# 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2027.

## Where each value comes from

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

### Instrument

> 2026 -- S 2195 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/22/2026

## Source

- http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/PublicLaws/law26/law26376.htm

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/).