HB 3546 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Technology; personhood; artificial intelligence; effective date.

HB 3546 prohibits recognizing artificial intelligence systems, environmental elements (like rivers or forests), nonhuman animals, or inanimate objects as having "personhood" under Oklahoma law. This means these entities cannot be granted legal rights or status equivalent to a person. The bill explicitly preserves the existing legal personhood of corporations, municipalities, and other recognized organizations formed before November 1, 2026. It takes effect on November 1, 2026.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 21, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was converted from the House version to the Senate version, updating the header, date, and committee report details. The core legal text regarding the prohibition of personhood for AI, animals, and objects remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the section headers.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers to reflect the Senate Floor Version and changed the effective date in the header from the 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature to April 16, 2026.

Added co-authors Clinton and Stark to the list of sponsors in the bill title.

Updated the committee report section to reflect the Technology and Telecommunications Committee instead of the Commerce and Economic Development committee.

Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2026

How they voted

95–2

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 100

Mar 23, 2026

D Democratic18

16 Yea 2 Nay

88% Yea

R Republican82

79 Yea 3

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 2

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Government Modernization and Technology

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Government Modernization and Technology

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors