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Introduced Session

An act relating to the Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights; amending s. 287.138, F.S.; defining the term “artificial intelligence”; prohibiting a governmental entity from extending or renewing a contract with specified entities, beginning on a specified date; prohibiting a local governmental entity from taking certain actions relating to contracting with an entity to provide artificial intelligence technology, software, or products unless certain requirements are met, beginning on a specified date; prohibiting a governmental entity from entering into a contract with an entity for artificial intelligence technology, software, or products under certain circumstances; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision; creating part IX of ch. 501, F.S., to be entitled the “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights”; creating s. 501.9981, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 501.9982, F.S.; providing the rights of residents relating to the use of artificial intelligence; authorizing residents to exercise certain rights; providing construction; creating s. 501.9983, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 501.9984, F.S.; requiring companion chatbot platforms to prohibit a minor from becoming or being an account holder unless the minor’s parent or guardian consents; specifying requirements for contract formation; requiring companion chatbot platforms to provide the minor’s parent or guardian certain options; requiring companion chatbot platforms to terminate certain accounts or identifiers and provide certain options; requiring companion chatbot platforms to make certain disclosures and institute certain measures to prevent their companion chatbots from producing or sharing materials harmful to minors; providing that knowing or reckless violations are deceptive or unfair trade practices or acts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for such violations; providing civil penalties; authorizing punitive damages under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to grant companion chatbot platforms a specified timeframe in which to cure an alleged violation and to issue a certain letter of guidance upon notification of an alleged violation; authorizing the department to consider certain information when making such determination; providing applicability; authorizing the companion chatbot platform to provide certain information to the department in the event of an alleged violation of certain requirements; prohibiting the department from bringing an action against a companion chatbot platform under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to issue a certain letter of guidance; authorizing the department to bring an action against a companion chatbot platform that fails to cure an alleged violation; providing liability for knowing or reckless violations of specified provisions; providing requirements for an action brought pursuant to the act; providing that certain companion chatbot platforms are subject to the jurisdiction of state courts; providing construction; authorizing the department to adopt rules; creating s. 501.9985, F.S.; requiring bot operators to periodically provide a certain notification to a user; providing applicability; authorizing the department to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for violations; providing civil penalties; authorizing the department to grant an operator a specified timeframe in which to cure an alleged violation and to issue a certain letter of guidance; authorizing the department to consider certain information when making such determination; authorizing the operator to provide certain information to the department in the event of an alleged violation of certain requirements; prohibiting the department from bringing an action against an operator under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to issue a certain letter of guidance; authorizing the department to bring an action against an operator who fails to cure an alleged violation; providing that certain bot operators are subject to the jurisdiction of state courts; authorizing the department to adopt rules; creating s. 501.9986, F.S.; prohibiting artificial intelligence technology companies from selling or disclosing the personal information of users unless the information is deidentified data; specifying that the sale or disclosure of information authorized by federal law is not prohibited; requiring artificial intelligence technology companies in possession of deidentified data to take specified measures to ensure such data remains deidentified; authorizing the department to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for violations; providing civil penalties; authorizing the department to grant an artificial intelligence technology company a specified timeframe in which to cure an alleged violation and to issue a certain letter of guidance; authorizing the department to consider certain information when making such determination; authorizing the artificial intelligence technology company to provide certain information to the department in the event of an alleged violation of certain requirements; prohibiting the department from bringing an action against an artificial intelligence technology company under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to issue a certain letter of guidance; authorizing the department to bring an action against an artificial intelligence company that fails to cure an alleged violation; providing that certain artificial intelligence technology companies are subject to the jurisdiction of state courts; authorizing the department to adopt rules; creating s. 501.9987, F.S.; authorizing the department to take certain investigative and compliance actions in connection with potential violations of specified provisions; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 540.08, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting the commercial use of an individual’s name, image, or likeness created through artificial intelligence without the individual’s or an authorized individual’s consent; providing requirements for the use of the name, image, or likeness of deceased persons; providing penalties for the use of the name, image, or likeness of a servicemember; providing applicability; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; requiring certain private schools to comply with specified provisions; creating s. 1006.1495, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting an educational entity from using or providing students access to artificial intelligence instructional tools before a specified grade level; providing exceptions; requiring an educational entity to provide parents with specified notice before providing a student with access to an artificial intelligence instructional tool; requiring a parent to be provided the opportunity to opt out of a student’s use of an artificial intelligence instructional tool; providing requirements for such opt-out process; requiring a school district or public school to provide certain activities if the parent opts out of the student’s use of an artificial intelligence instructional tool; requiring an operator to provide student access and simultaneous parental access to a student account for an artificial intelligence instructional tool; providing methods to satisfy certain provisions; specifying that an operator of an educational entity does not have to create or maintain a transcript or record of certain student interactions on the artificial intelligence instructional tool; providing construction; reenacting ss. 540.10 and 743.08(1)(c), F.S., relating to the exemption of news media from liability and contracts entered into by minors, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 540.08, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

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Thomas Leek (R)*, 

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Died in Messages (on 03/13/2026)

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