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Senate committee votes to introduce three committee bills including AI chatbot and marijuana labeling LCs
Summary
Vice Chair Anderson moved and the committee voted unanimously to introduce LC 111 (licensed behavioral health practitioner), LC 282 (AI chatbot safeguards), and LC 289 (marijuana packaging and labeling) as committee bills; roll call recorded ayes by members present.
In a work session at the end of the meeting, Vice Chair Anderson moved that the committee introduce three legislative concepts as committee bills: LC 111 (create a licensed behavioral health and wellness practitioner type), LC 282 (requirements and private right of action for AI operators to disclose artificially generated output and adopt safeguards for minors and suicidal users) and LC 289 (OLCC rules on marijuana product labeling and packaging). Chair Reynolds noted a minor date typo on LC 282 that would be corrected.
Chair Reynolds called the roll. Members recorded on the transcript as voting "Aye" were Senator Gelser Blueitz, Senator Olythaca, Senator Patterson, Vice Chair Anderson and Chair Reynolds; the motion passed and the measures were introduced as committee bills. The committee schedule was confirmed: the 2026 session begins Monday, Feb. 2, and the committee will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Hearing Room E.
The committee did not debate the merits of each concept extensively in the work session; the recorded action was the formal introduction and roll‑call adoption to bring the measures forward in the short session.
