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NE LB1185: Adopt the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act

Dead/Failed Nebraska · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 10, 2026 · official bill text

LB1185 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action Apr 17, 2026.

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In one paragraph

Not law as a stand-alone bill. Nebraska LB1185 would have enacted the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act, requiring chatbot operators to disclose they are AI, add protections for minor account holders, and keep a suicide and self-harm protocol, enforced by the Attorney General. LB1185 was indefinitely postponed April 17, 2026, but its provisions were amended into LB525 (AM2444), which the Governor approved April 14, 2026, with the chatbot act operative July 1, 2027.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

The stand-alone bill never became law, but the same chatbot provisions were enacted through LB525 (operative July 1, 2027). Chatbot operators serving Nebraskans should check LB525, not LB1185.

Key provisions

  1. Conversational AI services open to the public that mainly simulate human conversation; excludes developer tools, narrow-topic tools, business-only tools and voice assistants (Sec. 2)
  2. For minors (known or reasonably certain under 18): AI disclosure, no unpredictable engagement rewards, reasonable measures against sexual content and claims of being human, and privacy tools for minors or parents (Sec. 3)
  3. All users: clear and conspicuous AI disclosure when a reasonable person would be misled into thinking they are talking to a human (Sec. 4); protocol with reasonable efforts to refer users to crisis services on suicidal ideation or self-harm (Sec. 5)
  4. Operators may not knowingly and intentionally state the service provides professional mental or behavioral health care (Sec. 6)
  5. Attorney General enforcement: civil penalties of at least $1,000 per violation, capped at $500,000 per operator; no private right of action (Sec. 7)
  6. Introduced version operative July 1, 2027 (Sec. 8); LB1185 itself was indefinitely postponed April 17, 2026; the same chatbot act is Secs. 12-18 of LB525, approved April 14, 2026 and operative July 1, 2027

Latest legislative action

Apr 17, 2026. Provisions/portions of LB1185 amended into LB525 by AM2444

Sponsors

NameRoleDistrict
N Sponsor SD-029

Amendments (2)

  • Kauth FA845 Not adopted 2026-01-22
  • Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2094 Not adopted 2026-02-18

Topics and industries

Related topics

User-Facing AIAI in Social Media & Online Platforms

Affected industries

TechnologyConsumer Protection

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