Colorado House Bill 1263
Session 2026A
Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service Operator Requirements
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 29, 2026
Sponsors
4 Sponsors
S. Camacho
J. Mabrey
J. Carson
I. Jodeh
First Action
Feb 19, 2026
Latest Action
May 29, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1263
State
Colorado
Session
2026A
I. Jodeh
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Sponsor
J. Carson
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Sponsor
J. Mabrey
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Sponsor
S. Camacho
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Sponsor
A. Boesenecker
Cosponsor
B. Titone
Cosponsor
C. Clifford
Cosponsor
C. Kipp
Cosponsor
E. Sirota
Cosponsor
J. Bacon
Cosponsor
J. Jackson
Cosponsor
J. Joseph
Cosponsor
J. McCluskie
Cosponsor
K. McCormick
Cosponsor
K. Nguyen
Cosponsor
L. Smith
Cosponsor
M. Duran
Cosponsor
M. Lindsay
Cosponsor
M. Rutinel
Cosponsor
N. Hinrichsen
Cosponsor
N. Ricks
Cosponsor
R. Stewart
Cosponsor
S. Lieder
Cosponsor
Motion Text
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Summary
The act defines a 'conversational artificial intelligence service' as an artificial intelligence system that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through adaptive textual, visual, or aural communications. Effective January 1, 2027, the act creates requirements and prohibitions for a person, partnership, corporation, or entity that develops and makes publicly available a conversational artificial intelligence service or offers a conversational artificial intelligence service to a consumer (operator). An operator is required to use commercially reasonable methods or generally accepted methods to estimate the age of a consumer who has or opens an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service (account holder) and the age of other users of a conversational artificial intelligence service. If an operator knows that an account holder or user is a minor, an operator is:Required to provide certain disclosures;Prohibited from providing the minor account holder or minor user with points or rewards to encourage engagement with the conversational artificial intelligence service;Required to institute technically feasible measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence service from producing explicit sexual conduct, intimate digital depictions, or statements that simulate emotional dependence;Required to implement a protocol for a conversational artificial intelligence service to stop engaging in response to a user prompt regarding sexual conduct with a minor; andRequired to provide tools for the minor account holder or minor user or a parent or guardian of the minor account holder or minor user to manage the minor account holder's or minor user's privacy and account settings. The act also requires an operator to provide a disclosure to a user that a conversational artificial intelligence service is artificial intelligence, implement a protocol for user prompts regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm, and annually report to the attorney general's office information regarding the protocol the operator is implementing. The act prohibits an operator from stating that any output data provided by a conversational artificial intelligence service is provided by, endorsed by, or equivalent to services provided by certain licensed or certified professionals. The act clarifies that nothing in the act limits an individual's ability to access certain information and resources pursuant to the state constitution, requires an operator to disclose confidential information, or authorizes content moderation practices inconsistent with the United States constitution.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Committee Report for Business, Labor, & Technology on 05/05/2026
Committee Report for Business Affairs & Labor on 03/26/2026
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05/29/2026
Office of the Governor
Governor Signed
05/28/2026
Office of the Governor
Sent to the Governor
05/28/2026
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
05/28/2026
House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/12/2026
House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/11/2026
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/08/2026
Senate
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
05/05/2026
Senate
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
05/04/2026
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
04/21/2026
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/20/2026
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
03/31/2026
House
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
03/26/2026
House
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/19/2026
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
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Record Updated
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