# S.B. NO. 3001 (Hawaii) — effective upon its approval

For S.B. NO. 3001 (Hawaii), effective date is upon its approval; what it applies to is operators of AI companions, which must disclose that the companion is artificial intelligence where a user is a minor or would be led to believe they are interacting with a human, adopt a protocol for responses to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and not represent that the companion provides professional mental or behavioral health care, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.

- **Jurisdiction:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** S.B. NO. 3001 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Short title:** Artificial Intelligence Disclosure and Safety Act _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** upon its approval _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** operators of AI companions, which must disclose that the companion is artificial intelligence where a user is a minor or would be led to believe they are interacting with a human, adopt a protocol for responses to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and not represent that the companion provides professional mental or behavioral health care _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 7.   This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Short title

> Artificial Intelligence Disclosure and Safety Act

## Source

- https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3001_CD1_.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2026-10-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).