HB 3544

1SENATE FLOOR VERSION
                                    April 16, 2026
2AS AMENDED
3  ENGROSSED HOUSE
 BILL NO. 3544  By: Maynard, Hildebrant, Olsen,
4Pae, Bashore, Stark, and
                                                     Alonso-Sandoval of the
5House
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7Seifried of the Senate
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9[ technology - social artificial intelligence
           companions - protocols - civil penalties - rulemaking
10authority - noncodification - codification -
           effective date ]
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14      SECTION 1.  NEW LAW  A new section of law not to be
15 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
16      The Legislature finds that:
17      1.   Artificial intelligence systems designed to simulate
18 sustained interpersonal companionship or emotional attachment may
19 present unique risks to minors due to their developmental
20 vulnerability to parasocial bonding;
21      2.   The State of Oklahoma has a compelling interest in
22 protecting the health, safety, and well-being of minors; and
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13.   This act is narrowly tailored to restrict access by minors
2  to social AI companions while preserving lawful access by adults and
3  general conversational artificial intelligence systems.
4SECTION 2.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified
5  in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10 of Title 75A, unless there is
6  created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
7As used in this act:
81.   "Artificial intelligence" means engineered or machine
9  learning-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that
10 can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it
11 receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or
12 virtual environments.
13      2.   "Social AI companion" means an artificial intelligence
14 system primarily designed or marketed to simulate sustained
15 interpersonal companionship and emotional attachment or romantic
16 interaction with a user as the system's core functionality.  The
17 term "Social AI companion" does not include:
18a.     a system used solely for customer service, business
19operations, productivity, analysis related to source
20information, internal purposes, research purposes, or
21technical assistance,
22b.     a stand-alone consumer electronic device that
23incorporates a speaker or voice or text command
24interface, acts as a virtual assistant, and does not
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1sustain a relationship across multiple interactions
2and generate outputs intended to create emotional
3attachment with the user,
4c.     a search engine feature that provides information in
5response to user queries and is not designed or
6marketed to simulate companionship,
7d.     a system designed to provide outputs relating to a
8narrow and discrete functional topic and not primarily
9intended to simulate interpersonal companionship,
10e.     a system that is not primarily designed or marketed
11for companionship where the developer does not control
12the specific deployment context in which the system
13interacts with end users, or
14f.     a general-purpose artificial intelligence system that
15is not primarily designed or marketed to simulate
16interpersonal companionship, including systems used
17for education, counseling, research, productivity, or
18professional assistance.
19      3.   "Deployer" means any person, partnership, corporation, or
20 governmental entity that operates, controls, or makes available a
21 social AI companion to users in this state.      A deployer does not
22 include a mobile application store, search engine, Internet service
23 provider, or provider of general-purpose artificial intelligence
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1  models solely because such entity provides access to, hosts, or
2  transmits a system developed or controlled by another person.
34.   "Minor" means a person who is under eighteen (18) years of
4  age.
55.   "User" means a person who interacts with a social AI
6  companion.
7SECTION 3.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified
8  in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11 of Title 75A, unless there is
9  created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
10      A.   Each deployer:
11      1.   Shall not knowingly, or under circumstances where the
12 deployer reasonably should know, make a social AI companion
13 available to a minor; and
14      2.   Shall implement reasonable measures designed to prevent
15 minors from accessing a social AI companion.
16      B.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict
17 lawful access to such systems by adults.
18      SECTION 4.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified
19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 12 of Title 75A, unless there is
20 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
21      A deployer shall adopt a protocol for a social AI companion to
22 respond to user prompts indicating suicidal ideation or threats of
23 self-harm that includes, but is not limited to, making reasonable
24 efforts to provide a response to the user that refers them to crisis
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1  service providers such as a suicide hotline, crisis text line, or
2  other appropriate crisis services.
3SECTION 5.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified
4  in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13 of Title 75A, unless there is
5  created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
6A.   Any deployer that violates this act shall be subject to an
7  injunction and disgorgement of profits directly attributable to the
8  violation of this act, and shall be liable for a civil penalty of
9  not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each
10 violation or Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for
11 each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in
12 a civil action brought by the Attorney General.  Each day a
13 violation continues constitutes a separate violation.
14      B.   The Attorney General may promulgate any rules necessary to
15 enforce the provisions of this act.
16      SECTION 6.      This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
17 COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 April 16, 2026 - DO PASS AS AMENDED
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