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California SB 243

California Senate Bill 243 (Chapter 677, Statutes of 2025), a state law setting disclosure, crisis-protocol, minor-safety and reporting duties for operators of companion chatbots, codified at Business and Professions Code Section 22601 onward.

Known aliases

Business and Professions Code Chapter 22.6
Chapter 677
SB 243

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Three exclusions in California's SB 243 decide which chatbots must build crisis protocols

California's SB 243 lets injured users sue companion-chatbot operators for the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per violation. Developer tools escape its crisis-protocol and minor-safety duties only by fitting one of three narrow exclusions.

Publishers:dev.to

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