The 50-State AI Law Atlas · CO
Colorado AI laws
1 enacted · 4 signed, not yet effective · 0 pending bills · verified 2026-08-02
Does Colorado have an AI law?
Yes. As of 2026-08-02, Colorado has 5 AI laws on the books (1 enacted, 4 signed and not yet effective). Leading instruments: Automated Decision-Making Technology (replacement AI Act); Chatbot Safety Act (Conversational AI Service Operator Requirements); Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. Every entry is sourced to the official legislature page.
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Signed, not yet effective (4)
Automated Decision-Making Technology (replacement AI Act)
SB 26-189 (Session Laws of 2026)
Signed 2026-05-14 · Effective 2027-01-01
Repeals SB 24-205 and replaces it with a narrower ADMT framework: consumer notice, opt-out, explanation and appeal rights when automated decision-making technology materially influences consequential decisions (employment, housing, lending, insurance, healthcare, education). Attorney General enforcement with rulemaking due by January 1, 2027; federal-court stay in xAI v. Weiser extends to the successor law.
Comprehensive frameworks
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Chatbot Safety Act (Conversational AI Service Operator Requirements)
HB 26-1263 (Ch. 208, Session Laws of 2026)
Signed 2026-05-29 · Effective 2027-01-01
Requires operators of consumer conversational AI services to estimate user age, disclose AI use, apply heightened protections for known minors, maintain protocols for responding to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and file annual reports with the Attorney General. Act effective August 12, 2026; operator duties begin January 1, 2027.
Chatbots and consumer AI
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
HB 26-1139 (Ch. 325, Session Laws of 2026)
Signed 2026-06-02 · Effective 2027-01-01
Requires AI used in health-care utilization review (carriers, PBMs, UR organizations, managed care entities) to base determinations on individual clinical circumstances, bars coverage denials issued solely on AI output without review by a qualified clinician, requires regulator disclosure of AI use, and prohibits payers from reimbursing psychotherapy delivered directly by an AI system.
Healthcare and insurance AI
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Psychotherapy Artificial Intelligence Restrictions
HB 26-1195 (Session Laws of 2026)
Signed 2026-06-03 · Effective 2026-08-12
Restricts regulated psychotherapy providers from letting AI conduct therapeutic communication except synchronously with the provider, requires review of AI outputs and written consent for AI recording/transcription, and makes it a deceptive trade practice to market AI as providing psychotherapy or therapist-level confidentiality.
Healthcare and insurance AI
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Deepfakes, elections, likeness (1)
Candidate Election Deepfake Disclosures
HB 24-1147 (Ch. 250, Session Laws of 2024)
Signed 2024-05-24 · Effective 2024-07-01
Requires prescribed disclosure on communications about candidates that contain AI-generated deepfakes, with Secretary of State enforcement and a private cause of action for depicted candidates.
Deepfakes, elections, likeness
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Repealed or vetoed (2)
Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence (Colorado AI Act)
SB 24-205 (Ch. 198, Session Laws of 2024)
Signed 2024-05-17 · Repealed 2026-05-14
First-in-the-nation comprehensive state AI act imposing a duty of reasonable care on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems to avoid algorithmic discrimination in consequential decisions. Its effective date was delayed to June 30, 2026 (SB 25B-004), and it was repealed and replaced by SB 26-189 before ever taking effect, amid a federal-court stay in xAI v. Weiser.
Comprehensive frameworks
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
No Pricing Coordination Between Landlords
HB 25-1004 (2025 Regular Session)
Passed both chambers in May 2025; would have banned sale or use of algorithmic devices that coordinate rent pricing among landlords using nonpublic competitor data. Vetoed by Governor Polis on May 29, 2025.
Comprehensive frameworks
Official text: leg.colorado.gov
Verified 2026-08-02
Sources: state legislatures, NCSL, official journals. Dataset build 2026-08-02. Laws shown are enacted unless marked pending. Method and caveats: how this atlas is built.
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