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Committee advances AI provenance bill after amendment debate

Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee · January 16, 2026
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Summary

The Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee reported out a second-substitute of House Bill 1170 (AI provenance) with a do-pass recommendation after adopting several amendments and rejecting others. Staff summarized key changes to definitions, disclosure requirements and enforcement.

The Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee voted to report a second substitute of House Bill 1170 out of committee with a do-pass recommendation after extended debate and multiple amendments.

Emily Poole, staff to the committee, described the substitute (HTAC 2,880.1) as a revision that “modifies definitions for AI, covered provider, generative AI, personal information, and system provenance data,” requires covered providers to make available a provenance-detection tool rather than an AI-detection tool, and changes manifest disclosures to identify when content “was AI modified” rather than…

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