Methodology

How this atlas is built

A free public tool by GAGE. Every entry is sourced to an official legislature page or enrolled bill text. If a fact cannot be sourced, it does not ship.

Build 2026-08-02 · Next verification pass: monthly

What this is

This atlas tracks every enacted AI law and significant pending AI bill across all 50 states and the District of Columbia: 51 jurisdictions, 78 laws on record, 3 pending bills, and 8 federal events that collide with them. Coverage spans seven categories:

Comprehensive frameworks
Employment and hiring
Chatbots and consumer AI
Deepfakes, elections, likeness
Healthcare and insurance AI
Government use of AI
Education

Full summaries 36Citation-level 0Tracked, no enacted law 15

Deep coverage where activity is deepest. Every state is tracked. Empty means empty, not unknown.

Data sources

Three kinds of sources, in order of authority.

1. NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures)
The primary data spine: free, regularly updated trackers of state AI legislation.
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2. State legislature official pages
Bill status, chapter numbers, enrolled texts. The primary source for anything shown in detail.
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3. Official journals and enrolled bill texts
Effective dates and chaptered law citations.
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Every entry in the dataset carries a source URL recorded during the data pass. Dead links are replaced or the entry is flagged and removed.

Official hosts cited in this build 17

Dataset methodology note, verbatim: Compiled 2026-08-02 from primary official sources (state legislature bill pages, enrolled/chaptered act texts, and official executive-agency pages), with activity enumeration seeded from the NCSL AI legislation tracker and corroborating legal-industry trackers (Transparency Coalition, AI Law Radar, law-firm alerts). Every entry carries an official source URL; URLs were machine-fetched at build time where the host permitted (28+ verified resolving). Some official state sites blocked or timed out on automated fetch; those canonical URLs are retained and flagged in sources.md. No entry ships without a source URL; unconfirmed signing or effective dates are null rather than invented. Deepfake election/NCII statutes are included on a representative basis per active state, not exhaustively (see sources.md).

Known caveats

What this dataset is not. Read this before citing it.

Representative, not exhaustive
Many states have deepfake-election or nonconsensual-intimate-image statutes. This build includes them on a representative basis for states with other verified activity, not exhaustively. A state shown as tracked but empty may still have such a statute on the books that was not verified to an official URL within the build budget.
Some official hosts block automated fetch
Several state legislature sites refuse automated access, so not every source URL could be machine-verified on build day. Those canonical URLs were retained and the entries corroborated through at least two independent secondary sources agreeing on citation, signing date, and effective date. Re-verify in a browser before citing.
Documented date conflicts
Where records disagree, the legislative record wins and the conflict is flagged in the entry summary. Colorado HB 26-1263: signed 2026-05-29 per the official bill page, though the Colorado AG publicly described the signing as July 1. Connecticut SB 5 (PA 26-15): 2026-06-02 per most firm alerts, two trackers say May 27. Oregon SB 1546: operative 2027-01-01 per most trackers, one says 2027-07-01.
Honest-empty jurisdictions
14 jurisdictions have no AI-specific enacted law verified to an official source at build time: Alaska, Arizona, District of Columbia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Empty means empty, not unknown.

Verification and status rules

Verification cadence

Build 2026-08-02

The dataset is versioned by build date. Every entry carries the date it was last verified against official sources, and a verified date is a promise: on that day, the source URL behind that entry pointed at an official page. Recency is a feature, so the full atlas is re-verified on a monthly pass.

The atlas dies if it goes stale. It is maintained on a monthly data pass.

How we classify

ENACTED
Signed and in force. Counted on the map and in every total.
SIGNED, NOT YET EFFECTIVE
Signed into law with the effective date still ahead. Counted, and shown in gold until it lands.
PENDING, NOT LAW
A live bill, not law. Never fills the map, never counts as law.
REPEALED
Was law and was struck from the books. Kept on record.
VETOED
Passed the legislature, rejected by the governor. Not law.

Pending bills never count as law, never fill the map, and are always labeled.

Changelog

Every change to the dataset, newest first. If your state moved, it is on this ledger.

Dataset changelog

56 entries

2026-05-14
Colorado: Gov. Polis signs SB 26-189, REPEALING the 2024 Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) and replacing it with a narrower ADMT framework effective Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-07-29
Maine: Maine enacts LD 517 (P.L. 2026, c. 593) addressing deceptive AI-generated media in campaign communications.
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2026-07-20
New Jersey: Gov. Sherrill signs the FAIR Act (A 3497, P.L. 2026 c. 43) banning coordinated algorithmic rent-setting; effective July 1, 2027.
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2026-07-14
Hawaii: Gov. Green signs SB 3001 (Act 248), the AI Disclosure and Safety Act for companion chatbots, effective on approval.
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2026-07-14
Hawaii: Hawaii also enacts HB 2137 (Act 247) creating civil remedies for unauthorized AI digital imitations.
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2026-07-13
Missouri: Gov. Kehoe signs SB 1019, including a ban on advertising AI as a provider of mental-health therapy; effective Aug. 28, 2026.
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2026-07-10
Illinois: Gov. Pritzker signs SB 2909 (P.A. 104-0565) restricting AI use in teacher evaluations; effective Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-07-06
Illinois: Illinois enacts the AI Safety Measures Act (SB 315, P.A. 104-0538), first-in-nation mandatory third-party audits for frontier AI developers; duties from Jan. 1, 2027/2028.
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2026-06-22
Rhode Island: Gov. McKee signs three AI bills: S 2195 (companion-chatbot self-harm protocols), H 7349 (therapy-chatbot ban), and H 7538 (clinical AI transcription disclosure).
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2026-06-17
Vermont: Gov. Scott signs Act 156 (H.816): categorical ban on AI-delivered mental-health services unless provided by a licensed professional.
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2026-06-03
Colorado: Gov. Polis signs HB 26-1195 restricting AI use in psychotherapy; effective Aug. 12, 2026.
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2026-06-02
Connecticut: Gov. Lamont signs SB 5 (P.A. 26-15), the Connecticut AI Responsibility and Transparency (CART) Act; staged duties begin Oct. 1, 2026.
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2026-06-02
Colorado: Gov. Polis signs HB 26-1139 regulating AI in health-insurance utilization review; effective Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-05-29
Colorado: Gov. Polis signs HB 26-1263, the Chatbot Safety Act (age estimation, AI disclosure, self-harm protocols, annual AG reports); operator duties from Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-05-11
Georgia: Gov. Kemp signs SB 540 (Act 518), the Conversational AI Safety Act for companion chatbots; effective July 1, 2027.
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2026-05-02
Iowa: Gov. Reynolds signs SF 2417 (Ch. 1068), Iowa's Conversational AI Safety Act; core provisions apply from July 1, 2027.
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2026-04-27
FED: Federal magistrate stays enforcement of Colorado's AI Act in xAI v. Weiser; stay later extends to successor SB 26-189.
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2026-04-24
FED: DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force moves to intervene alongside xAI in the challenge to Colorado's AI law.
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2026-04-23
Delaware: Gov. Meyer signs HB 191 (c. 250): AI/nonhuman entities cannot hold medical licenses or use protected medical titles.
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2026-04-16
Alabama: Gov. Ivey signs SB 63 (Act 2026-589), the AI Health Insurance Transparency Act; effective Oct. 1, 2026.
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2026-04-14
Nebraska: Gov. Pillen approves LB 525 adopting the Conversational AI Safety Act; chatbot provisions operative July 1, 2027.
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2026-04-13
Maine: Maine enacts LD 2082 (P.L. 2026, c. 687) restricting AI use in providing mental-health services.
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2026-04-09
FED: xAI files X.AI LLC v. Weiser (D. Colo. No. 1:26-cv-01515), the first major federal-industry challenge to a state AI Act.
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2026-04-01
Idaho: Gov. Little signs SB 1297, Idaho's Conversational AI Safety Act; effective July 1, 2027.
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2026-04-01
Tennessee: Gov. Lee signs SB 1580 (P.C. 647) banning AI systems marketed as qualified mental-health professionals; effective July 1, 2026.
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2026-03-31
Oregon: Gov. Kotek signs SB 1546 (Ch. 85), the Oregon AI Companion Act, first chatbot law with a private right of action.
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2026-03-26
Washington: Gov. Ferguson signs SB 5395, the Prior Authorization AI Transparency Act; effective June 11, 2026.
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2026-03-24
Washington: Gov. Ferguson signs HB 2225 (Ch. 168, AI Companion Chatbot Safety) and HB 1170 (Ch. 167, AI Content Disclosure).
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2026-03-24
Utah: Gov. Cox signs HB 276 (Digital Content Provenance Standards Act + Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act); effective Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-03-20
FED: White House unveils National AI Legislative Framework pressing Congress for uniform federal AI rules over the state patchwork.
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2026-03-19
Utah: Utah enacts SB 319, the AI Prior Authorization Disclosure Act for health insurers; applies Jan. 1, 2027.
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2026-01-09
FED: DOJ establishes the AI Litigation Task Force under EO 14365 to challenge state AI laws.
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2026-01-01
California: California's frontier-AI transparency law SB 53 takes effect, alongside AB 2013 (training-data transparency) and SB 243 (companion chatbots).
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2026-01-01
Texas: Texas TRAIGA (HB 149) takes effect, broad AI prohibitions, government and healthcare AI disclosures, AG enforcement.
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2026-01-01
Illinois: Illinois HB 3773 (P.A. 103-0804) takes effect: bans discriminatory AI in employment decisions and requires employee notice.
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2025-12-19
New York: Gov. Hochul signs the RAISE Act (S 6953-B, Ch. 699) on frontier-model safety; effective Jan. 1, 2027 after chapter amendment.
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2025-12-11
FED: President signs EO 14365 targeting state AI laws and directing a DOJ AI Litigation Task Force.
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2025-12-11
New York: Hochul signs Ch. 616/617 of 2025, digital-replica consent and synthetic-performer advertising disclosure (eff. June 9, 2026).
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2025-10-13
California: Newsom signs SB 243 (companion chatbot safeguards) and AB 853 (delaying the CA AI Transparency Act to Aug. 2, 2026).
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2025-10-06
California: Newsom signs AB 325 (Ch. 338) banning 'common pricing algorithms' under the Cartwright Act; effective Jan. 1, 2026.
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2025-09-29
California: Newsom signs SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier AI Act, first state frontier-model safety law.
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2025-08-01
Illinois: Pritzker signs the WOPR Act (HB 1806, P.A. 104-0054) prohibiting AI-delivered therapy in Illinois.
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2025-07-01
FED: Senate votes 99-1 to strip the 10-year state AI-law moratorium from H.R. 1; preemption effort collapses.
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2025-06-22
Texas: Gov. Abbott signs HB 149, the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA).
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2025-06-12
Maine: Gov. Mills signs LD 1727 (c. 294), Maine's AI chatbot disclosure law for consumer transactions.
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2025-06-05
Nevada: Gov. Lombardo signs AB 406 (Ch. 283) barring AI systems from practicing mental/behavioral health care; effective July 1, 2025.
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2025-05-29
Colorado: Gov. Polis VETOES HB 25-1004, the algorithmic rent-pricing coordination ban.
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2025-05-19
FED: TAKE IT DOWN Act signed (Pub. L. 119-12): federal criminal and takedown regime for nonconsensual intimate imagery incl. AI deepfakes.
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2025-05-09
New York: Hochul signs the FY26 budget (Ch. 58, Part U) enacting GBL Art. 47 AI companion-model safety duties; effective Nov. 5, 2025.
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2025-04-25
West Virginia: Gov. Morrisey approves HB 3187, extending and expanding West Virginia's AI Task Force; effective July 9, 2025.
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2025-04-21
Arkansas: Gov. Sanders signs HB 1876 (Act 927), first state law assigning ownership of generative-AI outputs and trained models.
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2025-04-16
Montana: Gov. Gianforte signs SB 212, the Montana Right to Compute Act, pairing compute liberty with critical-infrastructure AI risk policies.
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2025-03-27
Utah: Utah signs SB 226 (narrows AI disclosure duties, adds safe harbor) and SB 271 (AI voice/likeness impersonation); effective May 7, 2025.
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2025-03-25
Utah: Gov. Cox signs HB 452, the nation's most detailed mental-health chatbot statute; effective May 7, 2025.
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2025-03-24
Kentucky: Kentucky enacts SB 4 (Acts Ch. 66): state-government AI governance plus synthetic-media electioneering cause of action.
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2025-03-24
Virginia: Gov. Youngkin VETOES HB 2094, the High-Risk AI Developer and Deployer Act.
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