Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB1700: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47, relative to artificial intelligence.

Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026

Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary This bill prohibits an operator from making a companion chatbot available to a minor if the companion chatbot is capable of any of the following:  Encouraging or manipulating the minor user to engage in self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence, consumption of drugs or alcohol, or disordered eating. Offering mental health therapy to the minor user without the direct supervision of a licensed professional, or discouraging the minor user from seeking help from a licensed professional or appropriate adult. Encouraging or manipulating the minor user to harm others or participate in illegal activity, including the creation of child sexual abuse materials. Engaging in erotic or sexually explicit interactions with the minor user or engaging in activities designed to lure minor users into such interactions. Encouraging or manipulating the minor user to maintain secrecy about interactions or to self-isolate from trusted peers or adults. Prioritizing mirroring or the validation of the minor user over the minor user's safety. Optimizing engagement so that it supersedes the companion chatbot's safety guardrails. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS This bill requires the deployer of an artificial intelligence system, companion chatbot, generative artificial intelligence chatbot, or generative artificial intelligence system ("covered product") to include a disclaimer to users that the covered product is not a human via a static, persistent disclosure and notify a user via a pop-up that the user is not engaging with a human at all of the following intervals:  Upon login to the covered product. Every 30 minutes of continuous user engagement. When prompted by the user. When asked to provide advice legally regulated by a licensed industry, including medical advice,