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AI Laws in Omaha, Nebraska
As of 2026-06-17, AI Laws USA tracks 16 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Omaha, Nebraska: 10+ federal protections, 6 Nebraska state-level rules (no Omaha-specific ordinances are indexed yet). Coverage is strongest on consumer protection, automated decision-making, AI-generated images, and children's online safety. 5 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Omaha local AI rules (and Douglas County)
No city- or county-specific AI ordinances are currently indexed for Omaha, Nebraska.
- Honest gap: We don't currently index any Omaha-specific AI ordinances. Federal and Nebraska state rules still apply throughout the city. Have we missed something? Email [email protected].
Nebraska-level AI rules
6 Nebraska state rules apply to residents and businesses in Omaha. Sorted strongest first.
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In effect Moderate protection
NE LB 989 (2018 AV)
Nebraska · Effective 2018-04-25 · Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-3,201 et seq.
Nebraska's Driverless-Capable Vehicle Act explicitly allows fully driverless operation on Nebraska public roads, treats the automated driving system as the driver for traffic-law purposes, sets minimum insurance ($5 million for on-demand AV networks), and preempts local regulation.
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In effect Limited protection
Nebraska NDPA
Nebraska · Effective 2025-01-01 · Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-901 et seq. (LB 1074, 108th Leg., 2024), eff. Jan. 1, 2025
Nebraska's comprehensive consumer privacy law gives residents the right to access, correct, delete, and port their personal data and to opt out of targeted advertising, data sales, and automated profiling used in decisions with significant legal or financial effects. The Attorney General enforces with fines up to $7,500 per violation with no private right of action.
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In effect Limited protection
NE DOI AI Bulletin
NE · Effective 2024-06-11 · Nebraska Insurance Guidance Document IGD-H1 (2024-06-11)
The NE Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in NE must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
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Enacted (not yet in effect) Limited protection
Nebraska LB 525 (AI chatbot disclosure & crisis protocol)
Nebraska · Effective 2027-07-01 · Neb. Laws 2026, LB 525, Secs. 12-18 (Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act)
Nebraska's Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act regulates publicly available AI chatbots that simulate human conversation. When a reasonable person would be misled into thinking they are talking to a human, the operator must clearly disclose that they are interacting with AI, and minors must always be told they are interacting with AI. Operators must adopt a protocol for responding to messages about suicidal thoughts or self-harm by referring users to crisis services, and must not program the service to claim it provides professional mental or behavioral health care.
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In effect Limited protection
Nebraska LB 383 (AI/computer-generated CSAM)
Nebraska · Effective 2025-09-03 · Neb. Laws 2025, LB 383 (amending Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1463.05)
Nebraska renamed its child pornography statutes the Child Sexual Abuse Material Prevention Act and expanded the definition of illegal material to cover computer-generated and AI-created depictions. An obscene image that depicts a child, a computer-generated person who would appear to a reasonable person to be a child, or a person shown with the physical features of a child now qualifies as child sexual abuse material. The law defines 'computer-generated' to include visual depictions created or altered using a computer, a digital process, or artificial intelligence.
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In effect Limited protection
NE Synthetic NCII Civil Remedy
Nebraska · Effective 2025-05-30 · Neb. LB 371, 109th Leg., 1st Sess. (2025), approved May 30, 2025
Nebraska extended its existing civil remedies act for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images to explicitly cover computer-generated or digitally manipulated depictions, including AI deepfakes. Victims can sue civilly when AI-fabricated intimate imagery is shared without consent. The bill passed 49-0.
Federal AI rules that apply in Omaha, Nebraska
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Omaha, Nebraska. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup issued a split ruling: training on lawfully purchased books was fair use, but ingesting pirated copies from LibGen was not. In September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement — the largest AI copyright recovery to date.
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In effect Stronger protection
Banner v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Banner v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The verdict awarded $243M (later reduced to ~$220M) — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is constitutional and dispositive. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 3d 467 (D. Del. 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. The 2023 jury trial verdict had been deadlocked; the 2025 ruling resolved liability.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2024-04-30 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2024)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was permanently enjoined as unconstitutional in April 2024.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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