HB 2502 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Summary

Requires operators of conversational artificial intelligence services in the State to issue certain disclosures to account holders and users. Requires operators to develop protocols to respond to prompts or content associated with, and prevent the production of, suicidal ideations in account holders and users. Establishes protections for minor account holders of conversational artificial intelligence services. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires operators to submit annual reports to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Allows the Department of the Attorney General to bring a civil action against operators who violate certain requirements and establishes statutory penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2502 → HB2502_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to update administrative metadata, correct formatting errors in the text, and clarify the description of suicide prevention protocols. The most significant substantive change is the revision of the effective date from the immediate approval of the bill to a fixed future date of July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intended immediate implementation.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; it still applies to operators of conversational artificial intelligence services in Hawaii.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', likely indicating a placeholder date or a clerical error that requires legislative correction.

REQUIREMENT

The summary description of the bill's requirements was updated to clarify that operators must develop protocols to 'respond to prompts or content associated with, and prevent the production of, suicidal ideations'.

TECHNICAL

Various formatting issues were fixed, including correcting the capitalization of the title, adjusting line breaks in the section headers, and updating the report title to match the corrected text.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 146-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to ECD, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

22 primary · 0 co-sponsors