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New Hampshire
AI Chatbot Solicitation of Children
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In force 9 months, effective 1 January 2026.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not operate an AI chatbot or other generative-communication application that, knowing it is directing a communication to a child, facilitates, encourages, offers, solicits, or recommends that the child imminently engage in sexually explicit conduct, illegal drug or alcohol use, self-harm or suicide, or violence against another person.
- A violation is prosecuted as a misdemeanor, not a felony, under RSA 639:3, III-a.
- The attorney general, not the child or a parent directly, holds the sole right to bring a civil action against you for a violation, seeking damages with a floor of $1,000 per violation.
- This does not reach a cloud, telecommunications, or information service provider handling another party's content, or an AI chat feature that is incidental to a video game, streaming service, or similar entertainment product.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
A violation of RSA 639:3, III-a is prosecuted as a misdemeanor: RSA 639:3, V reserves felony treatment for a violation of paragraph III (solicitation of a child to create a visual representation of sexual activity) and states that all other violations of the section are misdemeanors.
Statutory damages
Recoverable only through an action the attorney general brings under RSA 507:8-k on the child's, parent's, or next friend's behalf; the statute gives no private right of action to bring that suit directly.
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per person minimum
- 1,000
What it makes you log
Logging duty
RSA 639:3, III-a and RSA 507:8-k define the offense and civil action for an AI chatbot's solicitation of a child; neither creates a duty for any party to keep a log, record or other documentation, and neither names anybody who may check one.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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An owner or operator of a computer online service, including an AI chat program, large language model bot, chat bot, or character AI whose sole purpose is open-ended generative communication, commits endangering the welfare of a child under RSA 639:3, III-a if, knowing it is directing the communication to a child, it facilitates, encourages, offers, solicits, or recommends that the child imminently engage in sexually explicit conduct, producing a visual depiction of such conduct, illegal drug or alcohol use, self-harm or suicide, or a crime of violence against another person.
RSA 639:3, V classifies a violation of this paragraph as a misdemeanor rather than the felony reserved for paragraph III of the same section. A separate provision, RSA 507:8-k, exposes the same owner or operator to civil liability for damages proximately caused, with a floor of $1,000 in liquidated damages per violation, but reserves the right to bring that action to the attorney general alone rather than to the child or parent directly.
Neither provision reaches a cloud, telecommunications, or information service provider handling another party's content, or an AI chat feature incidental to a video game, streaming service, or similar entertainment product.
When LexLint raises it
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