CS/SB 482 (2026): Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights (passed Senate, died in House)

Summary

Would have created an 'Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights'. Companion chatbot platforms would have had to bar minors without parental consent, give parents controls and self-harm alerts, and take reasonable measures against material harmful to minors. Bot operators would have had to tell users hourly they are not talking to a human, and AI companies could have sold or disclosed personal information only as deidentified data. Commercial use of AI-generated likenesses would have needed consent, governments could not have contracted for AI with entities tied to foreign countries of concern, and schools could not have given AI instructional tools to pupils below grade 6, with exceptions.

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Status notes

Filed on 22 Dec 2025 and referred to Commerce and Tourism and to Appropriations. Commerce and Tourism reported it favourably (10-0) on 21 Jan 2026. Appropriations adopted a committee substitute (18-0) on 18 Feb 2026 that added, among other changes, a 45-day cure period, a news-media exception for AI-generated likenesses and the rules on AI instructional tools in schools. On 4 Mar 2026 the Senate adopted two floor amendments and passed the bill 35-2. It died in House messages on 13 Mar 2026 without becoming law; the similar House bill HB 1395 died in the Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee the same day. The bill stated an effective date of 1 Jul 2026. As passed by the Senate, the Department of Legal Affairs would have enforced the chatbot, bot and data provisions as deceptive or unfair trade practices, with civil penalties of up to USD 50,000 per violation and a discretionary 45-day cure period; in answer to an alleged violation, a company could show controls aligned with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO 42001. A minor could have recovered up to USD 10,000 in damages from a chatbot platform. A bill with the same title and the same bill description, SB 2-D (US-FL-04), was filed by Sen. Brodeur in 2026 Special Session D on 24 Apr 2026, passed the Senate 37-1 on 28 Apr 2026 and died in the House Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee on 29 Apr 2026.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/482

Secondary source: https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/04/desantis-ai-bill-of-rights-clears-senate-but-house-wont-touch-it/

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History

1. 2026-10-14notes: Filed 22 Dec 2025; favourable in Commerce and Tourism (10-0) and Appropriations → Filed on 22 Dec 2025 and referred to Commerce and Tourism and to Appropriations. — Added SB 2-D of 2026 Special Session D (same title and bill description; passed the Senate 37-1 on 28 Apr 2026, died in a House subcommittee on 29 Apr 2026), as the refresh request asked. Added the committee history, the changes made by the committee substitute, HB 1395, and the enforcement provisions as passed (USD 50,000 civil penalties, 45-day cure period, NIST AI RMF / ISO 42001 controls, USD 10,000 damages for minors). Removed the House Speaker's position and the Governor's campaign, which no stored source supports.2026-10-14-refresh-ids-us-fl-01 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-14summary: Governor-backed omnibus 'Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights'. As passed by t → Would have created an 'Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights'. Companion chatbo — Rewritten from the engrossed text the Senate passed: adds the hourly bot notice, the deidentified-data rule and the school AI-tool rule (s. 1006.1495), which the committee substitute added. Removed 'Governor-backed', which no stored source supports, and moved the legislative history to the notes.2026-10-14-refresh-ids-us-fl-01 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-14date_last_updated: 2026-03-13 → 2026-03-04 — The last new version is the engrossed text S 482 e1, posted 4 Mar 2026 when the Senate adopted two floor amendments and passed the bill; 13 Mar 2026 is the date the bill died, not a new version.2026-10-14-refresh-ids-us-fl-01 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-14issuing_body: Florida Senate (2026 Regular Session; sponsor Sen. Tom Leek, backed by Governor → Florida Senate (2026 Regular Session; sponsor Sen. Leek) — No stored source shows the Governor's backing or the sponsor's first name; the bill page names the sponsor as Leek and the analyses as Senator Leek (with the Appropriations Committee for the committee substitute).2026-10-14-refresh-ids-us-fl-01 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-14related: [{"id": "US-CA-06", "slug": "ca-sb-243"}, {"id": "US-TX-01", "slug": "tx-traiga" → [{"id": "US-CA-06", "slug": "ca-sb-243"}, {"id": "US-TX-01", "slug": "tx-traiga" — two-way link to US-FL-04 added in run 2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

California SB 243 (companion chatbots) California (US) · In force

Texas TRAIGA Texas (US) · In force

Florida AI Bill of Rights (SB 2-D, 2026 Special Session D) Florida (US) · Lapsed

Citation

Florida Senate (2026 Regular Session; sponsor Sen. Leek). CS/SB 482 (2026): Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights (passed Senate, died in House) [CS/SB 482 (2026 Regular Session)]. 2025-12-22. https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/482. Status: Lapsed; verified 2026-10-14 (level A). Local copy archive/US-FL-01/2026-10-12/official.html retrieved 2026-10-12 04:49:09 UTC, SHA-256 da46adb02d46f0da551cf3a4151d9a43e68c13bd6762122976fb24e0238590b4. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-FL-01.

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