New Jersey A 4732 (Notification Requirements for Artificial Intelligence Companion Models 2026)

• Authority: New Jersey
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-03-10

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• False or misleading information
• Overreliance and unsafe use

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Loss of human agency and autonomy

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses Human-Computer Interaction risks (5.1, 5.2) and Misinformation risks (3.1), with some coverage of malicious actor risks (4.3). The legislation focuses on preventing inappropriate relationships with AI companions and ensuring users are not misled about the non-human nature of their interactions. Coverage is concentrated in 4 subdomains with scores of 2-3.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically operators of AI companion services that provide online interactive systems. This includes companies developing and deploying conversational AI applications designed to simulate human relationships through text, audio, or visual communication.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state legislative act with mandatory obligations (using 'shall'), specific civil penalties of $15,000 per violation, and explicit court enforcement mechanisms through the Superior Court and municipal court.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a legislative bill proposed by the New Jersey state legislature, as indicated by the opening enactment clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The bill specifically targets 'operators' defined as individuals, partnerships, associations, firms, or business entities who operate or provide AI companions to users. These entities develop and/or deploy AI companion systems.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill explicitly designates the Superior Court and municipal court as the judicial bodies with jurisdiction to enforce the civil penalty provisions through the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999.

Monitor

• Summary: The document does not explicitly designate any agency or body responsible for monitoring compliance or implementation. Monitoring appears to rely on users or affected parties bringing civil actions.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily governs the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on requirements that apply when AI companion systems are made available to users and during their ongoing operation. It does not address earlier stages like planning, data collection, model building, or validation.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions and defines AI systems (as 'AI companion'), generative artificial intelligence, and has detailed definitions of these concepts. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-weight models. The focus is on a specific application category (AI companions) using generative AI technology.