HF5051 • 2026

Disclosures when selling or distributing programs with artificial intelligence required.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Gottfried, Hollins
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: Author added Hollins
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Disclosures when selling or distributing programs with artificial intelligence required.

What This Bill Does

Disclosures when selling or distributing programs with artificial intelligence required.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-04-23 House
Author added Hollins
2026-04-22 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Disclosures when selling or distributing programs with artificial intelligence required.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to consumer protection; requiring disclosures when selling or distributing

programs with artificial intelligence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota

Statutes, chapter 325G.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[325G.64] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISCLOSURES.

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Subdivision 1.

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Definition.

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For purposes of this section, "artificial intelligence" or "AI"

means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in level of autonomy and that

can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input the system receives how to

generate outputs that are capable of influencing physical or virtual environments.

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Subd. 2.

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Disclosures.

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Before selling or distributing a program containing artificial

intelligence technology, the seller or distributor must disclose:

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(1) the business names of the manufacturers or creators of the AI;

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(2) contact information for technical experts who assist users with the AI;

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(3) the functions the AI performs;

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(4) the types of modeling the AI uses; and

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(5) all safety features of the AI, including but not limited to the integration of human

intelligence.

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