HF 2204: Relating to the requirements for chatbot deployers, including required protocols, limitations on data collection, and requirements for minors to interact with artificial intelligence companions and therapeutic chatbots, and providing civil penalties, punitive penalties, and civil causes of action

What it does

This bill relates to chatbot deployers. The bill defines “AI companion” as a chatbot that interacts with users to simulate a human-like romantic or emotional bond. The bill defines “artificial intelligence” as a machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the input the system receives to generate output that can influence physical or virtual environments. The bill defines “chatbot” as an artificial intelligence that is made to simulate human conversation with a user through text or audio output.

In plain words

1. January 29, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Economic Growth and Technology committee