AI Frontier Institute

Creates a consumer bill of rights regarding artificial intelligence

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Louisiana HB 734 (2026 Regular Session) was not enacted. The official record shows it was discharged from the House Commerce Committee and withdrawn from the files of the House on 2026-03-30. If enacted, it would have done the following. (1) R.S. 38:2320.21: The state and its political subdivisions could not enter into, modify, renew, or extend AI technology contracts unless the vendor gave an affidavit that it is not owned or controlled by a "foreign country of concern" (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba) and is not organized or headquartered there. (2) R.S. 51:3301-3308, the "Louisiana A.I. Bill of Rights": R.S. 51:3303 lists resident rights, such as knowing whether they are talking to an AI, knowing about AI companies' collection of personal or biometric data, parental control over minors' AI use, and knowing whether political ads were made with AI. It says it does not create new or independent rights. R.S. 51:3304 requires companion chatbot platforms to get parental consent for minor account holders. It gives parents tools such as access to interactions, time limits, and self-harm alerts. It sets account-termination and data-deletion rules, requires AI disclosure and hourly break reminders for minors, and requires reasonable measures against material harmful to minors. Violations are unfair trade practices, with attorney general civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation. A minor account holder could recover up to $10,000 in damages. R.S. 51:3305 requires bot operators to show a pop-up at the start of an interaction, and hourly after that, saying the user is not talking to a human. R.S. 51:3306 bars AI technology companies from selling or disclosing users' personal information unless it is deidentified. It sets deidentification safeguards, with attorney general enforcement and penalties of up to $50,000 per violation. R.S. 51:3307 gives the attorney general investigative subpoena powers. R.S. 51:3308 bars commercial use of a person's name, image, or likeness without consent, including likenesses made with generative AI. It allows injunctions, damages, and punitive damages, a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation for servicemember likenesses, certain exceptions, and a 40-year post-death limit. Section 3 of the bill sets a July 1, 2026 effective date for Section 1, the state contracting provision.

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