging, provided a physician qualified to read such imaging independently reviews and approves the imaging and the AI review. The same text is added in four insurance chapters. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
Commission To Monitor The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In State Government
Rhode Island S 117 (2023), as introduced on February 1, 2023, would establish a permanent commission within the department of administration to continuously study, monitor and make recommendations on state use of automated decision systems, including a survey of all such uses. Members would be appointed within 45 days of the effective date, the commission would meet at least six times a year and report annually by December 31. The text says it takes effect upon passage.
General Regulatory Provisions -- Generative Artificial Intelligence Models
Rhode Island H 6286 (2023), as introduced on April 19, 2023, would add chapter 6-59 setting operating standards for companies running large-scale generative AI models (at least one billion parameters). Companies would have to watermark or authenticate text output, obtain informed consent before using personal data, run risk assessments and register with the attorney general within 90 days. The text sets no penalties and takes effect September 1, 2023.
Video Lottery Games, Table Games And Sports Wagering -- The Rhode Island Consumer Protection Gaming Act
Rhode Island S 146 (2023), as introduced on February 1, 2023, would amend the Consumer Protection Gaming Act to bar facial recognition technology and biometric recognition programs in video-lottery terminals at pari-mutuel licensees and in online betting applications. It would also prohibit algorithmic programs that use a gaming consumer's betting history to increase wagering, and AI or automated decision systems that promote play through intermittent reinforcement. The text states no penalties and takes effect upon passage.
Video Lottery Games, Table Games And Sports Wagering--the Rhode Island Consumer Protection Gaming Act
Rhode Island S 2491 (2022), as introduced on March 1, 2022, would amend the Consumer Protection Gaming Act to bar facial recognition technology and biometric recognition programs in video-lottery terminals at pari-mutuel licensees and in online betting applications. It would also prohibit algorithmic programs that use a gaming consumer's betting history to increase wagering, and AI or automated decision systems that promote play through intermittent reinforcement. The text states no penalties and takes effect upon passage.
Video Lottery Games, Table Games And Sports Wagering--the Rhode Island Consumer Protection Gaming Act
Rhode Island H 7222 (2022), as introduced on January 26, 2022, would amend the Consumer Protection Gaming Act to bar facial recognition technology and biometric recognition programs in video-lottery terminals at pari-mutuel licensees and in online betting applications. It would also prohibit algorithmic programs that use a gaming consumer's betting history to increase wagering, and AI or automated decision systems that promote play through intermittent reinforcement. The text states no penalties and takes effect upon passage.
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