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Senate defers AI-chatbot disclosure bill amid implementation and enforcement concerns
Summary
Senate committees heard SB 640 Feb. 7, 2025, a bill that would require conspicuous disclosure when consumers interact with AI chatbots and create private causes of action; stakeholders asked for clearer definitions and urged enforcement by the Attorney General rather than broad private litigation, and the measure was deferred for further drafting.
Senators heard testimony Feb. 7 on SB 640, a proposal to require businesses to disclose when consumers are interacting with artificial-intelligence chatbots or technologies capable of mimicking human behavior. The bill as drafted also authorizes private rights of action and establishes statutory penalties.
Dylan Hoffman of TechNet testified in respectful opposition, saying TechNet ‘‘understand[s] the need for…
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