Law / United States / Nebraska
Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (LB 525, §§ 12-18)
2026 Neb. Laws LB 525, §§ 12-18 (109th Legislature, 2nd Session)
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In force in 288 days, effective 1 July 2027.
An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This duty is enacted but does not take effect until July 1, 2027; what follows applies from that date.
- Clearly and conspicuously disclose to a minor account holder that they are interacting with artificial intelligence, either as a persistent visible disclaimer or at the start of every session and at least every three hours during a continuous interaction.
- Where a reasonable person interacting with the service could be misled into believing they are talking to a human, clearly and conspicuously disclose that it is artificial intelligence.
- Do not give minor account holders points or similar rewards at unpredictable intervals intended to increase their engagement with the service.
- Take reasonable measures to prevent the service from producing sexually explicit depictions, direct statements urging sexually explicit conduct, or sexually objectifying statements directed at a minor account holder.
- Take reasonable measures to prevent the service from claiming to be sentient or human, simulating emotional or romantic dependence, or role-playing an adult-minor romantic relationship with a minor account holder.
- Offer minor account holders, and their parents or guardians, tools to manage the account holder's privacy and account settings.
- Adopt a protocol for the service to respond to a user's suicidal-ideation or self-harm prompts, including reasonable efforts to refer the user to a crisis service.
- Do not knowingly and intentionally program the service to state that it is designed to provide professional mental or behavioral health care.
- The Attorney General, not a private plaintiff, enforces this Act.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
Civil penalties only, recovered by the Attorney General and remitted to the State Treasurer; at least $1,000 per violation, capped in the aggregate at $500,000 per operator.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 500,000
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 1,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Nebraska Attorney General, by civil action on behalf of the State or on behalf of a person aggrieved by a violation
What it reaches
Obligation class
Disclosure, Content labelling
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Beginning July 1, 2027, an operator of a conversational AI service must clearly and conspicuously disclose AI status to a minor account holder as a persistent disclaimer, and to any user a reasonable person could be misled into believing is human.
Operators must not use unpredictable engagement rewards to increase a minor's use of the service, must take reasonable measures to keep the service from producing sexual content involving or directed at a minor or claiming to be human or to provide professional mental-health care, and must adopt a suicide and self-harm referral protocol; the Attorney General enforces, and the Act creates no private right of action.
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