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Verify state legislative records: status, Senate amendment context and enacted-law coverage

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	== Mass Wins AI safeguards proposal ==		== Mass Wins AI safeguards proposal ==
	On September 18, 2026, Governor Maura Healey urged Mass Wins conference negotiators to strengthen the pending bill’s AI provisions through independent frontier-model evaluations and earlier reporting of serious safety incidents.<ref name="healey-mass-wins">[https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-calls-for-strong-ai-safety-and-transparency-protections-in-mass-wins-act Massachusetts Governor’s Office, “Governor Healey Calls for Strong AI Safety and Transparency Protections in Mass Wins Act,” September 18, 2026.]</ref> See [[AI Law Wiki News for September 19, 2026#Healey seeks independent AI evaluations in Mass Wins bill\|September 19 digest coverage]].		On September 18, 2026, Governor Maura Healey urged Mass Wins conference negotiators to strengthen the pending bill’s AI provisions through independent frontier-model evaluations and earlier reporting of serious safety incidents.<ref name="healey-mass-wins">[https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-calls-for-strong-ai-safety-and-transparency-protections-in-mass-wins-act Massachusetts Governor’s Office, “Governor Healey Calls for Strong AI Safety and Transparency Protections in Mass Wins Act,” September 18, 2026.]</ref> See [[AI Law Wiki News for September 19, 2026#Healey seeks independent AI evaluations in Mass Wins bill\|September 19 digest coverage]].

			The Senate amendment to the Mass Wins bill, H5576, is printed as S3228. Its section 164 proposes a Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act and chatbot-disclosure requirements. The Senate passed its amended version to be engrossed on July 24, 2026; the chambers appointed a conference committee on July 30 after the House declined to concur in the Senate amendment.<ref>[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5576 Massachusetts General Court, H5576, bill history, reviewed September 19, 2026.]</ref>

			Under the Senate text, large frontier developers would publish safety frameworks and risk reports, obtain annual compliance audits, and arrange independent model evaluations at least every 120 days. Frontier developers would report critical safety incidents to the attorney general within 15 days of discovery; an incident posing an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury would require disclosure within 24 hours to an appropriate authority. The proposal also includes employee protections and attorney-general enforcement. Commercial entities deploying chatbots would disclose that users are interacting with a chatbot.<ref>[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3228/Senate/Amendment/Text Massachusetts General Court, S3228, Senate amendment, section 164, July 24, 2026.]</ref>

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	Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.		Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

			== Mass Wins AI safeguards proposal ==
			On September 18, 2026, Governor Maura Healey urged Mass Wins conference negotiators to strengthen the pending bill’s AI provisions through independent frontier-model evaluations and earlier reporting of serious safety incidents.<ref name="healey-mass-wins">[https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-calls-for-strong-ai-safety-and-transparency-protections-in-mass-wins-act Massachusetts Governor’s Office, “Governor Healey Calls for Strong AI Safety and Transparency Protections in Mass Wins Act,” September 18, 2026.]</ref> See [[AI Law Wiki News for September 19, 2026#Healey seeks independent AI evaluations in Mass Wins bill\|September 19 digest coverage]].

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	Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.		Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

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Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

== Historical tracker ==
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<strong>May 1, 2026 tracker snapshot</strong>
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These entries retain the historical NCSL snapshot used by the former state directory. Status labels, including “pending,” “enacted,” “failed,” and “vetoed,” describe that snapshot, not a current-status assessment. This is not a complete inventory of enacted law.

NCSL’s May 1, 2026 snapshot lists 23 AI-related 2026 measures for Massachusetts.<ref name="ncsl-ai-db">[https://www.ncsl.org/financial-services/artificial-intelligence-legislation-database National Conference of State Legislatures, ''Artificial Intelligence Legislation Database'' (updated May 1, 2026)].</ref>

=== Other measures recorded in the snapshot ===
* [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4616 MA H 4616 — Health Insurance Prior Authorization] — pending; would regulate insurers’ use of AI and algorithmic tools in medical-necessity review, prohibit AI as the sole basis for adverse determinations, and require licensed-clinician review; the Health Care Financing Committee recommended passage and referred the bill to House Ways and Means on July 29, 2026. Topics: Health Use, Audit, Notification, Private Sector Use, Responsible Use.
* MA H 1210 — Artificial Intelligence Health Communications; pending; Relates to artificial intelligence health communications and informed patient consent. Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Sector Use.
* MA H 1564 — Algorithmic Rent Fixing; pending; Relates to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
* MA H 1593 — Penalty for Child Sexual Abuse Visual Materials; pending; Imposes a penalty for child sexual abuse visual materials. Topics: Deepfake.
* MA H 1615 — Exploitation of Image and Voice of Individual; pending; Relates to preventing an individual's image and voice from exploitation. Topics: Deepfake.
* MA H 1931 — Protections Against Child Exploitation; pending; Enhances protections against child exploitation and misuse of emerging technologies. Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake.
* MA H 4832 — Digital Replicas; pending; Relates to the contracting of digital replicas. Topics: Deepfake, Private Sector Use.
* MA H 495 — Emissions from Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to reducing emissions from artificial intelligence. Topics: Energy, Studies.
* MA H 5073 — Study Order; pending; Relates to authorizing the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity to make an investigation and study of certain Ho.... Topics: Studies.
* MA H 5093 — Election Misinformation; pending; Protects against election misinformation. Topics: Deepfake, Elections.
* MA H 5094 — Political Advertising; pending; Enhances disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. Topics: Deepfake, Elections, Notification.
* MA H 5178 — Economic Development; pending; Relates to make an investigation and study of certain House documents relative to limited liability companies, businesses, small businesses, municipal a.... Topics: Studies.
* MA H 5222 — Rental Housing Market; pending; Relates to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
* MA H 76 — Materially Deceptive Election Related Communications; pending; Relates to materially deceptive election-related communications. Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake, Elections.
* MA H 81 — Artificial Intelligence Disclosures; pending; Relates to artificial intelligence disclosures. Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use.
* MA H 83 — Special Legislative Commission; pending; Relates to an investigation and study by a special legislative commission to study load growth due to AI and data centers. Topics: Energy, Studies.
* MA H 846 — Synthetic Media in Political Advertising; pending; Relates to disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake, Elections.
* MA H 90 — Provenance Regarding Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to provenance regarding artificial intelligence. Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use, Provenance.
* MA S 1016 — Algorithmic Rent Fixing; pending; Establishes the preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the Rental Housing Market Act. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
* MA S 1174 — Computer Generated Child Sexual Abuse Visual Materials; pending; Protects minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials. Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake.
* MA S 2632 — Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to the use of artificial intelligence and other software tools in healthcare decision-making. Topics: Health Use.
* MA S 2983 — Rental Housing Market; pending; Establishes the preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market act. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
* MA S 32 — Advanced Technology and the Internet; pending; Relates to the potential impacts and legal implications of advanced technology and the internet on protecting individuals from exploitation. Topics: Deepfake, Studies.
* MA S 994 — Algorithmic Rent Setting; pending; Prohibits algorithmic rent setting. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.

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