MI LEAD for Kids Act
Michigan Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act (SB 760)
Ensures dangerous AI companion chatbots are inaccessible to children, including those capable of encouraging self-harming behaviors, illegal activities, or sexually explicit interactions. Implements stronger safety measures to prevent targeting and exploitation of minors.
Jurisdiction
Michigan
Enacted
Pending
Effective
TBD
Enforcement
Michigan Attorney General; relevant consumer protection authorities
Part of the SB 757-760 package announced January 21, 2026. Passed the Michigan Senate April 29, 2026; pending House consideration as of August 2026.
Michigan LegislatureWhy It Matters
Specifically targets AI companion chatbots and harmful behaviors including self-harm encouragement. Goes beyond disclosure requirements to mandate access restrictions for minors.
Recent Developments
Passed the Michigan Senate April 29, 2026 (part of the SB 757-760 digital-safety package); House status undocumented since.
At a Glance
Applies to
Requires
Who Must Comply
- AI companion chatbot operators
- Social media companies with AI features
- Platform operators serving Michigan users
- Developers of conversational AI systems
Obligations fall on:
Safety Provisions
- Makes dangerous AI companion chatbots inaccessible to children
- Blocks AI chatbots capable of encouraging self-harm
- Blocks AI chatbots encouraging illegal activities
- Blocks AI chatbots enabling sexually explicit interactions with minors
- Prevents social media/AI platforms from targeting minors
Compliance & Enforcement
Penalties
Civil penalties; enforcement provisions to be determined upon enactment
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Focus Areas
Cite This
APA
Michigan. (n.d.). Michigan Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act (SB 760).
Related Regulations
GA AI Chatbot Child Safety
Adds O.C.G.A. section 39-5-6, requiring operators of AI companion chatbots to disclose the chatbot is not a natural person, to adopt a protocol for detecting and responding to expressions of severe harm, to restrict specified manipulative and sexualised interactions with minors, and to perform age assurance before providing access to sexually explicit synthetic content.
ID Conversational AI Safety
Establishes safety requirements for public-facing conversational AI, including crisis service referrals for suicidal ideation, AI disclosure obligations, and enhanced protections for minors including anti-gamification and content safeguards.
RI AI Companion Safety Act
Requires operators of AI companion chatbots to implement protocols detecting user expressions of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or threatened harm to others, refer affected users to crisis resources, and periodically disclose that the AI companion lacks human emotions.
NH HB 143
Criminalizes use of AI-generated responsive communications to facilitate, encourage, or solicit harmful acts to children, and creates a private right of action for affected children and their parents.
NY Kids Chatbot Safety Act
Would amend the General Business Law to prohibit operators of AI companions from providing 'unsafe AI companion features' to minors, and to require an age-determination method that does not rely on government-issued identification.
CA AI Child Safety Ballot
Comprehensive child AI safety ballot initiative by Common Sense Media. Expands companion chatbot definitions, raises age threshold for data sale consent, prohibits certain AI products for children, establishes new state regulatory structure. Allows state and private lawsuits, requires AI literacy in curriculum, mandates school device bans during instruction, creates children's AI safety fund.
Last updated August 2, 2026. Verify against primary sources before relying on this information.