Children & minors protections
Heightened duties for services used by children and minors — parental consent, age verification, and design safeguards.
US States9 laws
2026 Ga. Laws Act 518, amending O.C.G.A. tit. 39, ch. 5 (artificial intelligence companion chatbots)
State of Georgia
Operators of conversational AI services available to Georgia end users — systems that primarily simulate human conversation through text, visual, or aural communication.
Law · In Force
2026 Wash. Sess. Laws ch. 168 (artificial intelligence companion chatbots)
State of Washington
Operators making AI companion chatbots available to Washington users — disclosure, minor protections, and suicidal-ideation/self-harm protocols required.
Law · In Force
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code div. 8, ch. 22.6, §§ 22601 to 22606 (Companion Chatbots) — § 22603 OSP reporting commencement hold to July 1, 2027
State of California
Operators of companion chatbot platforms available to users in California — AI systems with human-like adaptive responses that meet users' social needs.
Law · In Force
California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (Cal. Civ. Code Tit. 1.81.47)
State of California
Online products or services likely to be accessed by children and offered to California consumers.
Law · In Force
Conversational AI Services Act (Iowa Code ch. 554J) — applies July 1, 2027
State of Iowa
Operators of conversational AI services available to the general public in Iowa — AI systems with the primary purpose of simulating human conversation (statutory business-tool and voice-assistant exceptions apply).
Law · In Force
Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (109th Leg., Slip Law §§ 12–18) — operative July 1, 2027; Neb. Rev. Stat. chapter numbers not published on slip law
State of Nebraska
Operators of conversational artificial intelligence services available to Nebraska users — disclosure to all users, heightened minor safeguards, self-harm protocols, and prohibition on claiming professional mental/behavioral health care.
Law · In Force
Idaho Code §§ 48-2101 to 48-2105 (Conversational AI Safety Act)
State of Idaho
Operators making conversational AI services available to the general public in Idaho — AI systems primarily simulating human conversation (with statutory exceptions for specialized/business tools).
Law · In Force
Or. Laws 2026, ch. 85 (artificial intelligence companions)
State of Oregon
Operators of AI companions or AI companion platforms serving Oregon users — disclosure when users could believe they interact with a human, suicidal/self-harm protocols, and minor protections required.
Law · In Force
Responsive Generative Communication with Children Act (N.H. Laws 2025, ch. 270)
State of New Hampshire
Owners or operators of responsive open-ended generative AI chat programs, LLM bots, character AI, or similar applications directed at children — liability when communication intends to facilitate, encourage, offer, solicit, or recommend that a child imminently engage in self-harm, violence, illegal drug use, or related dangerous acts.
Law · In Force
Asia Pacific1 law
Australia Online Safety Act
Australia (Federal)
Online services subject to eSafety Commissioner expectations, BOSE, or industry codes in Australia.
Law · In Force
US Federal1 law
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506
United States (federal)
Operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13, or that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13.
Law · In Force
Europe & Central Asia1 law
UK Children's Code
United Kingdom
Online services (including AI-powered features) likely to be accessed by children in the United Kingdom.
Guidance · In Force
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