AI regulation news for Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2025
In the week of Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2025, 6 AI laws were enacted (Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ohio) and 18 laws took effect. 106 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB7287
Section 261 of Connecticut's 2025 budget act (Public Act 25-168) creates the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image.
Enacted June 30, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB96
Ohio's FY 2026-27 operating budget (HB 96) enacted R.C. 3301.24, an artificial intelligence policy requirement for K-12 schools.
Enacted June 30, 2025 Effective September 30, 2025 AI in Education Official record
H5046
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
H5872
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
S136
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
S816
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
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
HB504
Maryland HB 504 (2025), the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, is a broad education bill with one AI provision.
Enacted May 6, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Education 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
SF4097
Minnesota's Prohibiting Social Media Manipulation Act, enacted in the 2024 commerce omnibus (Laws 2024, chapter 114, article 3, sections 63 to 67, now Minn.
Enacted May 21, 2024 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Social Media & Online Platforms, AI Transparency 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
AB406
Nevada's AB 406 bars public schools from using AI to perform school counselors', psychologists' and social workers' functions relating to pupils' mental health, and has the Department of Education develop a policy for AI use by staff providing those services.
Enacted June 5, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
S00822
New York's S 822 (Chapter 96 of 2025) is the chapter amendment to the LOADinG Act (Chapter 674 of 2024). It dropped that act's human-review and impact-assessment rules for state agency automated decision-making.
Enacted February 14, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Government, AI in Employment Official record
S07543
New York's S 7543-B, the LOADinG Act (Chapter 674 of 2024), as signed would have barred state agencies from using automated decision-making systems for public benefits or decisions affecting rights or safety without meaningful human review, and required…
Enacted December 21, 2024 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making Official record
H5046
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
H5872
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
S136
Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
S816
Rhode Island's 2025 election deepfake law (R.I. Gen.
Enacted July 2, 2025 Effective July 2, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB1346
Tennessee's SB 1346, the Preventing Deepfake Images Act (Tenn.
Enacted May 15, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, 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
HB1642
Virginia's HB 1642 (Code § 19.2-11.14) requires that decisions on pretrial detention or release, prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, probation, parole, correctional supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders be made by the judicial officer or…
Enacted April 2, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Law Enforcement, Automated Decision-Making Official record
HB2627
Virginia HB 2627 (2025) directs the Secretary of Transportation, with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, to convene a work group of VDOT, State Police, DMV, legislators and stakeholders on the operational, technical and legal issues raised…
Enacted March 24, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 Autonomous Vehicles, AI in Government Official record
HB2692
Virginia's HB 2692 amends Code § 16.1-247.1 to bar law-enforcement officers from knowingly and intentionally making false statements about known material facts, including by using inauthentic replica documents, before or during a custodial interrogation of a…
Enacted April 2, 2025 Effective July 1, 2025 AI in Law Enforcement Official record
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through August 3, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
HJR7
Delaware's House Joint Resolution 7, approved by the Governor, directs the Artificial Intelligence Commission to work with the Secretary of State to create a regulatory sandbox framework for testing innovative and novel technologies that use agentic AI…
Enacted July 23, 2025 Effective July 23, 2025 AI in Government, Comprehensive AI Official record
HB1806
Illinois' Public Act 104-0054 (HB 1806) creates the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act.
Enacted August 1, 2025 Effective August 1, 2025 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
HB178
Louisiana's HB 178 (Act 250 of 2025) revises the Code of Civil Procedure. Article 371 now requires attorneys to exercise reasonable diligence in authenticating evidence that may be false or artificially manipulated.
Enacted June 11, 2025 Effective August 1, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Liability 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
HB1205
Washington's Chapter 51, Laws of 2025 (SHB 1205) adds deepfakes to criminal impersonation.
Enacted April 16, 2025 Effective July 27, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness 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
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
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.