Idaho AI Personhood Prohibition
Idaho Personhood Status — Artificial Intelligence Not Granted Personhood (Idaho Code 5-346)
Idaho · Idaho Code Sec. 5-346 (HB 720, 2022, ch. 322)
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- July 1, 2022
- Applies to
- Idaho courts and the state generally, in determining legal personhood.
- Enforced by
- Idaho courts (applied as substantive law); no dedicated enforcement agency.
Idaho law declares that artificial intelligence cannot be granted legal personhood in the state, alongside environmental elements, nonhuman animals, and inanimate objects. The provision preserves the existing legal-person status of municipalities, corporations, and other recognized entities that held it before July 1, 2022. It is a structural/definitional statute and carries no penalty.
Who is protected: Not a protective statute; it bars the extension of legal personhood to AI and similar non-human entities.
Legal detail
Idaho Code 5-346 (enacted by HB 720, 2022) provides that artificial intelligence, environmental elements, nonhuman animals, and inanimate objects shall not be granted personhood in Idaho, while grandfathering pre-existing recognized legal entities.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Idaho |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Strength | Limited |
| Enacted | March 31, 2022 |
| Citation | Idaho Code Sec. 5-346 (HB 720, 2022, ch. 322) |
| Topics | consumer protection |
| Statute | Idaho Code Sec. 5-346 — Personhood Status (Idaho State Legislature) |
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