AI regulation news for May 13–19, 2024
In the week of May 13–19, 2024, 6 AI laws were enacted (Alabama, Maryland, Colorado and Minnesota). 56 AI laws have been enacted in 2024 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB172
Alabama's HB 172 (Act 2024-349) makes it a crime to distribute materially deceptive media (AI-produced image, audio or video falsely depicting a person's speech or conduct) within 90 days before an election when the distributor knows it is false and intends…
Enacted May 15, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB226
Alabama's SB 226 (Act 2024-453) allows vehicles equipped with an automated driving system (ADS) to run on public roads without a conventional human driver on board if the vehicle can reach a minimal risk condition.
Enacted May 17, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 Autonomous Vehicles Official record
SB24-205
Colorado's SB 24-205 (the Colorado AI Act) covers high-risk AI that makes, or is a substantial factor in making, consequential decisions such as hiring, lending, housing, insurance and health care.
Enacted May 17, 2024 Effective June 30, 2026 Comprehensive AI, Automated Decision-Making Official record
HB338
Maryland's HB 338 limits police use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations to listed serious crimes (crimes of violence, human trafficking, child abuse, hate crimes, weapon crimes, stalking and others), bans live or real-time…
Enacted May 16, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 Facial Recognition, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB182
Maryland's SB 182 limits police use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations to listed serious crimes (crimes of violence, human trafficking, child abuse, hate crimes, weapon crimes, stalking and others), bans live or real-time…
Enacted May 16, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 Facial Recognition, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
HF4772
Minnesota's 2024 elections omnibus (Laws 2024, chapter 112) rewrites parts of the 2023 election deep fake crime, Minn. Stat. 609.771.
Enacted May 17, 2024 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes 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 16, 2024. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB2394
Arizona's HB 2394 (Laws 2024, Ch. 193) adds A.R.S. 16-1023.
Enacted May 21, 2024 Effective June 4, 2024 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record
HB1468
Colorado's HB 24-1468 repealed and reenacted the facial recognition task force created by SB 22-113 as the Artificial Intelligence Impact Task Force.
Enacted June 6, 2024 Effective June 6, 2024 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making Official record
HB2325
Tennessee HB 2325 (Public Chapter 988) creates the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, a 24-member body chaired jointly by the state's chief information officer and the commissioner of finance and administration, with agency heads, the attorney general…
Enacted May 21, 2024 Effective May 21, 2024 AI in Government Official record
H0878
Vermont's H.878 (Act 161 of 2024) is a judiciary omnibus. Its Sec. 45 amends 13 V.S.A. 2606, the crime of disclosing sexually explicit images without consent, so that a visual image includes a digital reproduction created or altered by digitization.
Enacted June 6, 2024 Effective June 6, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB1999
Washington's Chapter 88, Laws of 2024 (SHB 1999) covers digitally fabricated sexual images, including those made with artificial intelligence.
Enacted March 14, 2024 Effective June 6, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI CSAM Official record
HB5690
West Virginia's HB 5690 (2024) adds Code §5A-6-9, creating the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the Office of the Governor, with state officials, non-voting legislators and Governor-appointed industry members.
Enacted March 27, 2024 Effective June 2, 2024 AI in Government, AI in Education 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.