300 on file · 187 became law · 41 still moving · 16 moved in 30 days
MinnesotaWould require websites with a substantial share of material harmful to minors to verify users' ages, with attorney general enforcement and a private right of action.
MinnesotaWould bar persons from allowing minors to access AI chatbots for recreational or conversational purposes, with civil penalties.
OregonRequires operators of AI companions and companion platforms to notify users that they are interacting with artificial output and adds safeguards for users, including minors.
TennesseeBars developing or deploying an AI system that advertises or represents that it is, or can act as, a qualified mental health professional.
IdahoCreates the Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act to limit addictive social media features for minors.
MissouriWould have established age verification measures for companion chatbots.
KentuckyWould have required AI companion platforms and social media platforms to verify ages and obtain verifiable parental consent for children, with Attorney General enforcement and a private right of action.
MinnesotaWould place obligations on businesses regarding children's personal information and online product design, with attorney general enforcement.
WashingtonUpdates child sexual abuse material offenses to cover fabricated and AI-generated sexually explicit depictions of minors.
AustraliaSpecifies classes of services, such as messaging, online gaming, professional networking, education and health services, that are excluded from Australia's social media minimum age obligation.
WashingtonRegulates AI companion chatbots, including disclosure that users are talking to AI and protections for minors and users at risk of self-harm.
UtahUpdates child sexual abuse material offenses to cover material generated or altered with artificial intelligence.
MinnesotaWould set requirements for artificial intelligence chatbot technology and create a cause of action for harm caused by chatbots.
United States (federal)White House legislative recommendations asking Congress to set a national AI standard that preempts burdensome state AI laws while adding protections such as child safety.
UtahExpands age verification requirements for online providers of material harmful to minors.
PennsylvaniaWould require disclosures and safeguards for AI companion chatbots, including protections for minors, with Attorney General enforcement.
UtahAmends the 2025 App Store Accountability Act's age verification and parental consent provisions.
BrazilSets duties for providers of digital products and services likely to be accessed by children and adolescents, including age verification, parental supervision tools and protection against harmful content.
United States (federal)Would extend children's online privacy protections to teens under 17, ban targeted advertising to minors and update the COPPA knowledge standard.
FloridaWould have created consumer protections for AI use, including limits on AI companion chatbots for minors, and barred governmental entities from contracting with certain foreign AI entities.
FloridaWould have required app store providers to verify user ages and obtain parental consent for minors' accounts.
FloridaWould have required companion AI chatbot operators to verify user ages and take protective steps for minors.
CaliforniaRequires online services likely to be accessed by children to assess and mitigate risks to children and to configure default privacy settings to a high level of privacy.
United States (federal)The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a second preliminary injunction that had blocked the entire California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act.
United States (federal)Directs federal action against cybercrime, online fraud and predatory schemes targeting Americans.
HawaiiWould have required app store providers to verify ages and obtain parental consent before users under 16 could download social media platforms.
AlabamaCreates a study commission on artificial intelligence and children's internet safety.
WyomingCreates protections and penalties for deepfakes and other digitally created exploitative sexual images of minors.
UtahWould have regulated operators of companion chatbots, with safety requirements for minor users.
South DakotaWould have required app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors' downloads and purchases.
CaliforniaWould have made social media platforms liable when their algorithms relay content in violation of state civil rights and personal rights laws, or when they aid or abet such violations.
VirginiaRequires social media platforms to use commercially reasonable age screening and limit users under 16 to one hour per day per platform unless a parent consents to more.
IndiaAmends India's IT Rules 2021 to define synthetically generated information and require intermediaries to label AI-generated content, embed provenance metadata and act faster on unlawful deepfakes.
BrazilAmends the LGPD to establish the Agencia Nacional de Protecao de Dados (ANPD) as a special autonomous federal agency, creates a data protection regulation and enforcement career, and sets the ECA Digital's entry into force for 2026-03-17.
IowaWould have set requirements for chatbot deployers, including rules for interactions with minors.
AlabamaRequires app store providers and developers to verify user ages and obtain parental consent for minors, enforceable by the Attorney General and by parents.
South DakotaSouth CarolinaRequires covered online services to use reasonable care with minors' personal data, limit data collection from minors, restrict compulsive-use design features and provide parental controls, with Attorney General enforcement.
UtahRequires app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors download apps or make purchases, and to share age category data with developers.
KansasExtends child sexual exploitation crimes to images that are morphed from or indistinguishable from a real child or generated without any actual child, and bars disseminating items that purport to depict an identifiable person.
MississippiWould have required app store providers and developers to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors' activity.
GeorgiaWould have created crimes and enhanced penalties for illegal activities carried out using artificial intelligence, including AI-generated obscene material and deceptive election content.
CaliforniaWould have barred making a companion chatbot available to a child unless it was not foreseeably capable of harms such as encouraging self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence or disordered eating.
New JerseyDirects state agencies to prioritize children's mental health in digital environments and establishes an Office of Youth Online Mental Health Safety and Awareness.
United States (federal)Would create a federal civil remedy for people depicted in sexually explicit deepfakes made or shared without consent.
WashingtonWould restrict addictive feeds and certain notifications for minors on social media platforms and set default privacy settings for minors.
GeorgiaWould have replaced Georgia's obscene material involving children statute to cover computer-generated images.
MalaysiaRequires licensed application, content and network service providers to mitigate harmful content, provide reporting mechanisms and protect child users, with enforcement by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.
United Arab EmiratesRequires digital platforms and internet service providers operating in or targeting the UAE to protect users under 18, including age verification, parental consent for data collection from children under 13, privacy-by-default settings and blocking children's access to online gambling.
United NationsUpdates the General Assembly's call for a human rights based approach to the design, development, deployment and use of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence.
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