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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS | Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | SB 2195 | Rhode Island SB 2195 (2026) |
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Rhode Island SB 2195 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS
Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 2195 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Appollonio — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technol
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-03-20 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
- 2026-03-24 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-05-12 05/12/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
- 2026-05-13 05/13/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2026-05-14 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-05-21 05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
passage - 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Referred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology
referral-committee - 2026-06-02 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
- 2026-06-04 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-22 06/22/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57e7d902-6e2f-42b3-819d-59b8e97aa4a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).