AI regulation news for May 4–10, 2020
In the week of May 4–10, 2020, 1 AI law was enacted (Maryland). 4 AI laws have been enacted in 2020 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB1202
Maryland's HB 1202 bars employers from using a facial recognition service to create a facial template (the machine-interpretable pattern of facial features extracted from images) during a job applicant's interview unless the applicant consents by signing a…
Enacted May 8, 2020 Effective October 1, 2020 AI in Employment, Facial Recognition Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
No AI law took effect this week.
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through June 7, 2020. See every new AI law for 2027.
No AI law is set to take effect in those four weeks.
Weeks run Monday through Sunday, U.S. Eastern time. Enactment dates come from each law's official record; for a few laws not yet reviewed, the date is the last recorded action. Veto dates are the recorded action date. This page is rebuilt from our records, so a correction to any law shows up here too. Counts follow our methodology: published, AI-relevant bills, one per bill number, enacted when signed or otherwise made law. Data as of October 16, 2026. Free to cite and reuse with credit to AI Laws by State (CC BY 4.0 data). Spot an error? Tell us.