Washington HB 2225
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: Washington
The state whose legislature passed the law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Chapter 168, Laws of 2026
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2225 Chapter 168, Laws of 2026
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: artificial intelligence companion chatbots
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION CHATBOTS EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2027
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: March 24, 2026
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Approved March 24, 2026 10:08 AM
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: January 1, 2027
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This act takes effect January 1, 2027
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: any person, partnership, corporation, or entity that makes available or controls access to an AI companion chatbot for 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 any person, partnership, corporation, or19 entity that makes available or controls access to an AI companion20 chatbot for users in this state
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW
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an24 unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of25 competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act,26 chapter 19.86 RCW
Source: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Maximum penalty: Not stated
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Private right of action: Not stated
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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.
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