US AI Safety Map · free

There is no federal answer. There are 11 state answers.

Companion-chatbot safety, frontier-model safety and AI transparency are being legislated state by state, on different dates, with different triggers. This is what is actually on the books today — read from the corpus rather than from a news round-up.

See the map Read the 16 laws

In the corpus

16 laws across 11 states

Every date

The label the statute itself carries

Three layers, fifty states

Most states are blank. That is the finding.

Select a layer to isolate it. A blank tile means no law on that layer today — it does not mean a deployment there is unregulated, because privacy, employment and consumer-protection statutes reach AI without ever using the word.

At least one law on these layers None on these layers yet

A tile is not a determination. This map answers which statutes exist and when they commence. Whether one reaches your deployment turns on what the tool does, who it touches, and whether you meet the entity threshold — five gates, each answered separately. The map is where the question starts, not where it is settled.

The laws

All 16, with the date each one actually bites.

Grouped by state and ordered by commencement. Several do not take effect for another eighteen months, which is the useful part — it is the window in which changing a deployment is still cheap.

Layer

California

4 laws

AI content transparency

AB 2013California statute requiring developers of generative AI to publish high-level summaries of the data used to train their systems.

In ForceJanuary 1, 2026

Companion chatbot safety

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code div. 8, ch. 22.6, §§ 22601 to 22606 (Companion Chatbots) — § 22603 OSP reporting commencement hold to July 1, 2027California statute regulating companion chatbot platforms — requiring AI disclosure, suicide/self-harm prevention protocols, minor safeguards, and annual reporting to the Office…

In ForceEffective January 1, 2026

Frontier AI safety

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Ch. 25.1 (Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act)California statute requiring large frontier AI developers to publish frontier AI frameworks, catastrophic-risk assessments, critical safety incident reporting, and whistleblower…

In ForceEffective January 1, 2026

AI content transparency

SB 942California statute requiring large generative AI providers to offer free AI detection tools and embed provenance disclosures — expanded by AB 853 to large online platforms, GenA…

In ForceAugust 2, 2026 (providers); January 1, 2027 (platforms); January 1, 2028 (capture devices)

Georgia

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

2026 Ga. Laws Act 518, amending O.C.G.A. tit. 39, ch. 5 (artificial intelligence companion chatbots)Georgia statute regulating conversational AI services — mandatory AI disclosure, minor safety guardrails, privacy and engagement controls, crisis-response protocols, and Attorne…

In ForceJuly 1, 2027

Idaho

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

Code §§ 48-2101 to 48-2105 (Conversational AI Safety Act)Idaho Conversational AI Safety Act — operator disclosure when users could believe they interact with a human, heightened minor protections, anti-manipulation rules, crisis-respo…

In ForceJuly 1, 2027

Illinois

1 law

Frontier AI safety

SB 315Illinois frontier-AI safety statute requiring large frontier developers to publish catastrophic-risk frameworks, pre-deployment transparency reports, annual independent third-pa…

In ForceJanuary 1, 2028 (framework, audits, transparency reports)

Iowa

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

AI Services Act (Iowa Code ch. 554J) — applies July 1, 2027Iowa statute (Chapter 554J) regulating conversational AI operators — AI disclosure, minor account-holder safeguards, suicide/self-harm protocols, prohibition on representing the…

In ForceJuly 1, 2027

Maine

1 law

AI content transparency

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 1500-DD (Required disclosure of use of artificial intelligence chatbot to engage in trade and commerce)Maine statute (10 MRSA §1500-DD) requiring clear and conspicuous disclosure when AI chatbots engage Maine consumers in trade and commerce in a manner that could mislead a reason…

In ForceSeptember 23, 2025

Nebraska

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (109th Leg., Slip Law §§ 12–18) — operative July 1, 2027; Neb. Rev. Stat. chapter numbers not published on slip lawNebraska statute (Part II of LB 525) establishing conversational AI operator duties — AI disclosure, minor protections, self-harm response protocols, ban on therapy claims, and …

In ForceJuly 1, 2027

New York

2 laws

Frontier AI safety

S8828New York's broad AI safety and education statute, addressing developer and deployer obligations for covered AI systems, transparency, and frontier model risk reporting.

PendingJanuary 1, 2027

Companion chatbot safety

York AI Companion LawNew York statute (General Business Law Article 47) requiring AI companion operators to detect suicidal ideation or self-harm and refer users to crisis services, and to notify us…

In ForceNovember 5, 2025

Oregon

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

Or. Laws 2026, ch. 85 (artificial intelligence companions)Oregon law regulating AI companion chatbots — AI disclosure, suicidal-ideation/self-harm protocols, minor safeguards, annual transparency reporting, and private right of action …

In ForceJanuary 1, 2027

Rhode Island

1 law

Companion chatbot safety

Island S 2195Rhode Island statute (Title 6 Chapter 63) regulating AI companion models — mandatory crisis-referral protocols when users express suicidal ideation, self-harm, or physical harm …

In ForceJanuary 1, 2027

Washington

2 laws

Companion chatbot safety

2026 Wash. Sess. Laws ch. 168 (artificial intelligence companion chatbots)Washington law regulating AI companion chatbots — AI disclosure, minor safeguards against explicit content and manipulative engagement, self-harm/suicidal-ideation protocols, an…

In ForceJanuary 1, 2027

AI content transparency

2026 Wash. Sess. Laws ch. 167 (AI disclosures / content provenance) — effective February 1, 2027Washington generative AI transparency law — manifest and latent disclosure options, provenance detection tools for covered providers, and agency AI interaction disclosure requir…

In ForceFebruary 1, 2027

1 of these 16 is not yet in force and is labelled as such rather than folded in with the rest. Commencement labels are quoted from the instrument, including the awkward ones — California’s transparency statute commences in three stages across three years, and flattening that into a single date would be tidier and wrong.

What the map cannot tell you

Three questions it raises and does not answer.

Each is a determination, and each is the reason this page is free.

Whether the statute reaches you at all

Most carry entity thresholds, and several reach developers rather than deployers. Being in the state is the first gate, not the only one.

Which of your tools is a companion chatbot

The definitions are narrower than the headlines and they differ between states. A support assistant and a companion product can be the same software with different settings, and the statutes notice.

What you actually have to do about it

Disclosure, crisis protocols, safeguards for minors, incident reporting and audit duties are separate obligations with separate deadlines. The map shows that a duty exists; the report shows which ones, and when.

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State by state

The patchwork is the product problem.

11 states today, and the number has only moved one direction. A determination tells you which of them reaches this deployment — and records the ones that were checked and did not.

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