Chatbot Laws Which laws apply?

Chatbot law timeline

When each chatbot law, or part of one, takes effect. Add the coming dates to your calendar with the calendar file.

Coming

  1. California AB 1979: The law takes effect
  2. California AB 1609: The law takes effect
  3. California SB 867: The ban on chatbot toys takes effect
  4. California SB 1119: Age assurance rules take effect; SB 243 duties toward known minors end
  5. California SB 243: SB 1119 removes the duties toward known minors
  6. Colorado HB 26-1263: Operator duties begin
  7. Colorado SB 24-205: SB 26-189 replaces this part; the disclosure duty ends
  8. Connecticut SB 5: AI companion safety, disclosure and minor protections (§§ 4-6) take effect
  9. New York A 10008-C / S 9008-C: Safe by Design Act, including AI companion limits for minors, takes effect
  10. Oregon SB 1546: Whole act takes effect
  11. Rhode Island H 7350 / S 2195: AI companion crisis protocol and notice duties take effect
  12. Washington HB 2225: Whole act takes effect
  13. California SB 1119: Operator duties begin: risk assessment, crisis protocol, safety defaults, ad and data limits
  14. California SB 243: First annual report to the Office of Suicide Prevention is due
  15. Colorado HB 26-1263: Annual report to the Attorney General begins
  16. Georgia SB 540: Whole Act takes effect
  17. Idaho S 1297: The law takes effect
  18. Iowa SF 2417: Act applies to operators
  19. Nebraska LB 525: Conversational AI Safety Act (Secs. 12-18) becomes operative
  20. Rhode Island H 7350 / S 2195: Annual reports to the Attorney General begin
  21. California SB 1119: Attorney General complaint system and first usability test with children are due
  22. Hawaii SB 3001: Annual report to the Behavioral Health Administration begins
  23. California SB 1119: First independent child safety audit is due, then every two years
  24. California SB 867: The toy ban ends unless extended
  25. California SB 1119: Audit duty begins for operators with under $500 million in yearly revenue

Already in effect

  1. Colorado HB 26-1263: The law takes effect
  2. Colorado HB 26-1195: The law takes effect
  3. Maine LD 2082: Limits on AI therapy and AI use by licensed therapists take effect
  4. Hawaii SB 3001: The law takes effect
  5. Tennessee SB 1580 (HB 1470): Whole Act takes effect
  6. Iowa SF 2417: Law takes effect; operator duties do not apply until July 1, 2027
  7. Colorado SB 24-205: AI interaction disclosure duty begins
  8. Rhode Island H 7349 / S 2197: Takes effect upon passage (signed by the Governor this date)
  9. Vermont H.816: Takes effect on passage; governor signed this date
  10. Texas HB 149: Whole Act takes effect
  11. Oregon HB 2748: Whole act takes effect
  12. New Hampshire HB 143: Chatbot child-endangerment offense and civil liability take effect
  13. California AB 489: The law takes effect
  14. California SB 243: Operator duties take effect
  15. New York S 3008-C / A 3008-C: AI companion safety protocol and notice duties take effect
  16. Maine LD 1727: Chatbot disclosure duty in trade and commerce takes effect
  17. Illinois HB 1806: Whole Act takes effect
  18. Nevada AB 406: All other purposes
  19. Nevada AB 406: Regulations and preparatory tasks
  20. Utah HB 452: Whole act takes effect
  21. Utah SB 226: New AI consumer disclosure chapter takes effect
  22. California AB 3030: The law takes effect
  23. California SB 1001: The disclosure rule takes effect