US State AI-Chatbot Laws — consumer chatbot safeguards — 56% covered.

9 requirements · 5 enforced · 0 designed · 0 advisory · 0 deferred.

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-grade 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	Coverage
Jurisdiction-aware safeguard resolution	1	1	100%
Mental-health / crisis protocol	2	1	50%
Minor protections	2	1	50%
Deception / disclosure / anthropomorphism	1	1	100%
Liability / private right of action — litigation evidence	1	1	100%
Clinical crisis-counselling substance (out of scope)	1	0	0%
Chatbot / model behaviour & UX (out of scope)	1	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-grade 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)