AI regulation news for Sep 16–22, 2024
In the week of Sep 16–22, 2024, 10 AI laws were enacted (California), 1 law took effect and 1 AI bill was vetoed. 93 AI laws have been enacted in 2024 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
AB 2839
California's AB 2839 (Elections Code 20012) bars knowingly distributing, with malice, an ad or election communication with materially deceptive content about candidates, elected or elections officials, or election equipment, from 120 days before an election…
Enacted September 17, 2024 Effective September 17, 2024 AI Deepfakes, AI in Political Advertising Official record
AB1836
California's AB 1836 amends Civil Code § 3344.1 (post-mortem publicity rights).
Enacted September 17, 2024 Effective January 1, 2025 AI Likeness, AI Deepfakes Official record
AB2355
California's AB 2355 adds Government Code § 84514 to the Political Reform Act.
Enacted September 17, 2024 Effective January 1, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Transparency Official record
AB2602
AB 2602 added Labor Code Section 927.
Enacted September 17, 2024 AI Likeness Official record
AB2655
California's AB 2655, the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, requires large online platforms (1M+ California users) to remove reported deepfakes of candidates, elections officials and elected officials within 72 hours during set periods…
Enacted September 17, 2024 Effective January 1, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI in Political Advertising Official record
SB926
SB 926 amended Penal Code Section 647 (disorderly conduct).
Enacted September 19, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB942
California's SB 942, the California AI Transparency Act, as amended, requires anyone who produces a generative AI system publicly accessible in California to offer a free, public disclosure verification tool and, where technically feasible, embed…
Enacted September 19, 2024 Effective August 2, 2026 AI Transparency, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB981
SB 981 added Business and Professions Code Section 22670 and following.
Enacted September 19, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI in Social Media & Online Platforms Official record
AB2905
AB 2905 amended Public Utilities Code Section 2874, which governs automatic dialing-announcing devices.
Enacted September 20, 2024 AI Calling, AI Transparency Official record
SB976
California's SB 976 (Chapter 321 of 2024), the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, adds Health and Safety Code section 27000 and following.
Enacted September 20, 2024 AI in Social Media & Online Platforms, Automated Decision-Making Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
AB 2839
California's AB 2839 (Elections Code 20012) bars knowingly distributing, with malice, an ad or election communication with materially deceptive content about candidates, elected or elections officials, or election equipment, from 120 days before an election…
Enacted September 17, 2024 Effective September 17, 2024 AI Deepfakes, AI in Political Advertising Official record
SB892
CaliforniaVetoed September 20, 2024
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through October 20, 2024. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB161
Alabama's HB 161 (Act 2024-96) amends Section 13A-6-240 to create the crime of knowingly creating, recording or altering an intimate image of an individual without consent where the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Enacted April 18, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB168
Alabama's HB 168 (Act 2024-98), the Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024, extends the state's child sexual abuse material crimes to AI-generated content.
Enacted April 18, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI CSAM Official record
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
HB316
Delaware's HB 316 (enacted as House Substitute 1, 84 Del.
Enacted October 9, 2024 Effective October 9, 2024 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB353
Delaware's HB 353 (84 Del. Laws c. 479), the Amelia Kramer Act, extends Delaware's intimate-image laws to deep fakes, meaning realistic but false sexual images made with generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology.
Enacted October 9, 2024 Effective October 9, 2024 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes 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
HB603
Maryland's HB 603 (Kids Code) covers for-profit firms doing business in Maryland that have over $25M revenue, buy, receive, sell or share data of 50,000+ consumers, households or devices yearly, or get at least half their revenue from data sales.
Enacted May 9, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI Privacy, AI in Social Media & Online Platforms 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
SB571
Maryland's SB 571 (Kids Code) covers for-profit firms doing business in Maryland that have over $25M revenue, buy, receive, sell or share data of 50,000+ consumers, households or devices yearly, or get at least half their revenue from data sales.
Enacted May 9, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI Privacy, AI in Social Media & Online Platforms Official record
HB464
Utah's HB 464 (Laws of Utah 2024, chapter 224) adds Utah Code 78B-3-1101 to -1103 on harm to minors from an "algorithmically curated social media service," one that drives engagement mainly through a curation algorithm (a process that personalizes which…
Enacted March 13, 2024 Effective October 1, 2024 AI in Social Media & Online Platforms, AI Liability 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.