NE LB525: Adopt the Agricultural Data Privacy Act and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act

In one paragraph

Nebraska's LB 525 creates the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act, operative July 1, 2027, and an Agricultural Data Privacy Act. Operators of public AI chat services must tell minors they are talking to AI, take reasonable measures to prevent sexual content and claims of being human, sentient or emotionally or romantically attached for minors, offer privacy and parental tools, disclose AI to anyone who could be misled, keep a suicide and self-harm referral protocol, and not claim to provide mental health care. The Attorney General enforces: at least $1,000 per violation, up to $500,000 per operator. Signed April 14, 2026.

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What it means for business

If you run a public AI chatbot used by Nebraskans, from July 1, 2027 you need AI disclosures, protections for minors, a crisis protocol and no mental-health-care claims. Penalties reach $500,000 per operator.

Key provisions

1. 1Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (Secs. 12-18), operative July 1, 2027: covers operators of publicly available AI services that mainly simulate human conversation; developer or research tools, narrow-topic tools, business-only, internal and customer-service bots, and voice assistants are excluded
2. 2Minors (known or reasonably certain to be under 18): clear AI disclosure as a persistent disclaimer, or at the start of each session and at least every 3 hours; no unpredictable points or rewards meant to increase engagement
3. 3For minors, reasonable measures so the service doesn't produce sexually explicit depictions, urge sexual conduct or sexually objectify the user, or claim to be human or sentient, simulate emotional dependence or romance, or role-play adult-minor romance
4. 4Privacy and account-setting tools for minors, managed by parents for children under 13, plus parental tools for older minors as appropriate
5. 5For all users: disclose that the service is AI when a reasonable person could be misled; a crisis-referral protocol for suicidal ideation or self-harm; no claim that it provides professional mental or behavioral health care
6. 6Attorney General enforcement: equitable relief, actual damages, civil penalties of at least $1,000 per violation up to $500,000 per operator, and costs; no private right of action; model developers aren't liable for third-party operators' services
7. 7Agricultural Data Privacy Act: producers own and control their farm data; no sale without separate express written consent; new contracts from January 1, 2027 must say so; reasonable security; Attorney General penalties of $1,000 per violation
8. 8Approved by the Governor April 14, 2026 (LB 1185's provisions were amended into LB 525); the chatbot provisions become operative July 1, 2027

Latest legislative action

Apr 14, 2026. Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026

Sponsors

Roll call votes (showing 3 of 5)

Amendments (10)

• Jacobson AM1710 Not adopted 2026-01-20
• Jacobson AM2076 Not adopted 2026-02-18
• Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2221 Not adopted 2026-02-23
• Jacobson AM2284 Not adopted 2026-03-03
• McKinney MO508 Not adopted 2026-03-09
• McKinney MO509 Not adopted 2026-03-09
• McKinney MO510 Not adopted 2026-03-09
• Jacobson AM2444 Not adopted 2026-03-10
• Cavanaugh, J. AM2849 Not adopted 2026-03-24
• Enrollment and Review ER166 Not adopted 2026-03-30