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AI legislation trackers, compared

No single tracker does everything. NCSL’s free database lists introduced and enacted AI bills in every state; Orrick and Epstein Becker Green summarize laws already in force; the Brennan Center covers Congress. AI Laws by State, which publishes this page, covers bills and enacted laws in all 50 states, D.C. and Congress, with the effective date and official sources for each law, and offers its enacted-law data as free downloads.

11 trackersDescribed from each tracker’s own pageNot ranked

A note on who wrote this. We publish AI Laws by State, one of the trackers below, so read this comparison with that in mind. Each description comes from the tracker’s own page as it read on November 7, 2026: coverage, update schedule and access are described the way each publisher states them. If you maintain one of these trackers and something has changed, email read@ailawsbystate.com and we will update this page.

Side by side

U.S. AI legislation trackers compared by coverage, records, update schedule and access
Tracker Covers Bills or laws Updates Access
Artificial Intelligence Legislation Database National Conference of State Legislatures All 50 states, D.C. and the U.S. territories, by topic (from deepfakes and elections to health care and government use) Introduced, pending and enacted bills, 2025 onward Monthly Free public database
AI Legislation Tracker MultiState All 50 states, with a broad definition of AI-related bills that includes task forces, budget items and autonomous vehicles Introduced bills, on an interactive map Ongoing (no schedule stated) Free public map; MultiState also does custom tracking for clients
AI Legislation Tracker StateScape Federal and state AI bills Bills, with short summaries Daily Free tracker; StateScape's full platform is available on request
US State AI Governance Legislation Tracker International Association of Privacy Professionals Cross-sector AI governance laws and bills that apply to private companies; government-only and single-sector bills are left out Enacted laws and bills in the legislative process Page last updated April 28, 2026 Marked as IAPP member content
U.S. AI Law Tracker Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe All 50 states and D.C.: key AI laws that may affect businesses Laws in effect Monthly Free public web page
State AI Law Tracker Epstein Becker Green Enacted state AI laws in three areas: consumer protection and transparency, health care and life sciences, and employment Enacted laws As new laws are signed Free interactive map
AI Legislative Tracker Steptoe LLP State and federal AI bills Proposed and enacted legislation, with summaries, sponsors and status As bills move; dated PDF editions (latest November 2026) Free web tracker and PDFs
AI State Laws Tracker Clifford Chance State AI laws and bills; general privacy laws, single-sector rules, task forces and government-only rules are left out Laws and bills Page shows a last update of October 2, 2025 Free interactive tracker
Artificial Intelligence Legislation Tracker Brennan Center for Justice Federal only: AI bills introduced in the 118th and 119th Congresses Bills Page last updated September 26, 2025 Free public page
Chatbot Legislation Tracker Future of Privacy Forum 2026 chatbot bills in the states and Congress that have passed at least one chamber Bills Weekly (last updated October 14, 2026) Free public tracker; fuller tracking for FPF members
AI Laws by State AI Laws by State (publisher of this page) Publisher of this page All 50 states, D.C. and Congress, every AI topic, with a page for each bill and law Bills and enacted laws; enacted AI laws since 2019 are checked state by state New bills checked daily except Sunday; pending statuses refreshed from Open States and Congress.gov Free directory, state alerts and CC BY 4.0 data files; Pro from $39/month

Which tracker for which job

Every introduced state AI bill

  • NCSL: free, updated monthly, filter by topic and status
  • MultiState: free map with bill counts
  • StateScape: free, updated daily

Laws already in force

Broad AI governance laws

  • IAPP: cross-sector laws compared obligation by obligation

Federal bills

Chatbot bills

Data you can download

What each one is best for

NCSL Artificial Intelligence Legislation Database

National Conference of State Legislatures

Best for: Finding every introduced state AI bill, filtered by topic, state and status.

Visit the NCSL tracker →

IAPP US State AI Governance Legislation Tracker

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Best for: Comparing broad AI governance laws, such as Colorado's, obligation by obligation.

Visit the IAPP tracker →

Orrick U.S. AI Law Tracker

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Best for: A state-by-state summary of AI laws already in effect.

Visit the Orrick tracker →

AI Laws by State

AI Laws by State (publisher of this page)

Best for: Effective dates and official sources for each enacted law, plus downloadable data.

Browse AI laws by state →

Common questions

What is the best AI legislation tracker?

It depends on the job. For every introduced state bill, NCSL's database is free and updated monthly. For laws already in force, Orrick summarizes them state by state and Epstein Becker Green covers health care and employment laws. For Congress, the Brennan Center tracks federal AI bills. AI Laws by State covers bills and enacted laws in all 50 states, D.C. and Congress, with the effective date and official sources for each law.

Which AI legislation trackers are free?

As of November 7, 2026, these were free to view: NCSL, MultiState's map, StateScape, Orrick, Epstein Becker Green, Steptoe, Clifford Chance, the Brennan Center, the Future of Privacy Forum's chatbot tracker and AI Laws by State's free plan. IAPP's tracker is marked as member content.

Which trackers cover only enacted laws?

Orrick covers laws in effect and Epstein Becker Green covers enacted laws. NCSL, MultiState, StateScape, Steptoe, Clifford Chance, IAPP and AI Laws by State include bills as well.

Can I download AI legislation data?

AI Laws by State publishes free CSV and JSON files of every enacted U.S. AI law, licensed CC BY 4.0, with weekly dated copies on GitHub. Steptoe publishes its tracker as PDF editions.

How often are these trackers updated?

As each publisher states it: StateScape daily, the Future of Privacy Forum weekly, NCSL and Orrick monthly, Epstein Becker Green as laws are signed and Steptoe as bills move. IAPP's page was last updated April 28, 2026, Clifford Chance's shows October 2, 2025 and the Brennan Center's September 26, 2025.

How we compared

We read each tracker’s own page on November 7, 2026 and recorded what it says about its coverage, whether it lists bills or enacted laws, how often it is updated and whether it is free to view. Where a publisher gives no update schedule, we show the last-updated date printed on its page. We did not test the trackers against each other or rank them, and inclusion here is not an endorsement.

For how AI Laws by State finds bills and decides what counts as an AI law, see our methodology. Our enacted-law data is free to download from embeds and data, and our plans are on the pricing page.