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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1185
Introduced by Bostar, 29.
Read first time January 21, 2026
Committee: Banking, Commerce and Insurance
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to consumer protection; to adopt the1
Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act; to provide powers2
and duties to the Attorney General; to provide civil penalties; and3
to provide an operative date. 4
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5
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Section 1. Sections 1 to 7 of this act shall be known and may be1
cited as the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act.2
Sec. 2. For purposes of the Conversational Artificial Intelligence3
Safety Act: 4
(1) Account holder means an individual who has, or opens, an account5
or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service;6
(2)(a) Conversational artificial intelligence service means an7
artificial intelligence software application, web interface, or computer8
program that is accessible to the general public and that primarily9
simulates human conversation and interaction through textual, visual, or10
aural communications. 11
(b) Conversational artificial intelligence service does not include12
an application, web interface, or computer program that is any of the13
following: 14
(i) Primarily designed and marketed for use by developers or15
researchers; 16
(ii) A feature within another software application, web interface,17
or computer program that is not a conversational artificial intelligence18
service; 19
(iii) Designed to provide outputs relating to a narrow and discrete20
topic; 21
(iv) Primarily designed and marketed for commercial use by business22
entities; 23
(v) Functions as a speaker and voice command interface or voice-24
activated virtual assistant for a consumer electronic device; or25
(vi) Used by a business solely for internal purposes;26
(3) Individual means a natural person; 27
(4) Minor means an individual that, based upon the circumstance, the28
operator has actual knowledge or reasonable certainty is younger than29
eighteen years of age; 30
(5) Minor account holder means an account holder who is a minor;31
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(6)(a) Operator means a person who develops and makes available a1
conversational artificial intelligence service to the public.2
(b) Operator does not include mobile application stores or search3
engines solely because they provide access to a conversational artificial4
intelligence service; 5
(7) Person means a natural person or legal entity; and6
(8) Sexually explicit conduct and visual depiction have the same7
meanings as in 18 U.S.C. 2256. 8
Sec. 3. (1) An operator shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to9
each minor account holder that such minor account holder is interacting10
with artificial intelligence: 11
(a) As a persistent visible disclaimer; or 12
(b) Both: 13
(i) At the beginning of each session; and 14
(ii) Appearing at least every three hours in a continuous15
conversational artificial intelligence service interaction.16
(2) An operator shall not provide a minor account holder with points17
or similar rewards at unpredictable intervals with the intent to18
encourage increased engagement with the conversational artificial19
intelligence service. 20
(3) An operator shall, for minor account holders, institute21
reasonable measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence22
service from: 23
(a) Producing visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct;24
(b) Generating direct statements that the account holder should25
engage in sexually explicit conduct; or 26
(c) Generating statements that sexually objectify the account27
holder. 28
(4) For minor account holders, the operator shall institute29
reasonable measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence30
service from generating statements that would lead a reasonable person to31
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believe that they are interacting with a human, including:1
(a) Explicit claims that the conversational artificial intelligence2
service is sentient or human; 3
(b) Statements that simulate emotional dependence;4
(c) Statements that simulate romantic or sexual innuendos; or5
(d) Role-playing of adult-minor romantic relationships.6
(5) An operator shall offer tools for minor account holders, and,7
when such account holders are younger than thirteen years of age, their8
parents or guardians, to manage the account holders' privacy and account9
settings. An operator shall also offer related tools to the parents or10
guardians of minor account holders thirteen years of age and older, as11
appropriate based on relevant risks. 12
Sec. 4. If a reasonable person interacting with a conversational13
artificial intelligence system would be misled to believe that the person14
is interacting with a human, an operator shall clearly and conspicuously15
disclose that the conversational artificial intelligence service is16
artificial intelligence. 17
Sec. 5. An operator shall adopt a protocol for the conversational18
artificial intelligence service to respond to user prompts regarding19
suicidal ideation or self-harm that includes, but is not limited to,20
making reasonable efforts to provide a response to the user that refers21
them to crisis service providers such as a suicide hotline, crisis text22
line, or other appropriate crisis services. 23
Sec. 6. An operator shall not knowingly and intentionally cause or24
program a conversational artificial intelligence service to make any25
representation or statement that explicitly indicates that the26
conversational artificial intelligence service is designed to provide27
professional mental or behavioral health care. 28
Sec. 7. (1) The Attorney General shall enforce the Conversational29
Artificial Intelligence Safety Act. 30
(2)(a) The Attorney General may bring a civil action for appropriate31
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relief against an operator for a violation of the Conversational1
Artificial Intelligence Safety Act, on behalf of the State of Nebraska or2
on behalf of any person aggrieved by a violation of the act.3
(b) In an action under this section, appropriate relief includes:4
(i) Such preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief as5
may be appropriate; 6
(ii) An award of actual damages; 7
(iii) Civil penalties of at least one thousand dollars per8
violation, but in no event more than five hundred thousand dollars per9
operator; and 10
(iv) Reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the civil action,11
including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs,12
witness fees, and deposition costs. 13
(3) Nothing in the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act14
can be interpreted as creating a private right of action.15
(4) The Conversational Artificial Intelligence Act shall not create16
liability for the developer of an artificial intelligence model for any17
violation of the act by an artificial intelligence system developed by a18
third party to provide a conversational artificial intelligence service19
for such developer. 20
Sec. 8. This act becomes operative on July 1, 2027.21
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