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HI SB 2788

died on adjournment

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 2788 pass?

No. HI SB 2788 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-30): Referred to LBT/HHS, JDC.

What is HI SB 2788 about?

Establishes safeguards, protections, oversight, and penalties for interactions between minors and artificial intelligence companion systems or conversational artificial intelligence services.

Who sponsors HI SB 2788?

KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, HASHIMOTO and 3 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 2788, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Establishes safeguards, protections, oversight, and penalties for interactions between minors and artificial intelligence companion systems or conversational artificial intelligence services.

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-01-30 — Referred to LBT/HHS, JDC.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KEOHOKALOLEprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • KIDANIprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • RICHARDSprimary
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-30

    Referred to LBT/HHS, JDC.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-26

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  3. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2788&year=2026

Attribution

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