Oklahoma · Senate Bill · 2025–2026 Regular Session
SB1521
Oklahoma SB 1521 — An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining terms; requiring operators make certain disclosure; directing operators to institute certain preventative measures for minor account holders; prohibiting operators from allowing a conversational AI service to make certain statement; requiring operators to adopt certain protocol to respond to certain prompts from users; granting enforcement authority to the Attorney General; establishing certain civil penalty; allowing the Attorney General to promulgate rules for the enforcement of this act; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Status ● Engrossed Effective Jul 1, 2027 Passage Likelihood H

WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 4 REQUIREMENT TYPES

How Is This Bill Enforced

Enforcement Authority
Attorney General enforcement only. The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the district court of Oklahoma County or a district court in the county in which the violation occurred. No private right of action. The Attorney General may promulgate rules necessary to enforce the act.
Private Right of Action
No private right of action. Enforcement is exclusive to the designated authority.
Penalties
Civil penalty of $1,000 per violation, not to exceed $500,000 per covered entity. No private damages, injunctive relief, or attorney fee provisions. Penalties are obtained solely through AG civil action.

What This Bill Requires

Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.

Statutory Text
Analysis & Obligations
75A O.S. § 301
Definitions

As used in this act: 1. "Account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1)" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5); 2. "AppApp"App" means a software application or electronic service that a user may run or direct on a mobile device, including preinstalled applications;75A O.S. § 301(2)" means a software application or electronic service that a user may run or direct on a mobile device, including preinstalled applications; 3. "App storeApp store"App store" means a publicly available website, software application, or electronic service that allows account holders to download apps from third-party developers onto a mobile device;75A O.S. § 301(3)" means a publicly available website, software application, or electronic service that allows account holdersAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) to download appsApp"App" means a software application or electronic service that a user may run or direct on a mobile device, including preinstalled applications;75A O.S. § 301(2) from third-party developers onto a mobile device; 4. "App store providerApp store provider"App store provider" means a person who owns, operates, or controls an app store that allows individuals in this state to download apps onto a mobile device;75A O.S. § 301(4)" means a person who owns, operates, or controls an app storeApp store"App store" means a publicly available website, software application, or electronic service that allows account holders to download apps from third-party developers onto a mobile device;75A O.S. § 301(3) that allows individuals in this state to download appsApp"App" means a software application or electronic service that a user may run or direct on a mobile device, including preinstalled applications;75A O.S. § 301(2) onto a mobile device; 5. "Conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5)" means a generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" means a computer-based system that uses machine learning or similar techniques involving large language models or deep learning models trained on one or more datasets and that is intended to generate, with some degree of autonomy, synthetic content, including, but not limited to, images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content, that emulates the structure and characteristics of such datasets;75A O.S. § 301(6) offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5), such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes; 6. "Generative artificial intelligence systemGenerative artificial intelligence system"Generative artificial intelligence system" means a computer-based system that uses machine learning or similar techniques involving large language models or deep learning models trained on one or more datasets and that is intended to generate, with some degree of autonomy, synthetic content, including, but not limited to, images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content, that emulates the structure and characteristics of such datasets;75A O.S. § 301(6)" means a computer-based system that uses machine learning or similar techniques involving large language models or deep learning models trained on one or more datasets and that is intended to generate, with some degree of autonomy, synthetic content, including, but not limited to, images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content, that emulates the structure and characteristics of such datasets; 7. "Minor accountMinor account"Minor account" means an account which has a known minor account holder;75A O.S. § 301(7)" means an account which has a known minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1); 8. "OperatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8)" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) to the public. The term shall not include an app store providerApp store provider"App store provider" means a person who owns, operates, or controls an app store that allows individuals in this state to download apps onto a mobile device;75A O.S. § 301(4) or search engine solely because the app store providerApp store provider"App store provider" means a person who owns, operates, or controls an app store that allows individuals in this state to download apps onto a mobile device;75A O.S. § 301(4) or search engine provides access to a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5); and 9. "Sexually explicit conductSexually explicit conduct"Sexually explicit conduct" has the same meaning as defined in subsection C of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.75A O.S. § 301(9)" has the same meaning as defined in subsection C of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Section 301 establishes the definitions used throughout the act. The core defined terms are Conversational AI service — a generative AI system accessible to the public and marketed or optimized for emotional or social companionship — and Operator — the person who owns, controls, and makes the service available to the public, expressly excluding app store providers and search engines acting solely as access points. The definition of conversational AI service contains six carve-outs for developer/researcher tools, embedded features, narrow-topic outputs, commercial B2B tools, voice assistants, and internal business use.

75A O.S. § 302
Operator obligations: disclosure, minor protections, mental health prohibition, and crisis protocol
Deployer

(A)(1)–(2) 1 A. An operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to a minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) that he or she is interacting with a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) and is not interacting with a natural person: 1. With a constantly visible disclaimer; or 2. At the beginning of each session and appearing at least every thirty (30) minutes in a continuous conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) interaction.

(B)(1)–(4) 2 B. For minor account holdersAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1), an operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall institute reasonable measures to prevent the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) from generating statements that would lead a reasonable person to believe that he or she is interacting with a natural person, including: 1. Explicit claims that the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) is sentient or human; 2. Statements that simulate emotional dependence; 3. Statements that simulate romantic or sexual innuendos; or 4. Role-playing of adult-minor romantic relationships.

(C)(1) 3 C. 1. An operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall not provide a minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) with points or similar rewards at unpredictable intervals with the intent to encourage increased engagement with the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5).

(C)(2) 4 2. An operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall offer tools for a minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1)'s parent or legal guardian to manage the minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1)'s privacy and account settings.

(D) 5 D. An operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall not knowingly or intentionally cause or program a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) to make any representation or statement that explicitly indicates that the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care.

(E) 6 E. An operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) shall adopt a protocol for the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) to respond to a user prompt regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm, which shall include making reasonable efforts to provide a response that refers the user to crisis service providers.

Section 302 is the act's core operative section, imposing five distinct obligations on operators of conversational AI services. Subsection A requires clear and conspicuous AI identity disclosure to minor account holders, available either as a persistent visible disclaimer or as a session-start disclosure with reminders at least every 30 minutes. Subsection B requires reasonable measures to prevent the AI from generating statements that would lead a reasonable person to believe they are interacting with a human, including prohibitions on claims of sentience, emotional dependence, romantic or sexual innuendo, and adult-minor romantic role-playing. Subsection C prohibits addictive engagement mechanics for minors and requires parental or guardian tools for managing minor account settings. Subsection D prohibits operators from knowingly or intentionally programming the AI to represent that it provides professional mental or behavioral health care. Subsection E requires adoption of a crisis-response protocol for suicidal ideation and self-harm prompts.

Compliance actions 6 items
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must clearly and conspicuously disclose to every minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) that the user is interacting with a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) and not a natural person, through either (1) a constantly visible disclaimer displayed throughout the interaction, or (2) a disclosure at the beginning of each session plus a reminder at least every 30 minutes in a continuous interaction.
T-01.1
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must institute reasonable measures to prevent the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) from generating statements to minor account holdersAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) that would lead a reasonable person to believe they are interacting with a natural person, including: (1) explicit claims that the service is sentient or human, (2) statements that simulate emotional dependence, (3) statements that simulate romantic or sexual innuendos, and (4) role-playing of adult-minor romantic relationships.
MN-01.5
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must not provide minor account holdersAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1) with points or similar rewards at unpredictable intervals with the intent to encourage increased engagement with the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5).
MN-01.4
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must offer tools for a minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1)'s parent or legal guardian to manage the minor account holderAccount holder"Account holder" means an individual who has an account or profile to use a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(1)'s privacy and account settings.
MN-01.3
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must not knowingly or intentionally cause or program a conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) to make any representation or statement that explicitly indicates that the service is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care.
CP-01.9
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OperatorsOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) must adopt a protocol for the conversational AI serviceConversational AI service"Conversational AI service" means a generative artificial intelligence system offered as a software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that is marketed or optimized to meet a user's emotional or social needs by simulating interpersonal companionship, emotional attachment, or romantic human conversation and interaction through sustained textual, visual, or aural communication. Such term shall not include an application, web interface, or computer program that: a. is primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers, b. is a feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational AI service, such as a video game, c. is designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic, d. is primarily designed and marketed for commercial use business entities, including for purposes related to customer service product information and discovery, scheduling, billing and payment, or technical assistance, e. functions as a text, voice, or voice-activated virtual assistant or command interface for a consumer electronic device, or f. is used by a business solely for internal purposes;75A O.S. § 301(5) to respond to user prompts regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm, which must include making reasonable efforts to provide a response that refers the user to crisis service providers.
S-04.1
75A O.S. § 303
Enforcement, penalties, rulemaking, and developer liability limitation

(A) A. In the case of a violation of Section 2 of this act, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the district court of Oklahoma County or a district court in the county in which the violation occurred to obtain civil penalties under subsection B of this section.

(B) B. Any operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8) who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) per covered entity.

(C) C. The Attorney General may promulgate any rules necessary to enforce the provisions of this act.

(D) D. Nothing in this act shall be construed to create liability for the developer of a conversational AI which is made available to the public by a separate operatorOperator"Operator" means a person who owns, controls, and makes available a conversational AI service to the public. The term shall not include an app store provider or search engine solely because the app store provider or search engine provides access to a conversational AI service;75A O.S. § 301(8).

Section 303 establishes the enforcement framework. Subsection A grants the Attorney General exclusive authority to bring civil actions for violations. Subsection B sets civil penalties at $1,000 per violation with a $500,000 cap per covered entity. Subsection C authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate enforcement rules. Subsection D is a savings clause expressly shielding developers of conversational AI from liability when the service is made available to the public by a separate operator.

Section 4
Effective date

This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.

Section 4 sets the effective date of the act as July 1, 2027.

Passage Likelihood

High
Status Engrossed
Chamber Passed origin
Committee Passed
Majority party (No data)
Bipartisan No
Prior session None

Legislative History

2026-02-02 First Reading
2026-02-02 Authored by Senator Hamilton
2026-02-03 Second Reading referred to Technology and Telecommunications
2026-02-19 Reported Do Pass as amended Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed
2026-02-19 Title stricken
2026-02-24 Placed on General Order
2026-03-02 Coauthored by Representative Maynard (principal House author)
2026-03-23 General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
2026-03-23 Title restored
2026-03-23 Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
2026-03-23 Referred for engrossment
2026-03-24 Engrossed to House
2026-03-24 First Reading
2026-03-30 Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
2026-03-30 Referred to Government Modernization and Technology
2026-04-06 Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Government Modernization and Technology
2026-04-15 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
2026-04-28 General Order
2026-04-28 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
2026-04-28 Referred for engrossment
2026-04-29 Engrossed, signed, to Senate
2026-04-29 HAs read

Entry Last Reviewed

2026-05-20
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