Connecticut SB 5

State: Connecticut

The state whose legislature passed the law.

Connecticut General Assembly

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261008201904/https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2026&bill_num=5. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Law: Public Act No. 26-15

The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 5 Public Act No. 26-15

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Subject: artificial intelligence companion

A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.

"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.

Signed: May 27, 2026

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Governor's Action: Approved May 27, 2026

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Takes effect: January 1, 2027

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Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2027) (a) (1) No operator shall provide an artificial intelligence companion

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Applies to: any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion

Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.

"Operator" means any individual, business entity or affiliate, member, subsidiary or beneficial owner of a business entity who provides an artificial intelligence companion to, or operates an artificial intelligence companion for, a user

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Enforced by: solely by the attorney general

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shall be enforced solely by the Attorney General

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Maximum penalty: Not stated

The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.

No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.

Private right of action: No

Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the basis for a private right of action

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020203950/https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.

Latest change: Not stated

The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.

No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.