Oregon SB 1546
From State AI laws: enacted, with proof: Which US states have enacted laws about AI systems, when do they start, who enforces them, and what is the penalty?
State: Oregon
The state whose legislature passed the law.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon
Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1546/Enrolled. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Chapter 85
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
CHAPTER 85 AN ACT
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2026orLaw0085.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: artificial intelligence companions
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
Relating to artificial intelligence companions
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2026orLaw0085.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: March 31, 2026
The date the governor signed, as the official record writes it. Dates are left in the form the source uses.
Approved by the Governor March 31, 2026
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2026orLaw0085.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: January 1, 2027
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Effective date January 1, 2027
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2026orLaw0085.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: a person that controls or makes an artificial intelligence companion or artificial intelligence companion platform available to users in this state
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
“Operator” means a person that controls or makes an artificial intelligence compan- ion or artificial intelligence companion platform available to users in this state
Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1546/Enrolled. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: an individual who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property or other injury in fact
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
An individual who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property or other injury in fact as a result of an operator’s violation of section 1 of this 2026 Act may bring an action
Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1546/Enrolled. 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: Yes
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
An individual who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property or other injury in fact as a result of an operator’s violation of section 1 of this 2026 Act may bring an action
Source: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1546/Enrolled. 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.