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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires businesses to disclose AI interactions and allows consumer lawsuits for deceptive chatbots
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.Sponsor: Mandie Landry
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 425 makes it an unfair or deceptive trade practice for any person, organization, or corporation to interact with consumers via an or chatbot without providing clear and conspicuous notice that the consumer is not speaking to a human.
Consumers can sue businesses for actual damages plus up to $1,000 in , while the state attorney general can seek injunctions and civil penalties reaching up to $5 million.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
consumers in Louisiana
Consumers gain the right to clear disclosures when interacting with automated systems and the ability to file civil lawsuits for undisclosed AI interactions.
corporations, organizations, or persons engaging in commercial transactions
Businesses must update their customer communication practices to include clear notifications when using automated systems or face civil liability, attorney general injunctions, and financial penalties.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 25, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 25, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Version history
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Establishment of AI Disclosure Mandate
The bill integrates artificial intelligence interactions directly into unfair trade practice statutes, creating specific statutory damages and civil penalties for hidden automated communications.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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