California Business and Professions Code

§ 22602

BPC § 22602 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 8 · Ch. 22.6

Statute text

(a)If a reasonable person interacting with a companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human, an operator shall issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human.

(b)(1) An operator shall prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm content to the user, including, but not limited to, by providing a notification to the user that refers the user to crisis service providers, including a suicide hotline or crisis text line, if the user expresses suicidal ideation, suicide, or self-harm.

(2)The operator shall publish details on the protocol required by this subdivision on the operator’s internet website.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. (SB 243) Effective January 1, 2026.