Nebraska Conversational AI Safety Act

LB 525 was introduced by Senator Mike Jacobson at the governor's request. The conversational-AI language came from LB 1185, sponsored by Senator Eliot Bostar, and was amended into LB 525. The legislature's bill page records final passage on April 10, 2026, 49-0, and approval by the governor on April 14, 2026. Amendment text reviewed for this page says sections 12 through 18, the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act, become operative July 1, 2027. A signature in April is not the day those duties bind.

The Unicameral Update says the provisions require disclosure when a user reasonably could believe they are interacting with a human, and add safeguards for minor account holders. The same amendment text says the act does not create a private right of action and that a model developer is not liable only because a third-party operator violated it. Quote penalties from the enrolled slip, not from this summary.

The name is easy to confuse with Idaho's Conversational AI Safety Act and with Georgia's chatbot bill. They share a family of ideas. They do not share one operative date or one enforcement path. Nebraska's AI duties wait until July 1, 2027.

Parents still need a practical test that does not depend on Lincoln. Who created the account, who can read the chat, and what happens if a child talks about harm. A 2027 statute does not answer those questions for a product you can open today.

These state laws are not copies of each other. A duty in one state may be missing in the next, and a signature date is not always the day the duties bind. Whether Congress will override some of them is a live debate, described on the federal AI preemption page. Until a federal statute does that, read the state text that applies to you.

Nebraska's Conversational AI Safety Act sections are not operative until July 1, 2027. HeyOtto does not claim that act. A parent can already read chats and set topic limits. Distress brings crisis resources in the chat and a parent alert.

• Parents can read chats in the parent dashboard.
• Distress produces an alert and crisis resources, not an automatic call to emergency services.
• HeyOtto does not claim this statute is already satisfied.