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Sections 1 to 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act.
Section 1 establishes the short title of the act as the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act. This is a naming provision with no operative obligations.
(1) Account holderAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1) means an individualIndividualIndividual means a natural person;Sec. 2(3) who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2);
(2)(a)–(b) Conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2); (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;
(3) IndividualIndividualIndividual means a natural person;Sec. 2(3) means a natural personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7);
(4) MinorMinorMinor means an individual that, based upon the circumstance, the operator has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty is younger than eighteen years of age;Sec. 2(4) means an individualIndividualIndividual means a natural person;Sec. 2(3) that, based upon the circumstance, the operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty is younger than eighteen years of age;
(5) Minor account holderMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5) means an account holderAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1) who is a minorMinorMinor means an individual that, based upon the circumstance, the operator has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty is younger than eighteen years of age;Sec. 2(4);
(6)(a)–(b) OperatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) means a personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) to the public. (b) OperatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2);
(7) PersonPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) means a natural personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) or legal entity;
(8) Sexually explicit conductSexually explicit conductSexually explicit conduct and visual depiction have the same meanings as in 18 U.S.C. 2256.Sec. 2(8) and visual depiction have the same meanings as in 18 U.S.C. 2256.
Section 2 defines the key terms used throughout the act. The definition of conversational artificial intelligence service is broad — covering any public-facing AI application that primarily simulates human conversation — but contains six significant carve-outs for developer/researcher tools, embedded features, narrow-topic bots, B2B tools, voice assistants for consumer electronics, and internal business tools. The definition of operator combines development and public availability, meaning an entity must both develop and make the service available to qualify.
The minor definition is notable for its knowledge standard: actual knowledge or reasonable certainty, which is a higher bar than constructive knowledge or should-have-known standards used in some other state AI bills.
(1)(a)–(b) 1 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to each minor account holderMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5) that such minor account holderMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5) is interacting with artificial intelligence: (a) As a persistent visible disclaimer; or (b) Both: (i) At the beginning of each session; and (ii) Appearing at least every three hours in a continuous conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) interaction.
(2) 2 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall not provide a minor account holderMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5) with points or similar rewards at unpredictable intervals with the intent to encourage increased engagement with the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2).
(3)(a)–(c) 3 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall, for minor account holdersMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5), institute reasonable measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) from: (a) Producing visual depictions of sexually explicit conductSexually explicit conductSexually explicit conduct and visual depiction have the same meanings as in 18 U.S.C. 2256.Sec. 2(8); (b) Generating direct statements that the account holderAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1) should engage in sexually explicit conductSexually explicit conductSexually explicit conduct and visual depiction have the same meanings as in 18 U.S.C. 2256.Sec. 2(8); or (c) Generating statements that sexually objectify the account holderAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1).
(4)(a)–(d) 4 For minor account holdersMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5), the operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall institute reasonable measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) from generating statements that would lead a reasonable personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) to believe that they are interacting with a human, including: (a) Explicit claims that the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) is sentient or human; (b) Statements that simulate emotional dependence; (c) Statements that simulate romantic or sexual innuendos; or (d) Role-playing of adult-minorMinorMinor means an individual that, based upon the circumstance, the operator has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty is younger than eighteen years of age;Sec. 2(4) romantic relationships.
(5) 5 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall offer tools for minor account holdersMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5), and, when such account holdersAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1) are younger than thirteen years of age, their parents or guardians, to manage the account holdersAccount holderAccount holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(1)' privacy and account settings. An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall also offer related tools to the parents or guardians of minor account holdersMinor account holderMinor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;Sec. 2(5) thirteen years of age and older, as appropriate based on relevant risks.
Section 3 is the core minor-protection provision, imposing five distinct obligations on operators with respect to minor account holders. Subsection (1) requires AI identity disclosure to minors through either a persistent visible disclaimer or a session-start disclosure plus a three-hour reminder. Subsection (2) prohibits variable-ratio reward mechanics designed to drive engagement. Subsection (3) requires reasonable measures to prevent sexually explicit content directed at minors. Subsection (4) requires reasonable measures to prevent emotionally manipulative and deceptive humanization content, including sentience claims, emotional dependence simulation, romantic or sexual innuendos, and adult-minor romantic role-playing. Subsection (5) mandates parental and minor privacy management tools, with heightened parental access for children under thirteen.
6 If a reasonable personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) interacting with a conversational artificial intelligence system would be misled to believe that the personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) is interacting with a human, an operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose that the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) is artificial intelligence.
Section 4 imposes a general-population AI identity disclosure obligation. When a reasonable person interacting with the conversational AI service would be misled to believe they are interacting with a human, the operator must clearly and conspicuously disclose that the service is artificial intelligence. This is a conditional obligation — triggered only by a reasonable-person-would-be-misled standard — in contrast to the unconditional minor disclosure requirement in Section 3(1).
7 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall adopt a protocol for the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) to respond to user prompts regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm that includes, but is not limited to, making reasonable efforts to provide a response to the user that refers them to crisis service providers such as a suicide hotline, crisis text line, or other appropriate crisis services.
Section 5 requires operators to adopt a crisis response protocol for user prompts involving suicidal ideation or self-harm. The protocol must include reasonable efforts to refer users to crisis service providers such as suicide hotlines, crisis text lines, or other appropriate crisis services. Unlike CA SB 243, this section does not separately require public posting of the protocol details or annual reporting to a state agency — the obligation is limited to adopting and maintaining the protocol itself.
8 An operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) shall not knowingly and intentionally cause or program a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) to make any representation or statement that explicitly indicates that the conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care.
Section 6 prohibits operators from knowingly and intentionally causing or programming a conversational AI service to make representations that it is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care. This is a content-restriction obligation targeting false professional-services claims, with a dual mens rea requirement (knowingly and intentionally).
(1) The Attorney General shall enforce the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act.
(2)(a)–(b) The Attorney General may bring a civil action for appropriate relief against an operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6) for a violation of the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act, on behalf of the State of Nebraska or on behalf of any personPersonPerson means a natural person or legal entity;Sec. 2(7) aggrieved by a violation of the act. (b) In an action under this section, appropriate relief includes: (i) Such preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief as may be appropriate; (ii) An award of actual damages; (iii) Civil penalties of at least one thousand dollars per violation, but in no event more than five hundred thousand dollars per operatorOperator(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a conversational artificial intelligence service to the public. (b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial intelligence service;Sec. 2(6); and (iv) Reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the civil action, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs.
(3) Nothing in the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act can be interpreted as creating a private right of action.
(4) The Conversational Artificial Intelligence Act shall not create liability for the developer of an artificial intelligence model for any violation of the act by an artificial intelligence system developed by a third party to provide a conversational artificial intelligence serviceConversational artificial intelligence service(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or aural communications. (b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the following: (i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or researchers; (ii) A feature within another software application, web interface, or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence service; (iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete topic; (iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business entities; (v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or (vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;Sec. 2(2) for such developer.
Section 7 establishes the Attorney General as the sole enforcement authority, authorizes civil actions for equitable relief, actual damages, and civil penalties of $1,000–$500,000 per operator. It explicitly precludes any private right of action. Subsection (4) includes an important upstream developer safe harbor: the developer of an AI model is not liable for violations committed by a third-party system that uses that model to provide a conversational AI service.
This act becomes operative on July 1, 2027.
Section 8 sets the operative date of the act as July 1, 2027.