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Relating to the ownership of artificial intelligence output and trained artificial intelligence
Sponsored by the Senate Technology Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 4, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who use artificial intelligence would own the results they create, as long as those results do not break someone else's copyright rules. If a person trains an AI using legal data, they own the resulting AI unless they have signed a contract giving that ownership away. However, if an employee uses AI as part of their job, their employer would own the results instead.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the ownership of artificial intelligence output and trained artificial intelligence. The bill defines “artificial intelligence”, “input”, “output”, “train”, and “user”. The bill makes a user who provides input to an artificial intelligence (AI) the owner of the output generated by the AI that was based on the user’s input, provided that the output does not infringe on a third party’s existing copyrights or intellectual property rights. The bill makes a person that trains an AI the owner of AI that results from the training if the training data was lawfully acquired and used for training purposes and the person has not transferred ownership rights of the resulting AI through a contract or agreement. If a person uses AI as a part of the person’s employment duties, the bill makes the resulting output or trained AI the property of the person’s employer if certain conditions detailed in the bill are met. The bill shall not be construed to grant ownership of property if such a grant of ownership would infringe on a preexisting copyright or other intellectual property right.
Why it matters. People who use artificial intelligence would own the content it generates based on their input, as long as that content does not violate someone else's copyrights. Individuals who train artificial intelligence would own the resulting technology if they used lawfully acquired data, though employers would own any AI output or training created by employees as part of their job duties.2
Senate subcommittee
Named January 13, 2026 (as SSB 3013). On February 3, 2026 it recommended passage.
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