Massachusetts AI Law

Browse Massachusetts law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

Historical tracker

May 1, 2026 tracker snapshot

These entries retain the historical NCSL snapshot used by the former state directory. Status labels, including “pending,” “enacted,” “failed,” and “vetoed,” describe that snapshot, not a current-status assessment. This is not a complete inventory of enacted law.

NCSL’s May 1, 2026 snapshot lists 23 AI-related 2026 measures for Massachusetts.

Other measures recorded in the snapshot

• MA H 4616 — Health Insurance Prior Authorization — pending; would regulate insurers’ use of AI and algorithmic tools in medical-necessity review, prohibit AI as the sole basis for adverse determinations, and require licensed-clinician review; the Health Care Financing Committee recommended passage and referred the bill to House Ways and Means on July 29, 2026. Topics: Health Use, Audit, Notification, Private Sector Use, Responsible Use.
• MA H 1210 — Artificial Intelligence Health Communications; pending; Relates to artificial intelligence health communications and informed patient consent. Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Sector Use.
• MA H 1564 — Algorithmic Rent Fixing; pending; Relates to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
• MA H 1593 — Penalty for Child Sexual Abuse Visual Materials; pending; Imposes a penalty for child sexual abuse visual materials. Topics: Deepfake.
• MA H 1615 — Exploitation of Image and Voice of Individual; pending; Relates to preventing an individual's image and voice from exploitation. Topics: Deepfake.
• MA H 1931 — Protections Against Child Exploitation; pending; Enhances protections against child exploitation and misuse of emerging technologies. Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake.
• MA H 4832 — Digital Replicas; pending; Relates to the contracting of digital replicas. Topics: Deepfake, Private Sector Use.
• MA H 495 — Emissions from Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to reducing emissions from artificial intelligence. Topics: Energy, Studies.
• MA H 5073 — Study Order; pending; Relates to authorizing the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity to make an investigation and study of certain Ho.... Topics: Studies.
• MA H 5093 — Election Misinformation; pending; Protects against election misinformation. Topics: Deepfake, Elections.
• MA H 5094 — Political Advertising; pending; Enhances disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. Topics: Deepfake, Elections, Notification.
• MA H 5178 — Economic Development; pending; Relates to make an investigation and study of certain House documents relative to limited liability companies, businesses, small businesses, municipal a.... Topics: Studies.
• MA H 5222 — Rental Housing Market; pending; Relates to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
• MA H 76 — Materially Deceptive Election Related Communications; pending; Relates to materially deceptive election-related communications. Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake, Elections.
• MA H 81 — Artificial Intelligence Disclosures; pending; Relates to artificial intelligence disclosures. Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use.
• MA H 83 — Special Legislative Commission; pending; Relates to an investigation and study by a special legislative commission to study load growth due to AI and data centers. Topics: Energy, Studies.
• MA H 846 — Synthetic Media in Political Advertising; pending; Relates to disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake, Elections.
• MA H 90 — Provenance Regarding Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to provenance regarding artificial intelligence. Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use, Provenance.
• MA S 1016 — Algorithmic Rent Fixing; pending; Establishes the preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the Rental Housing Market Act. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
• MA S 1174 — Computer Generated Child Sexual Abuse Visual Materials; pending; Protects minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials. Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake.
• MA S 2632 — Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to the use of artificial intelligence and other software tools in healthcare decision-making. Topics: Health Use.
• MA S 2983 — Rental Housing Market; pending; Establishes the preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market act. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
• MA S 32 — Advanced Technology and the Internet; pending; Relates to the potential impacts and legal implications of advanced technology and the internet on protecting individuals from exploitation. Topics: Deepfake, Studies.
• MA S 994 — Algorithmic Rent Setting; pending; Prohibits algorithmic rent setting. Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.