Colleen Burton on Ban AI companion chatbots for minors un…

Colleen Burton

Florida state senator; sponsor of Florida SB 1344 on companion artificial intelligence chatbots.

If the age verification process determines that a user is a minor, an operator must obtain verifiable parental consent from the holder of the affiliate parental account before allowing the minor to access and use the companion AI chatbot.

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Colleen Burton, Florida Senate Bill 1344 (Companion Artificial Intelligence Chatbots), filed January 22, 2026.

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Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18

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AI Verified Burton’s bill permits minor access with verified parental consent, indicating opposition to a blanket ban. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded against matches Burton’s parental-consent access model rather than a blanket ban. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Florida SB 1344 contains this wording in Senator Burton’s filed bill. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors

“An operator shall require an individual seeking access to a companion AI chatbot to create a user account to use or otherwise interact with the chatbot. [...] Upon the creation of a new companion AI chatbot user account, an operator shall: (a) Reque...

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