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House Behavioral Health panel advances bill requiring AI companion platforms to adopt suicide-response protocols
Summary
A House committee voted to adopt amendments to Senate Bill 15 46, which would require AI companion platforms to implement protocols for users reporting suicidal or self-harm ideation (with extra provisions for minors), and sent the amended bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Behavioral Health on Feb. 26 voted to adopt amendments to Senate Bill 15 46 and sent the amended bill to the full House with a due-pass recommendation.
Brian, speaking to the committee during the work session, summarized the measure as creating “new requirements for operators of artificial intelligence companion platforms to be put in place for users who experience suicidal or self-harm ideation, with some additional requirements for minors,” and called the group’s attention to the dash-3 amendments discussed at a prior public hearing. He also told members the A3 amendments modify the protocol companion chatbots must adopt and said the amendments carry a “minimal fiscal impact and no revenue impact.”
Vice Chair Rob Edwards moved to adopt the dash-3 amendments dated Feb. 17, 2026. After no discussion, the committee conducted a roll-call vote; the vote as recorded on the transcript shows all members voting in the affirmative and Chair Pham announcing, “The motion passes.” The committee then voted to send Senate Bill 15 46, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; that motion likewise passed on a roll-call vote.
Votes at a glance: adoption of dash-3 amendments — recorded ayes from Representative Harbick, Representative Isidore, Representative Mannix, Representative Noss (transcribed later as “Nuss”), Representative Valderrama, Vice Chair Edwards, Vice Chair Javidy and Chair Pham; outcome: motion passes. Motion to advance SB 15 46 as amended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation — recorded ayes from the same listed members; outcome: motion passes.
The committee did not record extended debate in the transcript; the committee chair closed the work session and adjourned. The transcript shows Chair Pham asking that Rep. Dobson carry the bill to the floor before adjourning.
The bill’s text, committee report and any additional fiscal notes or testimony referenced at the public hearing (including comments by Mr. Holton of Lines From Life) were not included in the provided transcript and are not described here.
