Pennsylvania HB 2006 (AI Companion Age Checks)

Pennsylvania, United StatesPennsylvania HB 2006Updated September 28, 2026

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Became Law

Passed the House 133-70; goes to the Senate

Pennsylvania would require AI companion apps to determine the age of anyone in the state before they can use the service, through behavioral profiling, identity database lookups or email-linked data.

Latest update

Passed the House 133-70; sent to the Senate

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The bill

Official bill record

Key facts

Where
Pennsylvania, United States
Bill number
Pennsylvania HB 2006
Status
In progress
Introduced
October 31, 2025
Threat
High
Last update
September 28, 2026

Topics

Age VerificationDigital IDPrivacyArtificial Intelligence

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What it does

Before anyone in Pennsylvania can use an AI companion, a chatbot built to simulate an ongoing personal relationship, the operator must ask for their age and then determine whether they are a minor using commercial methods such as age inference from account history, content analysis and behavioral signals, commercial identity databases, or public data tied to a verified email address. Users found to be under 18 need verifiable parental consent under the federal COPPA rule before they get access, and minors must be shielded from sexual content. Operators may not demand government ID for the check and may keep personally identifiable data from it for no more than 24 hours. The attorney general enforces the act with civil penalties of up to $100,000 per day per violation, and it would take effect 180 days after enactment.

What’s at stake

Adults get profiled or looked up in identity databases before they can use a lawful app, and the methods the bill lists include analyzing what they type and how they behave. The 24-hour limit covers stored identifying data from the check; it does not stop the behavioral scanning the bill invites, and anonymous use of these services ends in Pennsylvania.

Our take

The ban on demanding government ID steers operators toward something more invasive: reading users' conversations and behavior to guess their age. HB 2006 makes that profiling a legal duty for the most personal kind of chatbot use, and a $100,000-a-day penalty will push operators to check hard. It follows Governor Josh Shapiro's push, since his February budget address, to put an ID check in front of AI companion bots. We oppose it.

Timeline

  1. Passed the House 133-70; sent to the SenateLatest

  2. Amended on second consideration in the House (PN 3747)

  3. Introduced (PN 2560)

The record

Sponsor

Rep. Melissa Shusterman

Votes

  • House: Passed (133 to 70), September 28, 2026