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Committee advances bill requiring AI companies to publish risk plans and report incidents
Summary
Deputy Speaker Zachary told the Government Operations Committee HB 1898 would require large AI companies to publish catastrophic-risk and child-safety plans, and to report safety incidents to the attorney general within set timelines; the committee approved the bill unanimously to go off the calendar and rules.
Deputy Speaker Zachary presented House Bill 1898, which he said would establish transparency and safety requirements for the largest AI companies — described in the bill as "frontier models" — focusing on catastrophic public‑safety risks and risks to children who interact with chatbots.
Zachary told the committee that companies would be required to publish and implement plans addressing catastrophic risk and child safety, provide substantial updates when those plans change, and report safety incidents to the attorney general within 15 days (or within 24 hours for incidents posing imminent risk of death or physical injury). He named several companies the bill classifies as frontier models and said the law would defer to federal law if Congress acts.
Members asked a small number of technical clarifying questions; the sponsor said the committee had amended the bill in Commerce to address consumer‑service concerns (for example, interactive kiosks or theater chatbots). The committee approved HB 1898 by a unanimous roll call and sent it off the calendar and rules.
