AI regulation news for Apr 7–13, 2025
In the week of Apr 7–13, 2025, 4 AI laws were enacted (Kansas, Montana, North Dakota and Tennessee) and 1 law took effect. 27 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB2313
Kansas's Senate Substitute for HB 2313 (2025) bars using state-owned or state-issued devices to access DeepSeek or any AI model controlled, directly or indirectly, by a country of concern (China including Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Venezuela…
Enacted April 8, 2025 AI in Government Official record
HB82
Montana's HB 82 (Chapter 102 of 2025) brings AI-made child sexual abuse images into the offense of sexual abuse of children. Knowingly possessing computer-generated child pornography is now covered.
Enacted April 7, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB1167
North Dakota requires a disclaimer on political content made with AI to impersonate a person.
Enacted April 10, 2025 Effective August 1, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB825
Tennessee HB 825 (Public Chapter 195) requires the department of education to develop social media and internet safety guidance for grades 6-12 by January 1, 2026, updated for emerging technologies, for use by school districts and charter schools from the…
Enacted April 11, 2025 Effective April 11, 2025 AI in Education Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
HB825
Tennessee HB 825 (Public Chapter 195) requires the department of education to develop social media and internet safety guidance for grades 6-12 by January 1, 2026, updated for emerging technologies, for use by school districts and charter schools from the…
Enacted April 11, 2025 Effective April 11, 2025 AI in Education Official record
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through May 11, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
SB143
Colorado's SB 25-143 keeps the SB 22-113 ban on schools signing facial recognition contracts by deleting its July 1, 2025 repeal date. Contracts in effect April 18, 2025 stay allowed.
Enacted April 18, 2025 Effective April 18, 2025 Facial Recognition, AI in Education Official record
SB212
Montana's SB 212 (Chapter 150, 2025), the Right to Compute Act, requires government actions that restrict the private ownership or use of computational resources for lawful purposes to be limited to those demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored to…
Enacted April 16, 2025 Effective April 16, 2025 Comprehensive AI, Automated Decision-Making Official record
HB1316
Tennessee's HB 1316 (Public Chapter 297) renames the electronic driver license system the digital driver license system and limits its data use.
Enacted April 28, 2025 Effective April 24, 2025 Facial Recognition, AI Privacy Official record
HB452
Utah's HB 452 regulates mental health chatbots: generative AI that holds therapy-like conversations and that the supplier represents, or a reasonable person would believe, can provide mental health therapy or help manage mental health conditions.
Enacted March 25, 2025 Effective May 7, 2025 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
SB180
Utah SB 180 (2025) requires each law enforcement agency to have a policy on employees' use of generative AI, covering approved tools, permitted tasks, review of AI output and discipline for violations.
Enacted March 25, 2025 Effective May 7, 2025 AI in Law Enforcement, AI Transparency Official record
SB226
Utah's SB 226 replaces the 2024 generative AI disclosure rules with Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 75. A supplier using generative AI with an individual in a consumer transaction must disclose it is AI, not a human, if the individual clearly asks.
Enacted March 27, 2025 Effective May 7, 2025 AI Transparency, User-Facing AI Official record
SB271
Utah's SB 271 extends the state's abuse-of-personal-identity law (Utah Code Title 45, Chapter 3) to AI.
Enacted March 27, 2025 Effective May 7, 2025 AI Likeness, AI Deepfakes 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.