S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED (Rhode Island) — effective January 1, 2027
For S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED (Rhode Island), effective date is January 1, 2027; what it applies to is operators of AI companions, which must carry a protocol for possible suicidal ideation, self-harm or physical harm to others with a referral to crisis services, and must tell the user at the start of an interaction and at least every three hours that they are not communicating with a human, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island our reading
- Instrument
- S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED verified
- Effective date
- January 1, 2027 verified
- What it applies to
- operators of AI companions, which must carry a protocol for possible suicidal ideation, self-harm or physical harm to others with a referral to crisis services, and must tell the user at the start of an interaction and at least every three hours that they are not communicating with a human our reading
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What the source says
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2027.
— webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-14
Where each value comes from
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Instrument
2026 -- S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/22/2026
— all from webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-14
Source
- webserver.rilegislature.govhttp://webserver.rilegislature.gov/PublicLaws/law26/law26376.htm