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title: "US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards — KYE Protocol™ coverage"
description: "US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/compliance/us-state-chatbot-laws/
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source: "KYE Protocol"
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> US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it.

US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards

# US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards — 100% of in-scope requirements covered.

9 requirements · 5 in scope (5 enforced) · 4 out-of-scope (outside KYE™’s authority layer). The 100% is weighted over the in-scope base.

**Source:** The wave of US state AI-chatbot statutes enacted across 13+ states (2024-2026) — including California SB 243 (companion-chatbot safeguards: AI disclosure, crisis referral, minor protections), the Utah AI Mental Health Chatbot Act, and comparable Acts in New York, Illinois, and other states. Four control themes recur: (1) mental-health / crisis protocols, (2) minor protections, (3) deception / manipulation prevention (disclosure + anthropomorphism), and (4) liability — with 7 of 14 enacted laws carrying a PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION at roughly $1,000 per violation, making real lawsuits the driver. KYE Protocol™(TM) governs the AUTHORITY + EVIDENCE of the chatbot safeguard actions at the moment the interaction occurs: whether the applicable jurisdiction was resolved, the crisis-escalation authorised & triggered, the minor-profile applied, the disclosure shown, and litigation-ready evidence captured & replay-provable. KYE™ does NOT provide the chatbot / LLM, the clinical crisis-counselling content, or the GRC program. · **License:** US state statutes are public-record law; KYE™ registry cites the recurring chatbot-safeguard obligations for mapping purposes. Statutory text is paraphrased to the action-boundary authority/evidence slice KYE™ governs.

## By category

| Category | Reqs | Enforced | Designed | Advisory | Deferred | Coverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jurisdiction-aware safeguard resolution | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Mental-health / crisis protocol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Minor protections | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Deception / disclosure / anthropomorphism | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Liability / private right of action — litigation evidence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **100%** |
| Clinical crisis-counselling substance (out of scope) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **0%** |
| Chatbot / model behaviour & UX (out of scope) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **0%** |

## Every requirement → the KYE™ artefact that enforces it

| ID | Title | Status | KYE™ enforcement |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.jurisdiction-resolution-applicable-safeguards` | Jurisdiction-aware safeguard resolution: the applicable state-law regime and its safeguard set resolved before the interaction proceeds | enforced | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:chatbot-authority` **dictionaries**: `internal`, `internal` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.request.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.crisis-escalation-authority` | Mental-health / crisis protocol: a detected crisis signal triggers an authorised crisis-escalation action | enforced | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:chatbot-authority` **dictionaries**: `internal` **engines**: `internal`, `internal`, `internal` **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.request.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1`, `kye.evidence.pack.v1` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md`, `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md` |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.minor-protection-authority` | Minor protections: a detected or declared minor has the restricted-minor safeguard profile applied under recorded authority | enforced | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:chatbot-authority` **dictionaries**: `internal` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.request.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.disclosure-enforcement-authority` | Deception / disclosure / anthropomorphism: the AI-is-not-human disclosure shown and anthropomorphism policy enforced | enforced | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:chatbot-authority` **dictionaries**: `internal` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **audit\_events**: `kye.purpose.request.v1`, `kye.purpose.admissibility.v1`, `kye.evidence.decision_map.v1` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/12-PURPOSE-PERMISSION.md` |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.litigation-evidence-capture` | Liability / private right of action: litigation-ready Evidence Pack™ captured and replay-provable per interaction | enforced | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:chatbot-authority` **dictionaries**: `internal` **engines**: `internal`, `internal` **audit\_events**: `kye.evidence.tool_call.v1`, `kye.replay.context_seal.v1`, `kye.evidence.pack.v1`, `kye.replay.proof.v1` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/13-RESILIENCE-LOOP.md`, `constitution/30-AUDIT-WORM-RETENTION.md` |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.clinical-crisis-counselling-substance` | Clinical crisis-counselling substance: the crisis-intervention content, triage, and referral relationships | out-of-scope | _(no enforcement cited)_ |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.chatbot-model-behaviour-and-ux` | Chatbot / model behaviour & UX: the conversational model, its outputs, and the product user experience | out-of-scope | _(no enforcement cited)_ |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.crisis-protocol-program-design` | Mental-health crisis-protocol program design: the operator's crisis policy, escalation matrix, and staffing | out-of-scope | _(no enforcement cited)_ |
| `us-state-chatbot-laws.minor-safety-content-and-age-policy` | Minor protections — content & age policy: the minor-safety content rules and the age-verification program | out-of-scope | _(no enforcement cited)_ |

Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [Evidence Pack™](https://kyeprotocol.com/evidence-pack/) · [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).