Florida CS/SB 482 (Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights 2025)

• Authority: Florida
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-03-13

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Exposure to toxic content
• Compromise of privacy
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Competitive dynamics

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 6 subdomains, with strong focus on toxic content exposure (1.2), privacy compromise (2.1), fraud and manipulation (4.3), overreliance/unsafe use (5.1), and lack of transparency (7.4). Coverage is concentrated in consumer protection, privacy, transparency, and protection of minors from AI-related harms.

Sector coverage

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

• Information
• Educational Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector (AI technology companies, chatbot platforms), Educational Services (schools and VPK providers using AI instructional tools), and Public Administration (governmental entities' AI procurement). It also has broad applicability to any sector using AI technology in Florida due to consumer protection provisions.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding Florida statute with mandatory obligations, specific enforcement mechanisms through the Department of Legal Affairs, and civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, making it legally enforceable hard law.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Florida Legislature; State of Florida
• Summary: The document is a legislative bill enacted by the Florida Legislature, as stated in the opening: 'Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida.' This is a state-level legislative body proposing binding AI governance law.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Artificial intelligence technology companies; Companion chatbot platforms; Bot operators; Governmental entities; Private schools; Educational entities
• Summary: The law targets multiple entity types: AI technology companies that develop or deploy AI systems, companion chatbot platforms, bot operators, governmental entities (restricted from contracting with certain foreign entities), and educational entities providing AI instructional tools to students.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Florida Department of Legal Affairs; Circuit courts of Florida
• Summary: The Department of Legal Affairs is explicitly designated as the enforcing authority throughout the bill, with power to bring actions for violations, collect civil penalties, conduct investigations, and issue subpoenas. Circuit courts provide judicial enforcement.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Florida Department of Legal Affairs
• Summary: The Department of Legal Affairs serves as the monitoring body through its investigatory powers, ability to respond to complaints, conduct inquiries, and oversee compliance with the statute. Parents also have monitoring rights over their children's AI use.

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 focuses on deployment and operational monitoring stages of AI systems. It regulates how AI systems and companion chatbots are deployed to users (especially minors), and establishes ongoing monitoring requirements through parental controls and disclosure obligations. The document does not substantially address planning, design, data collection, model building, or validation stages.

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 defines and addresses AI systems, bots, companion chatbots, and generative artificial intelligence. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, task-specific AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on consumer-facing AI applications rather than technical AI model categories.