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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.

  1. 2195 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 370 (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).