US AI Law Tracker: Washington | AI Law Center

State/Terr	AI Scope	Relevant Law	Law Link	Effective Date	Key Requirements	Enforcements & Penalties
Washington	AI Intimate Images	Amendment of Washington Intimate Image Laws	HB 1999	6/6/2024	• Makes it a criminal offense to knowingly disclose a fabricated intimate image of another person where the person disclosing the image knows or should have known that the depicted person has not consented to the disclosure and knows or reasonably should know that disclosure would cause harm to the depicted person.	Criminal and civil penalties may apply.
Washington	AI CSAM	Amendment of Washington CSAM Laws	HB 1999	6/6/2024	• Expands the scope of existing child pornography statutes to include circumstances involving fabricated depictions of an identifiable minor (including such depictions created using AI).	Criminal and civil penalties may apply.
Washington	AI Transparency	An Act Relating to Informing Users When Content is Developed or Modified by Artificial Intelligence	HB1170	2/1/2027	• Defines “covered provider” as a person or entity that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system with over 1,000,000 monthly users, which is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use within the geographic boundaries of the state. This definition does not apply to state, local, or tribal governments. • Requires covered providers to include provenance data in image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, that has been created or materially altered by the provider’s generative artificial intelligence system. Covered providers must also make it technically and commercially difficult to remove or tamper with these disclosures. • Establishes an exception for any product, service, website, or application that is exclusively a video game or interactive experience, including e-commerce services. An exception is also made for systems used exclusively for upscaling, noise reduction, or compression.	Violations of the law are unfair or deceptive acts under Washington's Consumer Protection Act.
Washington	AI in Government	An Act Relating to Informing Users When Content is Developed or Modified by Artificial Intelligence	HB1170	2/1/2027	• Requires any government agency that makes available an artificial intelligence system intended to interact with consumers to disclose to each consumer, before or at the time of interaction, that the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence system.	N/A
Washington	AI Healthcare	An Act Relating to Making Improvements to Transparency and Accountability in the Prior Authorization Determination Process	SB5395	6/11/2026	• Prohibits health carriers from using artificial intelligence to unilaterally decide to deny, delay, or modify health care services. • Amends RCW 48.43.830, RCW 41.05.845, 2025 c 25 s 1, 2025 c 25 s 2, and 2025 c 227 s 8 to codify protections requiring carriers that use artificial intelligence for prior authorization to ensure it is applied equitably, complies with state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and bases determinations solely on an enrollee’s medical history, demographic data, and individual clinical circumstances. Furthermore, the AI’s performance must be reviewed periodically for accuracy and reliability.	Existing penalties apply under amended laws.
Washington	User-Facing AI	An Act Relating to Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots	HB2225	1/1/2027	• Operators must clearly and conspicuously display a notification at the beginning of any AI companion interaction and at least every three hours for continuing interactions that the AI companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. • Operators must implement reasonable measures to prohibit and prevent AI companion chatbots from claiming to be human or making comments that conflict with the disclosures above. • Operators must implement measures where the operator knows a user is a minor (under 18) to disclose that the user is interacting with AI (at the beginning of the interaction and at least every hour during continuous interactions), prevent the bot from generating or producing sexually explicit content or suggestive dialogue, and prohibit the use of manipulative engagement techniques which cause the bot to engage in or prolong an emotional relationship with the user. • Prohibits any operator from making available or deploying an AI companion chatbot unless it maintains and implements a protocol for detecting and addressing suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm by users.	Violations of the law are unfair or deceptive acts under Washington's Consumer Protection Act.

State/Terr

AI Scope

Relevant Law

Law Link

Effective Date

Key Requirements

Enforcements & Penalties

Washington

AI Intimate Images

Amendment of Washington Intimate Image Laws

HB 1999

6/6/2024

• Makes it a criminal offense to knowingly disclose a fabricated intimate image of another person where the person disclosing the image knows or should have known that the depicted person has not consented to the disclosure and knows or reasonably should know that disclosure would cause harm to the depicted person.

Criminal and civil penalties may apply.

Washington

AI CSAM

Amendment of Washington CSAM Laws

HB 1999

6/6/2024

• Expands the scope of existing child pornography statutes to include circumstances involving fabricated depictions of an identifiable minor (including such depictions created using AI).

Criminal and civil penalties may apply.

Washington

AI Transparency

An Act Relating to Informing Users When Content is Developed or Modified by Artificial Intelligence

HB1170

2/1/2027

• Defines “covered provider” as a person or entity that creates, codes, or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system with over 1,000,000 monthly users, which is publicly accessible to consumers for personal use within the geographic boundaries of the state. This definition does not apply to state, local, or tribal governments.

• Requires covered providers to include provenance data in image, video, or audio content, or content that is any combination thereof, that has been created or materially altered by the provider’s generative artificial intelligence system. Covered providers must also make it technically and commercially difficult to remove or tamper with these disclosures.

• Establishes an exception for any product, service, website, or application that is exclusively a video game or interactive experience, including e-commerce services. An exception is also made for systems used exclusively for upscaling, noise reduction, or compression.

Violations of the law are unfair or deceptive acts under Washington's Consumer Protection Act.

Washington

AI in Government

An Act Relating to Informing Users When Content is Developed or Modified by Artificial Intelligence

HB1170

2/1/2027

• Requires any government agency that makes available an artificial intelligence system intended to interact with consumers to disclose to each consumer, before or at the time of interaction, that the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence system.

N/A

Washington

AI Healthcare

An Act Relating to Making Improvements to Transparency and Accountability in the Prior Authorization Determination Process

SB5395

6/11/2026

• Prohibits health carriers from using artificial intelligence to unilaterally decide to deny, delay, or modify health care services.

• Amends RCW 48.43.830, RCW 41.05.845, 2025 c 25 s 1, 2025 c 25 s 2, and 2025 c 227 s 8 to codify protections requiring carriers that use artificial intelligence for prior authorization to ensure it is applied equitably, complies with state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and bases determinations solely on an enrollee’s medical history, demographic data, and individual clinical circumstances. Furthermore, the AI’s performance must be reviewed periodically for accuracy and reliability.

Existing penalties apply under amended laws.

Washington

User-Facing AI

An Act Relating to Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots

HB2225

1/1/2027

• Operators must clearly and conspicuously display a notification at the beginning of any AI companion interaction and at least every three hours for continuing interactions that the AI companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human.

• Operators must implement reasonable measures to prohibit and prevent AI companion chatbots from claiming to be human or making comments that conflict with the disclosures above.

• Operators must implement measures where the operator knows a user is a minor (under 18) to disclose that the user is interacting with AI (at the beginning of the interaction and at least every hour during continuous interactions), prevent the bot from generating or producing sexually explicit content or suggestive dialogue, and prohibit the use of manipulative engagement techniques which cause the bot to engage in or prolong an emotional relationship with the user.

• Prohibits any operator from making available or deploying an AI companion chatbot unless it maintains and implements a protocol for detecting and addressing suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm by users.

Violations of the law are unfair or deceptive acts under Washington's Consumer Protection Act.

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