Missouri AI legislation bill (SB 1012, 2026)
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Missouri SB 1012 (2026)[1]
Missouri, United States[1]
Proposed state legislation[1]
SS No. 2 for SCS for SB 1012; 103rd General Assembly, second regular session; 5687S.16P[2]
Senate passed May 6; House Emerging Issues voted Do Not Pass May 12, 2026; not enacted.[1]
Missouri SB 1012 is a 2026 proposal covering AI legal status, professional responsibility, companion chatbots and AI-generated political advertising. The Senate passed it on May 6, 2026; the House Emerging Issues Committee voted Do Not Pass on May 12, the latest action in the record reviewed. It has not been enacted.[1]
AI legal status and professional responsibility
Proposed section 1.2045 would declare AI systems non-sentient for state-law purposes and prevent governmental recognition of AI personhood, marriage-like status, property ownership or executive authority. It preserves the status of existing corporations and other recognised legal entities. Owners or operators interacting with consumers, clients or patients would have to give clear notice of AI involvement.[2]
Covered licensed professionals would retain independent judgment and final authority over regulated services, including medication decisions. The text permits AI as a professional tool while preserving applicable standards of care and disciplinary responsibility; its definition of a licensed professional expressly excludes attorneys. It also addresses contracts assigning responsibility exclusively to AI, product-liability treatment and settlement confidentiality, while stating that section 1.2045 does not create or expand civil liability under other law or common law.[2]
Companion chatbots
Proposed section 1.2058 covers systems capable of meeting social needs and sustaining relationships across interactions, with exclusions for specified business tools, restricted video-game features and certain voice-assistant devices. Operators would disclose that the chatbot is artificial, maintain and publish crisis-response protocols, provide break reminders by default at least every two hours during continuing interactions, and take reasonable measures against specified sexual content involving users aged seventeen or younger.[2]
Beginning July 1, 2027, the proposal would require annual reports to the Department of Mental Health covering the preceding calendar year’s crisis referrals and specified response protocols, without user identifiers or personal information. Injured persons could seek an injunction, the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per violation, and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.[2]
Political advertising
Proposed section 130.165 would require specified disclaimers on covered political communications using generative AI to depict false conduct, manipulate a candidate’s voice or actions, or deceive voters or injure a candidate. It prescribes format-specific notices and metadata containing the disclosure, tool identity and creation date and time. A person identified as paying for, sponsoring or approving covered media who omits the required disclaimer could face a class A misdemeanor in addition to existing civil penalties.[2]
Legislative history and dates
- April 30, 2026: the Senate adopted the second substitute as amended and perfected the bill.[1]
- May 6, 2026: Senate third reading and passage.[1]
- May 12, 2026: House Emerging Issues hearing and Do Not Pass vote.[1]
The displayed August 28, 2026 date and the proposed July 1, 2027 reporting start are draft dates, not operative obligations established by this bill.[1][2]
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Missouri Senate, SB 1012 bill information and complete action history, reviewed October 15, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Missouri Senate, perfected SS No. 2 for SCS for SB 1012, 5687S.16P, complete 16-page text reviewed October 15, 2026.