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TN HB1898

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jason Zachary

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Origin

House of Representatives

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act" requiring large frontier AI developers (annual revenue $500M+) to publish public safety plans and large chatbot providers (revenue $25M+, 1M+ monthly users) to publish child safety plans on their websites

  • Defines "catastrophic risk" as AI models contributing to 50+ deaths/serious injuries or $1B+ in property damage through activities like assisting with weapons creation, autonomous cyberattacks/crimes, or evading developer control

  • Requires frontier developers to report critical safety incidents to the Attorney General within 15 days, or within 24 hours if imminent risk of death exists; chatbot providers must report child safety incidents within 15 days

  • Establishes civil penalties of up to $1M per first violation and $3M per subsequent violation for large frontier developers, and up to $50,000 per violation for large chatbot providers

  • Takes effect January 1, 2027, with enforcement authority vested exclusively in the Tennessee Attorney General's office

Legislative Description

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68, relative to artificial intelligence.

Safety

Last Action

Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee3/4/2026
Commerce2/4/2026

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