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Adam's Law (Senate Bill 1119)

California statute imposing crisis protocols, parental controls and parental notification duties on companion chatbot operators, named for a California teenager who died by suicide in 2025.

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California puts a child safety risk assessment in front of every companion chatbot release

Adam's Law makes age-bracket signals, pre-release risk assessments and crisis routing conditions of shipping a companion chatbot to children in California. A second bill takes personalized feeds away from under-16 users.

Publishers:gov.ca.govsd18.senate.ca.gov

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption22
Hype gap+32
Incentives88
Confidence64