Arizona AI Laws: HB 2311 Veto, Deepfakes, What's Next (2027)

As of November 2026, Arizona has not enacted a comprehensive AI law or an AI chatbot law: Governor Hobbs vetoed the chatbot bill, HB 2311, on June 19, 2026. Its AI-related statutes are narrow, led by the 2024 election deepfake laws, HB 2394 (A.R.S. 16-1023) and SB 1359 (A.R.S. 16-1024), and the 2025 impersonation law, SB 1295.

This page covers Arizona state law, with one short note on the federal layer. Bill statuses are as shown on the Legislature's site on November 4, 2026. For how other states compare, see the US AI laws hub.

Arizona AI Laws at a Glance

Arizona Deepfake Laws: HB 2394, SB 1359 and HB 2678

Arizona's two 2024 election deepfake laws work differently. Under A.R.S. 16-1023 (HB 2394, signed May 21, 2024), a person may bring a civil action over a digital impersonation, and the sole remedy is declaratory relief unless the section expressly provides otherwise. Injunctive relief and damages require sexual content, a plaintiff who was not a public figure, and actual knowledge or failure to take corrective action within 21 days.

Under A.R.S. 16-1024 (SB 1359, signed May 29, 2024), within 90 days before an election a creator may not create and distribute a synthetic media message the person knows is a deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of a candidate on the ballot, "unless the synthetic media message includes a clear and conspicuous disclosure that conveys to a reasonable person that the media includes content generated by artificial intelligence." The penalty is the civil penalty in A.R.S. 16-937(B) for each day of distribution without the disclosure. Satire, parody and interactive computer services are exempt.

HB 2678 (Laws 2025 ch. 174, signed May 12, 2025) changed the child exploitation definitions. "Visual depiction" now covers an image "regardless of whether the image is created or modified by means of computer software, artificial intelligence or other digital editing tools," and "minor" includes a visual depiction "that is indistinguishable from an actual minor," meaning one where "a person viewing the depiction would reasonably conclude that the depiction is of an actual minor." See the Arizona deepfake laws page for the detail.

SB 1295: Arizona's Computer Generated Voice and Image Fraud Law (A.R.S. 13-2006)

SB 1295 (Laws 2025 ch. 184, signed May 13, 2025) added a form of criminal impersonation: "using a computer generated voice recording, image or video of another person with the intent to defraud other persons." The law says "computer generated," not AI.

"Defraud" here means "to make a false representation or material omission to deceive another person to gain a benefit." That paragraph is a class 5 felony, while the other forms of criminal impersonation are class 6.

The act excludes some uses: "comedy, parody, artistic expression, criticism or circumstances where it is clear to a reasonable listener or viewer that the recording, image or video has been digitally manipulated are not fraudulent."

HB 2175: Arizona's Insurance Denial Review Law Does Not Mention AI

News coverage and an earlier version of this page described HB 2175 as a ban on AI denials. The chaptered text (Laws 2025 ch. 165) does not use the words artificial intelligence, algorithm or automated. It is a human-review rule that would reach AI in practice, but it does not name AI, so it is not an AI statute.

Governor Hobbs signed it on May 12, 2025, and it took effect July 1, 2026 ("from and after June 30, 2026"). It has two parts:

• Claims, A.R.S. 20-3103. "Before a health care insurer may deny a claim that was submitted by a provider on the basis of medical necessity, the medical director shall individually review the denial."
• Prior authorization, A.R.S. 20-3407. The same review applies before an insurer issues "a direct denial of a prior authorization of a service that was requested by a provider and that involves medical necessity."

In each review, the medical director "shall exercise independent medical judgment and may not rely solely on recommendations from any other source." The two sections do not add a state medical license requirement or a duty to explain a denial in writing, as some summaries said.

HB 2342: Where Arizona Law Names AI in Home Computing

HB 2342 (Laws 2025 ch. 81, approved April 18, 2025) amended A.R.S. 9-500.42 and 11-269.22. A city, town or county "may not prohibit or otherwise restrict an individual from lawfully accessing or using computational power or running a node on blockchain technology in a residence."

"Computational power" is defined to include "artificial intelligence, blockchain, scientific research and cloud computing." The law limits local government and does not regulate AI companies.

HB 2311: Arizona's Vetoed AI Chatbot Bill

HB 2311 passed the House 43-13 on February 24, 2026, passed the Senate as amended, and cleared a final House vote 35-20 on June 12, 2026. Governor Hobbs vetoed it on June 19, 2026, so it is not law.

According to the Senate Research fact sheet, the final version would have applied from October 1, 2027 to operators of publicly available conversational AI services, with added requirements for minor account holders. A violator would have faced an injunction and the greater of actual damages or civil penalties of $1,000 per violation, up to $500,000 per operator.

Only the Attorney General could have sought the penalties, and the bill created no private right of action. The fact sheet reports that the veto message said the bill "prohibits families from bringing lawsuits, limits damages to families and restricts the state's ability to bring actions."

Other Arizona AI Bills That Did Not Become Law

As of November 4, 2026, the Legislature's bill records showed these results for the 2026 session.

Arizona Attorney General: OpenAI Suit and Grok Investigation

Attorneys general in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia announced separate suits against OpenAI on October 14, 2026. Official releases from Arkansas and Montana also name Kansas among the states that sued.

Attorney General Mayes's release says Arizona's suit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court and alleges violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act over deceptive design and marketing of ChatGPT and risks to minors. These are allegations, and the only law the release names is a general consumer law, not an AI statute.

On January 15, 2026, Mayes also announced an investigation into "X's artificial intelligence chatbot, known as Grok," saying her office would "determine whether Arizona law has been violated." The release names no statute, and an investigation is not a finding.

Arizona's State Agency AI Policy and Court Rules

Statewide Policy P2000, issued by the Arizona Department of Administration with an effective date of March 15, 2024 in the version we opened, covers generative AI use. It applies to state Budget Units and, through contracts, to third parties working for them. It is an administrative policy, not a statute, and it says AI outputs "must be reviewed by knowledgeable human operators."

Governor Hobbs also announced her appointments to an AI Steering Committee on May 21, 2025. We did not find published recommendations from it as of November 4, 2026, in a web search.

The courts have their own track. The Arizona Supreme Court created the Arizona Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts by Administrative Order 2024-33.

Insurance Regulators and AI in Arizona

The NAIC's implementation list for its model bulletin on insurers' use of AI, status as of November 3, 2026, does not list Arizona. That list tracks the model bulletin only, so it does not show whether the state's insurance department has addressed AI in some other document.

AI in Hiring and Other Subjects in Arizona

We found no Arizona statute on AI in hiring, companion chatbots, or frontier AI safety. We searched the full text of the session law chapters posted on azleg.gov for 2024, 2025 and 2026 for the words artificial intelligence, chatbot, algorithm, machine learning, automated decision, generative AI, deepfake and synthetic media.

Beyond the laws on this page, the only substantive hit was a definition in a 2024 sexual-offense amendment (Laws 2024 ch. 251) that excludes AI-generated images. No 2026 chapter used the term artificial intelligence. A law using other words would not surface, as HB 2175 and SB 1295 show.

AI Note-Takers and Arizona Recording Law

Whether an AI note-taker may record a meeting turns on recording consent, and this site classifies Arizona as a one-party consent state. See Arizona AI meeting recording laws.

Federal AI Policy and Arizona

As of November 4, 2026, we found no federal statute in the public laws of the 119th Congress that sets general rules for private AI systems or generally preempts state AI laws. In December 2025, Executive Order 14365 directed federal agencies to challenge or discourage state AI laws the administration views as conflicting with national policy, and called for a federal framework from Congress. The order itself does not declare any state law invalid.

See Trump's AI executive orders and state AI law preemption for what has happened since.

What Changes in Arizona AI Law in 2027

As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Arizona in 2027; we searched the session laws posted on azleg.gov for the 2025 and 2026 sessions. HB 2311's October 1, 2027 date does not apply, because the bill was vetoed.

One dated item sits with the courts. On August 27, 2026, the Arizona Supreme Court denied a petition for a new Rule 135 and ordered its AI steering committee to report by March 1, 2027 "on any rules or administrative orders that may be necessary to provide judicial officers clear, workable standards for the permissible and responsible use of emerging AI technologies." A report is a recommendation, not a rule.

The bills above ended with the 57th Legislature, so a new bill would have to be filed in 2027. We did not search for 2027 bills.

More Arizona Laws

Explore other Arizona law topics on Recording Law:

• Arizona Recording Laws
• Arizona Data Privacy Laws
• Arizona Whistleblower Laws
• Arizona Background Check Laws
• Arizona Biometric Privacy Laws
• Arizona Deepfake Laws
• Arizona AI Meeting Recording Laws

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Arizona have an AI law?

Arizona has no comprehensive AI law as of November 2026, but it has narrow statutes that touch AI, including the election deepfake laws at A.R.S. 16-1023 and 16-1024, the computer generated impersonation offense at A.R.S. 13-2006, and child exploitation definitions amended in 2025.

Did Arizona's HB 2311 become law?

No. Governor Hobbs vetoed HB 2311, the AI chatbot bill, on June 19, 2026. Its final version would have applied to operators of publicly available conversational AI services from October 1, 2027.

Does Arizona ban AI from denying health insurance claims?

Not in those words. HB 2175, in force since July 1, 2026, never mentions AI. It requires a health care insurer's medical director to individually review a medical-necessity claim denial or a direct denial of prior authorization, exercise independent medical judgment, and not rely solely on recommendations from any other source.

Are election deepfakes illegal in Arizona?

A.R.S. 16-1024 bars creating and distributing a known deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of a candidate on the ballot within 90 days before an election unless it carries a clear and conspicuous AI disclosure. Satire, parody and interactive computer services are exempt, and the penalty is civil, for each day of distribution. A.R.S. 16-1023 separately allows a civil action, generally limited to declaratory relief.

Is it a crime to use an AI voice clone to scam someone in Arizona?

A.R.S. 13-2006 makes it criminal impersonation, a class 5 felony, to use a computer generated voice recording, image or video of another person with the intent to defraud other persons. Comedy, parody, artistic expression, criticism and circumstances where it is clear to a reasonable listener or viewer that the media has been digitally manipulated are not fraudulent under the section.

Is Arizona suing OpenAI?

Attorney General Mayes announced a suit against OpenAI on October 14, 2026, in Maricopa County Superior Court. Her release says it alleges violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act over ChatGPT. These are allegations, and that act is a general consumer law, not an AI statute.

Does Arizona have an AI hiring law?

We found none, based on a term search of the session laws posted on azleg.gov for 2024, 2025 and 2026. A law using other words would not surface in that search.

What AI laws take effect in Arizona in 2027?

As of November 4, 2026, we found none, based on a search of the session laws posted for the 2025 and 2026 sessions. The Arizona Supreme Court has ordered a committee report on AI standards for judges by March 1, 2027, which is a recommendation and not a law.