Federal chatbot bills and enforcement

Bills in Congress

• SAFE BOTs Act (H.R. 6489)
  Passed the House
• CHAT Act (H.R. 7218)
  Pending
• KIDS Act (H.R. 7757)
  Passed the House
• CHATBOT Act (H.R. 7985)
  Pending
• GUARD Act (H.R. 8623)
  Pending
• People-First Chatbot Act
  Pending
• Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act
  Pending
• CHAT Act (S. 2714)
  Pending
• GUARD Act (S. 3062)
  Pending
• Youth AI Privacy Act (S. 4199)
  Pending
• CHATBOT Act (S. 4407)
  Pending
• Senior Chatbot Protection Act of 2026
  Pending
• CHAT Act 2.0 (S. 5154)
  Pending

Enforcement actions

• Arizona v. OpenAILawsuit by the Arizona Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Arkansas v. OpenAILawsuit by the Arkansas Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Attorneys general filing in the Character.AI bankruptcyFiling by state attorneys general in bankruptcy court
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Letter from 42 attorneys general on sycophantic and delusional AILetter from state attorneys general
  Announced Dec. 9, 2025
• FTC orders to companion chatbot companiesFTC study orders
  Announced Sept. 11, 2025
• Letter from 44 attorneys general to AI companiesLetter from state attorneys general
  Announced Aug. 25, 2025
• FTC order against DoNotPay
  Announced Feb. 11, 2025
• Florida v. OpenAILawsuit by the Florida Attorney General
  Announced June 1, 2026
• Idaho v. OpenAILawsuit by the Idaho Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Iowa v. OpenAILawsuit by the Iowa Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Kansas v. OpenAILawsuit by the Kansas Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Kentucky v. Character TechnologiesLawsuit by the Kentucky Attorney General
  Announced Jan. 8, 2026
• Montana v. OpenAILawsuit by the Montana Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Nebraska v. OpenAILawsuit by the Nebraska Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026
• Texas v. OpenAILawsuit by the Texas Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 23, 2026
• Texas investigation of Meta AI Studio and Character.AIInvestigation by the Texas Attorney General
  Announced Aug. 18, 2025
• Utah v. SnapLawsuit by the Utah Division of Consumer Protection and Utah Attorney General
  Announced June 30, 2025
• West Virginia v. OpenAILawsuit by the West Virginia Attorney General
  Announced Oct. 14, 2026

Reported, not yet published by the agency

The Associated Press reported on September 30, 2026 that a Federal Trade Commission spokesperson confirmed an investigation of OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over possible risks to consumers, and declined to comment further. We had not found an FTC release about it as of October 29, 2026. An investigation is not a finding. Source: Associated Press, via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.