The Chatbot Moment: Mapping the Emerging 2026 U.S. Chatbot Legislative Landscape

Special thanks to Rafal Fryc, U.S. Legislation Intern, for his research and development of the resources referenced.

FPF developed two one-pager resources summarizing key trends in chatbot legislation. The first highlights some of the definitional patterns beginning to appear, identifying eleven legislative frameworks used to define chatbots. The second maps the six most common regulatory provisions appearing across chatbot bills. With these resources, we explore two central questions shaping the emerging chatbot policy debate: how lawmakers are defining chatbots and what regulatory approaches are beginning to emerge across states.

Design elements of this resource were generated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by FPF.