AI regulation news for Apr 8–14, 2024
In the week of Apr 8–14, 2024, 4 AI laws were enacted (Virginia, Iowa and Kentucky). 34 AI laws have been enacted in 2024 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SF2243
Iowa's 2024 Acts chapter 1015 (SF 2243) brings fabricated child sexual images into the sexual exploitation of a minor offense.
Enacted April 10, 2024 Effective July 1, 2024 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB7
Kentucky's HB 7 (2024 Ky. Acts Ch. 176), enacted over the Governor's veto, sets rules for fully autonomous vehicles in KRS Chapter 186.
Enacted April 12, 2024 Autonomous Vehicles Official record
HB1496
Virginia HB 1496 (2024) creates an annual inventory of police surveillance technology.
Enacted April 8, 2024 Effective July 1, 2024 Facial Recognition, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB487
Virginia SB 487 (2024) directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, with stakeholders, to analyze the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies and whether to create a Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
Enacted April 8, 2024 Effective July 1, 2024 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making 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 May 12, 2024. See every new AI law for 2027.
A8808
Chapter 58 of 2024 (FY2025 budget).
Enacted April 20, 2024 Effective April 20, 2024 AI Deepfakes, AI in Political Advertising Official record
HB148
Utah HB 148 (2024) extends the state's sexual exploitation offenses to computer-generated video.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI CSAM, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB238
Utah HB 238 (2024) expands the definition of child sexual abuse material to include a depiction that is artificially generated and depicts an individual with substantial characteristics of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI CSAM Official record
HB249
Utah HB 249 (2024) enacts Utah Code 63G-31-101 and -102, which provide that a governmental entity may not grant or recognize legal personhood in artificial intelligence or in other listed nonhumans such as inanimate objects, bodies of water, land, plants and…
Enacted March 20, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI Liability, AI in Government Official record
HB366
Utah HB 366 (2024) is a criminal justice bill whose AI-relevant provisions limit algorithmic decision-making. Courts may not rely solely on an algorithm or a risk assessment tool score when deciding on diversion or determining a sentence (Utah Code 77-18-103).
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 Automated Decision-Making, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB 131
Utah's SB 131 requires paid election communications that contain AI-generated synthetic media to carry set disclosures.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB149
Utah's SB 149 created the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act: an Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy in the Department of Commerce and an AI Learning Laboratory in which the office may grant temporary regulatory mitigation agreements.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 Comprehensive AI, AI Transparency Official record
SB231
Utah SB 231 (2024) defines biometric surveillance information as analysis of surveillance information using biometric software to identify a person or their location from physical attributes, and bars a government entity from obtaining it without a warrant…
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 Facial Recognition, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB66
Utah SB 66 (2024) amends the counterfeit intimate image offense in Utah Code 76-5b-205 so a counterfeit intimate image includes a depiction 'edited, manipulated, generated, or altered' to show the likeness of an identifiable person nude or in sexual conduct.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB84
Utah SB 84 (2024) is a Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity bill containing an AI program.
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective May 1, 2024 AI in Education, AI in Government Official record
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.