AI regulation news for Jul 14–20, 2025
In the week of Jul 14–20, 2025, 1 AI law was enacted (New Hampshire). 108 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SB300
New Hampshire's SB 300 (Chapter 259 of 2025) creates RSA 649-A:3-c, which makes it a class B felony to knowingly create, produce, manufacture or direct an intimate visual representation of a child for prurient purposes when the child can be identified from it…
Enacted July 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI CSAM, 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 August 17, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB 1529
Arkansas Act 827 of 2025 makes it a crime to knowingly create or distribute, without consent, realistic deepfake images or video showing an identifiable person nude or engaged in sexual conduct: a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class D felony…
Enacted April 17, 2025 Effective August 5, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
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
HB1958
Act 848 requires every Arkansas public entity, from state departments to cities, counties, school districts and colleges, to adopt an artificial intelligence and automated decision tool policy.
Enacted April 17, 2025 Effective August 5, 2025 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making Official record
SB25-288
Colorado SB 25-288 enacts the Preventing Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Digital Depictions Act.
Enacted June 2, 2025 Effective August 6, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI CSAM Official record
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
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.