WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Artificial intelligence modelArtificial intelligence model"Artificial intelligence model" means a machine-based system that is capable of, for explicit or implicit objectives, inferring from the input the system receives how to generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(b)" means a machine-based system that is capable of, for explicit or implicit objectives, inferring from the input the system receives how to generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.
(c) "ConsumerConsumer"Consumer" means a natural person or business that is not a credentialed professional for professional services that the natural person or business is seeking.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(c)" means a natural person or business that is not a credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) professional for professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e) that the natural person or business is seeking.
(d) "CredentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d)" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e).
(e) "Professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e)" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.
Subdivision 1 defines the four key terms that frame the bill's scope. Artificial intelligence model tracks the OECD/NIST definition of a machine-based inferencing system capable of generating outputs that influence environments. Professional services is defined extremely broadly as any service requiring state licensure, certification, or registration — covering fields from medicine and law to cosmetology and plumbing. Consumer is defined negatively as any person or business that is not itself credentialed in the professional service it is seeking, and credentialed requires a current state-issued license, certificate, or registration.
(a) 1 The owner of an artificial intelligence modelArtificial intelligence model"Artificial intelligence model" means a machine-based system that is capable of, for explicit or implicit objectives, inferring from the input the system receives how to generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(b) is prohibited from allowing the model to provide a professional service to a consumerConsumer"Consumer" means a natural person or business that is not a credentialed professional for professional services that the natural person or business is seeking.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(c) unless the model is operated, while the service is being provided, by a natural person who is credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) to provide the professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e) or by a natural person representing a business that is credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) to provide the professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e).
(b) 2 A business or a person is prohibited from using an artificial intelligence modelArtificial intelligence model"Artificial intelligence model" means a machine-based system that is capable of, for explicit or implicit objectives, inferring from the input the system receives how to generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(b) to provide a professional service to a consumerConsumer"Consumer" means a natural person or business that is not a credentialed professional for professional services that the natural person or business is seeking.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(c) unless the model is operated, while the service is being provided, by a natural person who is credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) to provide the professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e) or by a natural person representing a business that is credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) to provide the professional servicesProfessional services"Professional services" means services for which the state requires a license, certificate, or registration.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(e).
(c) This section does not prohibit a credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) professional from using an artificial intelligence modelArtificial intelligence model"Artificial intelligence model" means a machine-based system that is capable of, for explicit or implicit objectives, inferring from the input the system receives how to generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(b) as a tool to assist the credentialedCredentialed"Credentialed" means a natural person or a business that holds a current license, certificate, or registration to provide professional services.Minn. Stat. § 325F.701, subd. 1(d) professional in performing a professional service.
Subdivision 2 establishes the bill's core prohibition in two parallel formulations. Paragraph (a) targets the owner of an AI model, prohibiting them from allowing the model to deliver a professional service to a consumer unless a credentialed natural person operates the model during service delivery. Paragraph (b) extends the same prohibition to any business or person that uses an AI model to provide a professional service. Together, these paragraphs ensure that neither the model's owner nor any downstream user can deploy it for direct-to-consumer professional services without a credentialed human operator actively running the model while the service is being provided.
Paragraph (c) carves out use of AI as an assistive tool by credentialed professionals — making clear that the bill does not restrict licensed professionals from incorporating AI into their own practice, only from removing the credentialed human from the loop entirely.
A violation of this section is subject to enforcement by the attorney general under section 8.31.
Subdivision 3 assigns enforcement authority to the Minnesota Attorney General under Minn. Stat. § 8.31, the state's general consumer protection enforcement statute. Section 8.31 provides the AG with authority to investigate potential violations, issue civil investigative demands, and bring civil enforcement actions seeking injunctive relief and penalties. The bill does not create a standalone private right of action, though § 8.31 itself may provide supplementary private enforcement mechanisms in some circumstances.