AI regulation news for Apr 21–27, 2025
In the week of Apr 21–27, 2025, 11 AI laws were enacted (Arkansas, Maryland, North Dakota and West Virginia and 2 more) and 1 law took effect. 43 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB1876
Arkansas Act 927 of 2025 sets who owns what a generative AI tool produces.
Enacted April 21, 2025 Effective August 5, 2025 Frontier or General-Purpose AI, AI in Employment Official record
SB612
Arkansas's SB 612 (Act 901 of 2025) adds Arkansas Code 4-88-1501 and following.
Enacted April 21, 2025 AI in Social Media & Online Platforms, AI Liability Official record
HB1877
Arkansas Act 977 of 2025 brings AI-generated child sexual abuse material under the state's child exploitation laws. "Computer generated" means produced, adapted or modified in whole or part using artificial intelligence; "indistinguishable" means an ordinary…
Enacted April 22, 2025 AI CSAM Official record
SB186
Kansas SB 186 (L. 2025, ch. 120) brings AI-made sexual images into the Kansas criminal code. Possessing an obscene "artificially generated visual depiction" of a child is now sexual exploitation of a child.
Enacted April 24, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB956
Maryland's HB 956 creates the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation: legislators, the Attorney General, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation CEO and appointed industry, academic, labor, civil rights, privacy, consumer and…
Enacted April 22, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Government, Comprehensive AI Official record
SB360
Maryland SB 360 (2025) redefines visual representation in the revenge porn statute, Criminal Law 3-809, to include an image created with or without other existing depictions of a person that is indistinguishable from the person to an ordinary observer…
Enacted April 22, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB1351
North Dakota HB 1351 (2025) updates the law on sexually expressive images so it covers deepfakes.
Enacted April 21, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB1386
North Dakota HB 1386 (2025) covers AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted April 21, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB741
Tennessee SB 741 (Public Chapter 257) targets generators of child sexual abuse material.
Enacted April 24, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI CSAM Official record
SB198
West Virginia's SB 198 (2025) makes disclosing or threatening to disclose a "fabricated intimate image" of an identifiable person, made with AI or similar technology, with intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, humiliate, embarrass or coerce a misdemeanor (a…
Enacted April 24, 2025 Effective July 9, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB3187
West Virginia's HB 3187 (2025) amends Code §5A-6-9, the 2024 law (HB 5690) that created the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.
Enacted April 25, 2025 Effective July 9, 2025 AI in Government Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
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
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through May 25, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB16
Delaware's HB 16 (85 Del. Laws c. 17) amends the law that created the Delaware Artificial Intelligence Commission (HB 333 of 2024).
Enacted May 13, 2025 Effective May 13, 2025 AI in Government Official record
SB413
Montana's SB 413 (Chapter 606, 2025) creates the crime of disclosing explicit synthetic media (sexual deepfakes): knowingly or purposely disclosing it when the person knows or should know the identifiable person shown did not consent and would suffer…
Enacted May 13, 2025 Effective May 13, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
H3058
South Carolina's H. 3058 (Act No. 37 of 2025) creates the crime of unauthorized disclosure of intimate images (S.C.
Enacted May 12, 2025 Effective May 12, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
S0028
South Carolina's Act 57 of 2025 (S. 28, titled "AI Child Abuse" on the legislature's site) adds S.C. Code 16-15-390, obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse.
Enacted May 22, 2025 Effective May 22, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
S29
South Carolina's Act 58 of 2025 (S. 29) targets digitally manipulated sexual images of real children. It defines "identifiable minor" and "morphed image" in S.C.
Enacted May 22, 2025 Effective May 22, 2025 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes 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.