AI regulation news for Sep 29 – Oct 5, 2025
In the week of Sep 29 – Oct 5, 2025, 5 AI laws were enacted (California and Wisconsin) and 11 laws took effect. 124 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SB53
California's SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, covers developers of frontier models (foundation models trained with more than 10^26 operations).
Enacted September 29, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 Frontier or General-Purpose AI, AI Transparency Official record
SB241
SB 241 amended Education Code Section 87359.2.
Enacted October 1, 2025 AI in Education Official record
SB47
SB 47 amended Business and Professions Code Section 6145 to require the California State Auditor to audit the February 2025 bar exam and report to the State Bar board of trustees, the Chief Justice, and the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, with the…
Enacted October 1, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Government Official record
AB979
California's AB 979 amends Government Code § 8586.5 so the California Cybersecurity Integration Center, led by the Office of Emergency Services, must develop a California AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook by January 1, 2027, informed by federal…
Enacted October 3, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Government Official record
SB33
2025 Wisconsin Act 34 adds deepfake intimate images to the state's representations-depicting-nudity law (s. 942.09).
Enacted October 2, 2025 Effective October 4, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
SB47
SB 47 amended Business and Professions Code Section 6145 to require the California State Auditor to audit the February 2025 bar exam and report to the State Bar board of trustees, the Chief Justice, and the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, with the…
Enacted October 1, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Government Official record
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
H0757
Florida's CS/CS/HB 757 (Chapter 2025-99) extends s. 836.13, F.S., on altered sexual depictions (sexual deepfakes) to their creation. 'Generate' means creating or altering an image by computer or other means to portray an identifiable person, or offering or…
Enacted May 27, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB376
Maryland's HB 376 restructures the Maryland Cybersecurity Council and adds AI duties.
Enacted May 20, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Government Official record
HB820
Maryland HB 820 (2025) governs health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and private review agents that use AI, algorithms or other software tools in utilization review.
Enacted May 20, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Insurance, AI Healthcare Official record
HB178
HB 178 (Chapter 427 of 2025) limits government AI use.
Enacted May 5, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Government, AI Transparency Official record
HB514
Montana's HB 514 (Chapter 686 of 2025) extends the offense of violating privacy in communications to digitally fabricated intimate images.
Enacted May 13, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB25
Montana bars people and groups working in an official election capacity from paying for or sponsoring an election or electioneering communication they know, or should know, is a deepfake of a candidate or party on the ballot, within 60 days before voting…
Enacted May 8, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
AB325
Nevada's AB 325 requires the state emergency management plan and each emergency operations plan adopted by a state or local governmental agency to include provisions ensuring that final decisions on emergency response planning and on allocating resources in…
Enacted May 30, 2025 Effective October 1, 2025 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making 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
SB33
2025 Wisconsin Act 34 adds deepfake intimate images to the state's representations-depicting-nudity law (s. 942.09).
Enacted October 2, 2025 Effective October 4, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through November 2, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB1364
Oklahoma's HB 1364 (2025) adds AI-made sexual images to the crime of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images.
Enacted May 5, 2025 Effective November 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, 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.