Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1090 (Safeguarding Adolescents from Exploitative Chatbots and Harmful AI Technology Act 2025)

• Authority: Pennsylvania
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-11-14

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
• 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
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 5-6 subdomains, with strong focus on toxic content exposure (1.2), fraud and manipulation (4.3), overreliance and unsafe use (5.1), loss of human agency (5.2), and lack of transparency (7.4). Coverage is concentrated in human-computer interaction risks and content safety domains, with specific attention to protecting minors from harmful AI companion interactions.

Sector coverage

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

• Information

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

• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically operators of AI companion platforms (data processing, online services). It does not target specific industry applications but rather a particular product category that falls within digital services and information technology.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Pennsylvania state statute (Senate Bill 1090) with mandatory obligations, explicit enforcement by the Attorney General, and civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Pennsylvania General Assembly; Pennsylvania Senate
• Summary: The document is a Senate Bill enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, as stated in the opening declaration of the statute.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Operators of AI companion platforms
• Summary: The document targets 'operators' defined as persons or businesses that make AI companion platforms available to users in Pennsylvania. These operators develop and deploy AI companion systems.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Attorney General of Pennsylvania
• Summary: The Attorney General is explicitly designated as the enforcement authority with power to file civil actions and collect penalties.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Attorney General of Pennsylvania
• Summary: While not explicitly designated as a monitoring body, the Attorney General's enforcement role implicitly includes monitoring compliance with the act's requirements.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Build and Use Model
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle. It regulates how AI companion platforms must be deployed to users (with disclosures and safeguards) and how they must be operated on an ongoing basis (protocols, break reminders, content restrictions). There is minimal coverage of earlier lifecycle stages.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers AI systems (AI companions), AI models, artificial intelligence, and generative artificial intelligence. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-weight models.