Alabama
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
Alabama has no comprehensive AI-behavior statute, but has enacted three targeted laws with AI relevance. In 2024 it criminalised AI-generated election deepfakes (Ala. Code § 17-5-16.1, eff. October 1, 2024) and AI-generated child sexual abuse material (Act 2024-98, amending Ala. Code § 13A-12-191 et seq.). In 2026, Governor Ivey signed SB 63 (eff. October 1, 2026), which restricts insurers from using AI as the sole basis for coverage denials and requires human clinician sign-off — Alabama's first enacted AI-specific auto-decision rule. The Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (HB 351, signed April 16, 2026, eff. May 1, 2027) gives consumers an opt-out right for profiling used in solely automated significant decisions, but the legislature stripped explicit AI language from the bill before passage. Multiple chatbot-disclosure, age-verification, and AI-content-labelling bills (HB 324, HB 325, SB 129) were introduced in the 2026 session but did not advance to enactment; Alabama's general unfair-trade-practices statute (Ala. Code § 8-19-1 et seq.) provides the baseline backstop against deceptive AI-impersonation for consumers.
Enacted law
Government obligations
| Instrument | Category | Effective | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-Generated Deceptive Media in Elections (Deepfakes) Law (Ala. Code § 17-5-16.1 (HB 172, Act 2024-199, 2024 Regular Session)) | Bot / agent disclosure | 2024-10-01 | National Law Review (natlawreview.com); GovTech (govtech.com); Ballotpedia (ballotpedia.org) |
| Alabama Child Protection Act — AI-Generated CSAM (Ala. Code §§ 13A-12-191 to 13A-12-197 (as amended by Act 2024-98, 2024 Regular Session)) | Bot / agent disclosure | 2024-10-01 | Alabama Attorney General's Office (alabamaag.gov); Justia (law.justia.com) |
Private sector obligations
| Instrument | Category | Effective | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-Generated Deceptive Media in Elections (Deepfakes) Law (Ala. Code § 17-5-16.1 (HB 172, Act 2024-199, 2024 Regular Session)) | Bot / agent disclosure | 2024-10-01 | National Law Review (natlawreview.com); GovTech (govtech.com); Ballotpedia (ballotpedia.org) |
| AI in Health Insurance Prior Authorization (SB 63) (Ala. SB 63, 2026 Regular Session (signed April 17, 2026; to be codified in Ala. Code Title 27)) | Automated decision-making | 2026-10-01 | Holland & Knight (hklaw.com); Alabama Reflector (alabamareflector.com); Legiscan (legiscan.com) |
| Alabama Child Protection Act — AI-Generated CSAM (Ala. Code §§ 13A-12-191 to 13A-12-197 (as amended by Act 2024-98, 2024 Regular Session)) | Bot / agent disclosure | 2024-10-01 | Alabama Attorney General's Office (alabamaag.gov); Justia (law.justia.com) |
| Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (APDPA) (Ala. HB 351, Act 2026-____, 2026 Regular Session (signed April 16, 2026; eff. May 1, 2027)) | Automated decision-making | 2027-05-01 | Mayer Brown (mayerbrown.com); WilmerHale (wilmerhale.com); Troutman Privacy (troutmanprivacy.com) |
Drafted & in discussion
| Instrument | Status | Applies to | Category | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot Age Verification and Safeguards Bill (HB 324) (Ala. HB 324, 2026 Regular Session) | In committee | Private sector | Bot / agent disclosure, Agents acting on behalf of users | Legiscan (legiscan.com); TrackBill (trackbill.com); DataGuidance (dataguidance.com) |
| AI Chatbot Disclosure Bill (HB 325) (Ala. HB 325, 2026 Regular Session) | Proposed | Private sector | Bot / agent disclosure | Transparency Coalition (transparencycoalition.ai); Mayer Brown (mayerbrown.com) |
| AI-Generated Content Disclosure Bill (SB 129) (Ala. SB 129, 2026 Regular Session) | Proposed | Both | Bot / agent disclosure | Transparency Coalition (transparencycoalition.ai) |