WA HB1170 – AI Content Disclosure and Provenance

WALawState

Date Passed

3/24/2026

Effective Date

2/1/2027

Summary

Creates AI content-disclosure and provenance requirements for large GenAI providers and includes a direct disclosure requirement when Washington government agencies use AI to interact with consumers.

Healthcare Implications

Healthcare impact is mostly indirect through upstream GenAI providers and public-sector AI use. State health agencies or health-related public programs using AI in consumer-facing interactions must disclose that users are interacting with AI.

Operational Implications

  • Covered providers (GenAI systems with >1M monthly users and >$500M revenue) must provide free AI-detection tool, offer manifest disclosures, include latent provenance metadata in AI-generated image/video/audio. Government agencies must disclose to consumers when interacting with AI. Healthcare relevance is indirect (supply-chain compliance, applies to upstream providers).

Impact Level

Low

Keywords

Safety & Risk; Transparency & Governance

Stakeholders

Patients & Public; Developers & Vendors; Regulators & Government