SB 3261 — AI Public Safety & Child Protection Transparency Act

Frontier AI developers and big chatbot platforms would have to publish public-safety and child-protection plans, with whistleblower protections and AG enforcement.

What it does

Mandates that frontier AI model developers and large chatbot providers establish and publish public safety and child protection plans. Creates reporting mechanism for safety incidents, whistleblower protections, third-party audits. Attorney General enforcement with civil penalties.

Analyst read

The Senate re-referred SB 3261 to Assignments under Rule 3-9(a) on May 22, 2026, after extending its committee and third-reading deadline. The proposal did not clear committee or receive a floor vote during the spring session. Its public-safety plans, child-protection plans and audit provisions should not be read as enacted requirements.

Enforcement

Civil penalties (AG enforcement)

Procedural history

May 22, 2026 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

April 24, 2026 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 Second extension

April 15, 2026 Added Co-Sponsor Sen. Glowiak Hilton

April 14, 2026 Added Co-Sponsor Sen. Loughran Cappel

March 27, 2026 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026 First extension

March 13, 2026 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026

March 12, 2026 Added co-sponsors Porfirio and Ventura

February 27, 2026 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin Republican co-sponsor

February 26, 2026 Six co-sponsors added (Walker, Guzmán, Johnson, Ellman, Joyce, D. Turner) Bipartisan signal — Sen. Rezin (R) added next day

February 18, 2026 To AI and Social Media

February 17, 2026 Assigned to Executive

February 3, 2026 Filed by Sen. Edly-Allen; First Reading; Referred to Assignments

AI Public Safety & Child Protection Transparency Act

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