HB 2314 — An Act providing for a public education campaign focused on educating the public about artificial intelligence and improving AI consumer literacy.

PRINTER'S NO.    3066

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                       HOUSE BILL
                       No. 2314
                                              Session of
                                                2026

     INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, ORTITAY, RIVERA, DOUGHERTY, VENKAT, HILL-
        EVANS, BURGOS, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, GUZMAN, NEILSON, BOROWSKI,
        INGLIS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND FREEMAN, MARCH 24, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY,
        MARCH 24, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Providing for a public education campaign focused on educating
 2      the public about artificial intelligence and improving AI
 3      consumer literacy.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.   Short title.
 7      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Artificial
 8   Intelligence Public Education Campaign Act.
 9   Section 2.   Definitions.
10      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12   context clearly indicates otherwise:
13      "Artificial intelligence" or "AI."
14          (1)   A machine-based system that can, for a given set of
15      human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations
16      or decisions influencing real or virtual environments,
17      including the ability to:
 1                  (i)    perceive real and virtual environments;
 2                  (ii)    abstract perceptions made under this paragraph
 3            into models through analysis in an automated manner; and
 4                  (iii)    use model inference to formulate options for
 5            information or action based on outcomes under
 6            subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
 7            (2)   The term includes generative artificial
 8      intelligence.
 9      "Forged digital likeness."       As defined in 18 Pa.C.S. §
10   4101.1(f) (relating to digital forgery).
11      "Generative artificial intelligence."       The class of models
12   that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in
13   order to generate derived synthetic content, including
14   information such as images, videos, audio clips or text, that
15   has been significantly modified or generated by algorithms,
16   including by artificial intelligence.
17      "Office."     The Office of Attorney General.
18   Section 3.     Public education campaign.
19      (a)     Duties.--Subject to funding being available, no later
20   than one year after the effective date of this subsection, the
21   office shall conduct a public education campaign to provide
22   information to the general public about artificial intelligence
23   and to improve AI consumer literacy. The public education
24   campaign may include, but need not be limited to, public service
25   announcements through a variety of media, including television,
26   radio, print and the office's publicly accessible Internet
27   website.
28      (b)     Audience.--The public education campaign shall target
29   the general public and populations identified by the office as
30   having lower rates of AI consumer literacy, being particularly

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 1   susceptible to AI-enabled scams and frauds or being particularly
 2   vulnerable to negative impacts from content generated by
 3   artificial intelligence.
 4      (c)   Contents.--The office shall ensure that the public
 5   education campaign under this section includes:
 6            (1)   Identifying, promoting and encouraging the use of
 7      best practices for identifying the provenance of digital
 8      content and whether it has been generated or significantly
 9      modified by algorithms, including artificial intelligence.
10      This shall include guidance on methods for detecting or
11      differentiating media that is a forged digital likeness.
12            (2)   Information on avoiding artificial intelligence-
13      enabled scams and frauds.
14            (3)   Responsible behavior when engaging with generative
15      artificial intelligence programs commonly referred to as
16      "chatbots."
17            (4)   Best practices for the protection of personal data
18      and personally identifiable information when engaging with
19      artificial intelligence programs.
20            (5)   Awareness of the potential for bias and
21      misinformation when interacting with programs using
22      generative artificial intelligence.
23            (6)   Information regarding potential harm to children who
24      use AI applications and best practices for parents or
25      guardians to prevent that potential harm.
26   Section 4.     Administration.
27      (a)   Funding.--The General Assembly may appropriate funding
28   as necessary to effectuate this act.
29      (b)   Report.--Within one year of the start of the public
30   education campaign under section 3(a), the office shall submit a

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 1   report on the public education campaign to the chairperson and
 2   minority chairperson of the Communications and Technology
 3   Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority
 4   chairperson of the Communications and Technology Committee of
 5   the House of Representatives. The report shall include a summary
 6   of the public education campaign, an assessment of its
 7   performance and impact and recommendations on further action to
 8   achieve the public education goals of the campaign.
 9   Section 5.   Effective date.
10      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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