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HB686 • 2026

CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mike Bayham
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

What This Bill Does

  • CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  4. 2026-02-27 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-1083 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 686
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Provides for the unlawful use of artificial intelligence in
telephone calls
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:73.15, relative to required disclosures related to the use of artificial
3 intelligence; to provide for the crime of unlawful use of artificial intelligence in
4 telephone calls; to provide for criminal penalties; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:73.15 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §73.15. Unlawful use of artificial intelligence in telephone calls
8 A. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any telephone call or
9 automated call which is created using artificial intelligence without providing a clear
10 and understandable disclosure at the beginning of the call that it was created using
11 artificial intelligence.
12 B. For purposes of this Section, "artificial intelligence" has the same
13 meaning as provided in R.S. 14:73.14.
14 C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more
15 than seven hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HLS 26RS-1083 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 686
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 686 Original 2026 Regular Session Bayham
Abstract: Prohibits the making of telephone calls using artificial intelligence without
disclosing the use of artificial intelligence.
Proposed law prohibits the making of telephone calls without providing a clear disclosure
at the beginning of the call saying it was made with artificial intelligence.
Proposed law uses the same definition of "artificial intelligence" as used in present law (R.S.
14:73.14).
Proposed law provides a penalty of a fine not more than $750 or not more than six months
imprisonment, or both.
(Adds R.S. 14:73.15)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.