Law / United States / 
Michigan
Leading Ethical AI Development for Kids Act (Senate Bill 760, as passed by the Senate)
Mich. S.B. 760 (2025 Session), as passed by the Senate
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
- Criminal exposure
- No
- Private right of action
- Yes
- How the hook was established
- express
- What makes it apply
- Data subject residence
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
What it requires
- Do not make available to a user of an advanced chatbot a feature that simulates companionship or an interpersonal relationship, or an output that endorses, promotes, or facilitates suicide or self-harm, encourages secrecy about the interaction, self-isolation, or not seeking help, or is, describes, or facilitates sexually explicit conduct or child sexual abuse material, unless you have actual knowledge that the user is not a minor.NIST AI RMFMAP 3.3
- Do not treat a user's own statement that the user is not a minor as enough by itself to establish actual knowledge of age.no control in the NIST AI RMF
- Do not train the underlying model of an advanced chatbot with a minor's inputs unless the minor's parent or guardian gives written consent for that specific purpose.NIST AI RMFMEASURE 2.10
- Delete the personal data you collect from a user immediately after using it to determine whether the user is a minor.no control in the NIST AI RMF
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
In the frameworks
- NIST AI RMF
- MAP 3.3Targeted application scope is specified and documented based on the system’s capability, established context, and AI system categorization.
- MEASURE 2.10Privacy risk of the AI system – as identified in the MAP function – is examined and documented.
Our reading of where this law's duties sit in each framework, and in the NIST AI RMF, line by line beside each duty above. It never says that running a control meets the law. How we read a framework against the law
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Michigan Attorney General, by civil action; a minor who suffers actual harm, or a parent or guardian acting for the minor, may also sue
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The bill states design, personal-data, training-consent, and enforcement duties and requires no log or record of any kind.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
This bill, as passed by the Senate, would regulate operators of certain chatbots and the offering of certain chatbots to minors. An advanced chatbot is a generative artificial intelligence system with a natural language interface that provides ongoing, adaptive responses to user inputs. A chatbot operator could not make certain advanced chatbot design features available to a user unless it has actual knowledge that the user is not a minor.
The restricted features include features that simulate companionship or an interpersonal relationship with a user. They also include outputs that endorse, promote, or facilitate suicide or self-harm. They also include outputs that encourage secrecy about an interaction with the chatbot, self-isolation, or not seeking help from a health professional or an appropriate adult. They also include outputs that are, describe, or facilitate sexually explicit conduct or child sexual abuse material.
A user's self-identification that the user is not a minor is not sufficient by itself to establish that knowledge. A chatbot operator could not train the underlying model of an advanced chatbot with a minor's inputs unless the minor's parent or guardian gives written consent for that specific purpose. A chatbot operator would have to delete the personal data it collects from a user immediately after using it to determine whether the user is a minor.
The attorney general could seek a civil fine of $25,000 per violation. A minor who suffers actual harm, or a parent or guardian acting for the minor, could bring a civil action against the chatbot operator. The design-feature and personal-data duties do not apply until the effective date of the attorney general's initial rules. Senate Bill 760 passed the Senate on . It was referred to the House Committee on Communications and Technology.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app deploys a chatbot, generates content with AI, serves under-18s or trains models.