In effectSB 243 (2025); amended by SB 1119 and SB 867 (2026)
California SB 243 (Companion Chatbots): Disclosure Requirements
Notices and disclosures the law requires to be provided to consumers, employees, or downstream parties.
Disclosure requirements
- disclosure→ deployerCal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22602(a), 22604
Issue a clear and conspicuous notification that a companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human whenever a reasonable person would be misled into believing they are interacting with a human, and disclose that companion chatbots may not be suitable for some minors.
Timing: At interaction
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