Nebraska

Summary

Nebraska has enacted two AI-behavior laws as of mid-2026. The Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (part of LB 525, signed April 14, 2026, operative July 1, 2027) requires operators of conversational AI services to disclose to users that they are interacting with AI, prohibits chatbots from claiming to be human or to provide professional mental-health care, and mandates additional minor-protective safeguards. The Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act (LB 77, signed June 4, 2025, operative January 1, 2026) bars health insurers from using AI as the sole basis for denying prior authorization, representing a targeted auto-decision accountability rule in the healthcare sector. Nebraska's broader consumer-protection backstop — the Consumer Protection Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 59-1601 et seq.) and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (§§ 87-301 et seq.) — applies to AI systems that mislead or deceive consumers but contains no AI-specific provisions. A pending bill (LB 642) that would have established a Colorado-style high-risk AI system framework, including algorithmic discrimination protections and impact assessments, carried over into the 2026 session but did not advance to enactment.