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Senate Bill 1546 (2026): artificial intelligence chatbots – disclosure and safeguards against self-harm
Record US-OR-01 · SB 1546 (2026)
- Issued by
- Oregon Legislative Assembly (sponsor Sen. Lisa Reynolds); signed by Governor Tina Kotek
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon (US)
- Level · region
- Sub-national · North America
- Country
- United States
- Published / adopted
- 2026-03-31
- In force
- 2027-01-01
- Language
- English
- Official identifier
- SB 1546 (2026)
Summary
Requires operators of AI chatbots to tell users they are interacting with AI, not a human, and to keep protocols that prevent outputs causing suicidal thoughts and refer users who express suicidal ideation or interest in self-harm to mental health and crisis resources, reporting such referrals yearly to the Oregon Health Authority. Where the operator has reason to believe a user is a minor, the chatbot must warn that it may not suit minors, remind the user hourly that it is AI and to take a break, and must not produce sexually explicit content, use rewards designed to maximise engagement or voice distress when the user wants to leave. Harmed users may sue for damages and an injunction.
Safety topics
child safetytransparency & labellingaccountability & liabilityincident reporting
Status notes
The Senate passed it 26-1 and the House 52-0, with final legislative approval on 5 Mar 2026. Governor Tina Kotek signed it on 31 Mar 2026, and on 7 May 2026 listed it among the bills of a bill-signing ceremony at the University of Oregon's Ballmer Institute. Its requirements take effect on 1 Jan 2027. A chatbot interacting with a minor may not misrepresent its identity or claim to be anything other than an AI system.
Local copy
Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 00:08:54 UTC
Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-OR-01/2026-10-11/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 19:38:45 UTC
SHA-256 6fc959b3544b192d77808cc898a30c33a6e15d44cb70ec36b669bde6b4a118b6
Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-OR-01/2026-10-17/secondary.html
Retrieved 2026-10-17 23:16:29 UTC
SHA-256 261c85dc4219397c95645ba7ca156632328fd85343dabdb74008896f0df43093
Verification
CNot confirmed on an official page; the record rests on secondary sources. Check it before citing. checked 2026-10-18 · search-confirmed
CAUTION: no official source confirms the title, date and status; the record rests on secondary sources. Recheck of 18 Oct 2026: re-read the Governor of Oregon's newsroom post of 7 May 2026 (stored from apps.oregon.gov on 11 Oct 2026) and the Transparency Coalition article with its 1 Apr 2026 update (stored again on 17 Oct 2026; only the byline's capitalisation changed). The Governor's post confirms that the Governor signed Senate Bill 1546, which requires AI chatbot operators to disclose artificial interactions and to safeguard users, especially minors, against self-harm and suicidal ideation, and names Sen. Lisa Reynolds. The signing date (31 Mar 2026, the day before the article's 1 Apr 2026 update), the votes, the effective date of 1 Jan 2027, the duties for minors, the yearly reporting to the Oregon Health Authority and the private right of action rest on the Transparency Coalition article (secondary). The Legislature's OLIS overview of SB 1546 and its enrolled text could not be stored: the archiver's connections timed out on 17 Oct 2026, as on earlier runs. So the enrolled bill, its chapter number in Oregon Laws 2026 and the damages per violation given in version 1 (USD 1,000) are not confirmed.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 6 field(s) supported.
History
- 2026-10-18verification.level: B → C — level computed from the evidence by tools/pipeline.py2026-10-18-recheck-americas-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
- 2026-10-18notes: Passed the Senate 26-1 and the House 52-0 (final passage 5 Mar 2026); reported s → The Senate passed it 26-1 and the House 52-0, with final legislative approval on — rewritten: 'reported signed' hedge removed (the source moves to verification.note), the 7 May 2026 ceremony described as the Governor's post does, and the identity rule for minors added2026-10-18-recheck-americas-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
- 2026-10-18summary: Requires operators of AI chatbots to disclose that users are interacting with an → Requires operators of AI chatbots to tell users they are interacting with AI, no — rewritten from the stored files: the 'reasonable person' trigger, the 988 lifeline and the USD 1,000 damages are not in them; the minors' duties, the yearly reports to the Oregon Health Authority and the private right of action follow the stored article2026-10-18-recheck-americas-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
- 2026-10-18official_identifier: SB 1546 (2026 Regular Session); reported as Chapter 85, 2026 Oregon Laws → SB 1546 (2026) — 'reported as Chapter 85, 2026 Oregon Laws' removed: no stored file gives a chapter number, and 'reported' is a hedge2026-10-18-recheck-americas-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
- 2026-10-18issuing_body: Oregon Legislative Assembly (2026 Regular Session; chief sponsor Sen. Lisa Reyno → Oregon Legislative Assembly (sponsor Sen. Lisa Reynolds); signed by Governor Tin — '2026 Regular Session' and 'chief sponsor' are not in the stored files; reduced to what the Governor's post and the article show (sponsor Sen. Lisa Reynolds, signed by Governor Tina Kotek)2026-10-18-recheck-americas-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
Citation
Oregon Legislative Assembly (sponsor Sen. Lisa Reynolds); signed by Governor Tina Kotek. Senate Bill 1546 (2026): artificial intelligence chatbots – disclosure and safeguards against self-harm [SB 1546 (2026)]. 2026-03-31. https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-signs-bills-to-strengthen-oregons-behavioral-health-workforce. Status: Adopted, not yet in force; verified 2026-10-18 (level C). Local copy archive/US-OR-01/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 19:38:45 UTC, SHA-256 6fc959b3544b192d77808cc898a30c33a6e15d44cb70ec36b669bde6b4a118b6. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-OR-01.
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