Artificial Intelligence

Every bill we’re tracking on artificial intelligence, with clear summaries of its provisions, status, and effects.

BadLawUnited States

California Companion Chatbot Safety Bill (SB 1119)

California SB 1119 · United States · California
Signed as Adam's Law; Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026

Forces chatbot services to age-classify every user or put everyone into a state-defined child mode, tying private conversations to California's growing identity system.

●●● High threatUpdated September 10, 2026Details →
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California Student Data Privacy Law (AB 1159)

California AB 1159 · United States · California
Signed; Chapter 182, Statutes of 2026

Restricts how education technology companies exploit student records, including a direct ban on using covered student data to train generative AI.

●○○ Low threatUpdated September 10, 2026Details →
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Stop Rogue AI Act

United States
Sponsors say introduced; bill number and official text not yet public

Would turn verified identity, continuous inventories, real-time monitoring, persistent logs, and revocable access into federal standards for AI agents, creating a control system that could shut open-weight and privately run agents out of trusted networks.

●●○ Medium threatUpdated September 9, 2026Details →
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Australia Digital Duty of Care (Consultation Draft)

Australia
Draft released for targeted consultation; not yet introduced

A government consultation draft combining social-media feed choice with broader online-safety duties enforced by eSafety.

●●● High threatUpdated September 8, 2026Details →
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AI Kill Switch Act (H.R. 9917)

H.R. 9917 (119th) · United States
Referred to committee

Would force the largest commercial AI providers to build centralized controls that can identify and cut off users, restrict use patterns, or shut models down—requirements fundamentally at odds with open weights that people can run privately beyond a provider’s control.

●●● High threatUpdated July 24, 2026Details →
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New York S.9051-B (AI Companion Age Checks)

New York S.9051-B / A.10379-C · United States · New York
Passed legislature June 2026; awaiting delivery to governor

New York's legislature passed a bill that locks the human-like features of AI companion chatbots until the operator has checked that the user is an adult.

●●● High threatUpdated June 5, 2026Details →
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New York Safe by Design Act (Age Checks for Social Features)

NY S.9008-C / A.10008-C, Part Y · United States · New York
Signed May 26, 2026 in the state budget; takes effect January 1, 2027

New York's Safe by Design Act blocks messaging, profile viewing, tagging and other core social features until a platform checks the user's age, and bans self-declared age.

●●● High threatUpdated May 26, 2026Details →
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Missouri HB 1887 (Megan Meier Act)

Missouri HB 1887 · United States · Missouri
Passed the House 145-3; died in the Senate, May 2026

Missouri's House voted 145-3 to make social media platforms verify the age of all Missouri users before they open an account, and to bar under-16s from holding accounts of their own.

●●○ Medium threatUpdated May 15, 2026Details →
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Georgia SB 540 (AI Companion Chatbots)

GA SB 540 · United States · Georgia
Signed May 11, 2026; takes effect July 1, 2027

Georgia's AI companion chatbot law requires an age check before a user can reach any chatbot feature that may generate sexually explicit content.

●●● High threatUpdated May 11, 2026Details →
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California Election Deepfake Law (AB 2839)

California AB 2839 · United States · California
Held unconstitutional; permanent injunction protects named plaintiffs

California’s election-deepfake restrictions were held unconstitutional in August 2025; the permanent injunction bars enforcement against the named plaintiffs.

●●● High threatUpdated August 29, 2025Details →

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