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Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act

Nebraska CAISA

Artificial intelligence · Children

Enacted as sections 12-18 of LB525 (2026) and operative July 1, 2027, this law regulates companion-style AI chatbots. It requires AI disclosure where users could be misled, extra disclosures and content safeguards for minors, privacy and account-setting tools for minors and parents, and a crisis-referral protocol for self-harm prompts.

Where
Nebraska
Citation
Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1801 to 86-1807
Status
Enacted, not yet in force
In force since
2027-07-01
Enforced by
Nebraska Attorney General
People can sue
No
Penalties
Attorney General may seek equitable relief, actual damages on behalf of aggrieved persons, civil penalties of at least $1,000 per violation capped at $500,000 per operator, and costs and fees (86-1807(2)). No private right of action (86-1807(3)).
Applies to
  • Operators that make a conversational AI service available to the public; app stores and search engines are not operators solely for providing access (86-1802(6))
  • Conversational AI service: a publicly accessible AI application primarily simulating human conversation; excludes developer/research tools, features inside non-chatbot software, narrow-topic tools, business-to-business tools, device voice assistants, internal-only tools, and customer-service bots (86-1802(2))
  • Minor protections apply to account holders the operator has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty are under 18 (86-1802(4))

What a privacy notice must say

  • Clearly and conspicuously disclose to minor account holders that they are interacting with AI, either persistently or at the start of each session and at least every three hours.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1803(1) · From 2027-07-01
  • Clearly and conspicuously disclose that the service is AI whenever a reasonable person could be misled into thinking they are talking to a human.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1804 · From 2027-07-01

Practices it requires

  • Take reasonable measures so the service does not produce sexually explicit depictions or sexualizing statements for minors, or claim to be human or sentient, simulate emotional dependence or romance, or role-play adult-minor romance.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1803(3)-(4) · From 2027-07-01
  • Adopt a protocol for responding to prompts about suicidal ideation or self-harm, including reasonable efforts to refer users to crisis services.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1805 · From 2027-07-01
  • Do not program the service to claim it is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1806 · From 2027-07-01
  • Offer minors (and parents of children under 13) tools to manage privacy and account settings, and related tools for parents of older minors as appropriate to the risks.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1803(5) · From 2027-07-01
  • Do not give minors points or rewards at unpredictable intervals intended to increase engagement.Neb. Rev. Stat. 86-1803(2) · From 2027-07-01

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Research reference, not legal advice.