United States State Legislation

United States (State Legislation)

California

California leads US states in AI legislation volume.

March 2026 AI Bills — Six bills covering disclosure, advertising, workplace
Executive Order N-5-26 — AI procurement standards for state agencies (March 2026)
April 8 Roundup — Disclosure, advertising, and deepfake safety bills
April 22 Committee Wave — Healthcare, chatbot safety, workers, and provenance bills advance
Appropriations Advances — Multiple bills advance to fiscal review
Appropriations Progress — Bills clearing fiscal review hurdle

Senate Bills:

SB 1000 — AI content provenance and disclosure (April 2026)
SB 1015 — Deepfake extortion and child protection (April 2026)
SB 1119 / AB 2023 — Child safety chatbot regulations (April 2026)
SB 1142 — Digital Dignity Act: digital replica protections (passed Judiciary 12-0, to Appropriations)
SB 813 — AI Safety Commission (April 2026)
SB 867 — Prohibits companion chatbots in toys (on suspense)
SB 947 — Worker protections for AI and automated decision systems (to Appropriations)
SB 1146 — AI in false advertising for health products (Appropriations hearing April 27)

Assembly Bills:

AB 2027 — Prohibits employer use of worker data to train replacement AI (to Appropriations)
AB 2653 — Sweatfree AI Code of Conduct (through two committees, to Appropriations)
AB 2713 — Adjusts AI Transparency Act provenance requirements (to Assembly floor)
AB 1609 — Customer service chatbot requirements (to Appropriations)
AB 1979 — AI in healthcare (to Appropriations)
AB 1988 — PAUSE Act, AI chatbot safety (to Appropriations)
California SB 813 — Would establish the California AI Standards and Safety Commission within the Government Operations Agency to oversee AI safety regulation, designate independent verification organizations, and coordinate AI risk assessment across state agencies.
AB 2575 — AI in healthcare regulation (to Appropriations)

State AI Legislation Roundup

April 24, 2026 — Daily digest covering Cooley state AI laws update, Tennessee CHAT Act and Personhood Bill, Nebraska Legislative Bill 1122, Florida AI Bill of Rights veto, and more
April 22, 2026 — Daily digest covering California AB 2713 and AB 2027, Washington SB 5097, Alabama SB 63, Blackburn TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, Minnesota HF 10, Nebraska LB 1122, Arizona SB 1786
April 21, 2026 — Daily digest covering Connecticut Senate Bill 5, Tennessee SB 1700 CHAT Act, Maine LD 2082, and more

Week of April 24, 2026 — Tennessee CHAT Act and personhood bill to governor; Nebraska signs chatbot safety act; Alabama enacts AI insurance law; Hawaii moves to reconciliation
Cooley Analysis: State AI Laws — Where Are They Now? — Law firm analysis of state AI legislation changes as compliance deadlines approach and federal preemption threatens state initiatives (April 24, 2026)

Colorado

DOJ Files Formal Complaint in Intervention — DOJ escalates from Statement of Interest to formal party in xAI v. Weiser; federal judge pauses SB 24-205 enforcement (May 2026)
DOJ Joins xAI Challenge — Trump DOJ intervenes in xAI lawsuit against Colorado SB 24-205, arguing federal preemption
HB 26-1263 — Conversational AI safety: teen protections, emotional dependence blocks, $5K/violation penalties; passed House 40-24 (April 2026)
SB 24-205 Rewrite — Working group proposes replacing risk-based AI Act with disclosure framework (March 2026)

SB 26-189 Compromise — Replaces risk-based AI Act with transparency framework; pushes effective date to January 2027; unanimous committee approval May 5

Oklahoma

Oklahoma AI Bills April 2026 — SB 1521 (chatbot safety) has both chambers' approval, awaits reconciliation. HB 3244 (AI as identity theft aggravating factor) sent to governor April 30.

Other States

Pennsylvania
- May 5, 2026 — Pennsylvania Sues Character.AI Over Chatbot Posing as Doctor — Governor Shapiro announces enforcement action under Medical Practice Act

May 2026 — Maryland Surveillance Pricing Ban — Maryland legislation targeting algorithmic surveillance pricing.

May 1, 2026 — Maryland Bans AI Surveillance Pricing in Grocery Stores (Signed) — First US state to prohibit rapid price changes based on consumer data. Other states (CO, CA, MA, IL, NJ) considering similar bills.
Maryland AI Bills Signed April 2026 — Gov. Moore signed HB 895 (AI Dynamic Pricing Act) April 28; three additional AI bills approved (SB 8 deepfakes, SB 720 AI education, SB 141 deepfake campaigns).
Tennessee AI Bills Signed April 2026 — Gov. Lee signed six measures: SB 1580 (AI therapy chatbot prohibition), SB 837 (AI personhood exclusion), SB 2310 (bell-to-bell phone limits), SB 2041 (deepfake civil action), SB 1469 (minor video monetization); SB 1700 CHAT Act killed by amendment.
April 10, 2026 — Daily digest: California SB 1015 deepfake extortion, Maine AI mental health services ban, New Hampshire data protection bill
April 14, 2026 — Daily digest: Hawaii advances three AI bills, Nebraska governor signs Conversational AI Safety Act
April 20, 2026 — Daily digest: Alabama SB 63 signed (AI in health insurance), Florida special session on AI Bill of Rights, Maryland four AI bills to governor
April 25, 2026 — Daily digest: Musk drops fraud claims, California child safety chatbot bills SB 1119/AB 2023
April 27, 2026 — China blocks Meta-Manus deal, OpenAI restructures Microsoft partnership, Musk v Altman jury seated, Supreme Court geofence arguments
Kansas AI Laws — Three AI-related laws on child exploitation and deepfakes signed by governor (April 2026)
Georgia AI Bills — Chatbot safety and healthcare bills sent to governor (April 2026)
Maine LD 2082 — Banning AI from clinical mental health decisions (signed April 2026)
Maryland AI Bills — Deepfakes, education, dynamic pricing, elections bills sent to governor (April 2026)
New Hampshire SB 564 — Data Protection Division in AG Office (passed Senate April 2026)
New York RAISE Act — Frontier AI transparency law amended (S 8828 signed March 2026)
Florida AI Bill of Rights (SB 482) — Parental consent, data sale restrictions; passed Senate 35-2, died in House; special session called April 28–May 1
Florida AG Criminal Probe — First criminal investigation of AI company; AG Uthmeier subpoenas OpenAI over FSU shooting (April 2026)
Washington AI Bills — Disclosure, child safety, health insurance
Hawaii AI Bills — Companion safety, AI disclosure, deepfake protections (April 2026)
Nineteen States Pass AI Laws — Overview of 2026 state activity
Nevada SB 5 — AI Policy Office (passed Senate April 2026)
Tennessee SB 1700 CHAT Act — Chatbot safety regulation (passed both chambers, sent to governor April 2026)
Tennessee SB 837 — AI personhood exclusion (sent to governor April 2026)
Tennessee SB 1580 — Healthcare AI regulation (sent to governor April 2026)
Idaho S 1297 — Conversational AI Safety Act protecting minors (April 2026)
Oregon SB 1546 — AI companion and chatbot regulation (April 2026)
Nebraska LB 1185 — Conversational AI Safety Act (signed into law April 2026)
New Mexico SB 5 — AI Policy Office (passed Senate April 2026)
Connecticut SB 5 — Comprehensive AI regulation (passed Senate April 2026; House vote pending before May 6)
Minnesota HF 1606 — AI nudification technology ban (passed House 132-1 April 2026)
Missouri HB 1887 — Taylor Swift Act targeting deepfakes and AI-generated nonconsensual imagery (passed House, headed to Senate April 2026)
Iowa SF 2417 — Conversational AI Safety Act protecting minors (passed both chambers April 2026, awaits governor)
Utah — Nine AI bills signed into law (April 2026)
Alabama SB 63 — AI in health insurance (signed into law April 2026)
Arizona SB 1786 — AI content provenance (died in reconciliation, April 2026)