AI Chatbot Safety Bills Alive in 27 States — 78 Bills Targeting Minors, Disclosure, and Harmful Content

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The Transparency Coalition's April 24 legislative update shows 78 active chatbot safety bills across 27 states, with requirements converging on age verification, parental consent for minors, harmful content prohibitions, self-harm response protocols, and AI disclosure notices. Nebraska became the fourth state to enact a chatbot law (Conversational AI Safety Act, effective July 1), and chatbot bills passed first chambers in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, and Oklahoma. For builders: if you ship a chatbot product in the US, multi-state compliance is now a near-term requirement, not a hypothetical.