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Requires companies that operate or make available AI chatbots or “AI companions” to force users to register accounts, verify ages with reasonable checks, protect age-verification data, clearly disclose that the chatbot is not a human or licensed professional, and block access for users determined to be minors. Gives the Attorney General (and state attorneys general) authority to enforce the law, seek penalties, and compel compliance; the law becomes effective 180 days after enactment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced October 28, 2025 by Joshua David Hawley · Last progress October 28, 2025