AI regulation news for Apr 27 – May 3, 2026
In the week of Apr 27 – May 3, 2026, 2 AI laws were enacted (Iowa and Tennessee). 58 AI laws have been enacted in 2026 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SF2417
Iowa's SF 2417 (Iowa Code ch. 554J) covers public conversational AI services built mainly to simulate human conversation.
Enacted May 2, 2026 Effective July 1, 2027 User-Facing AI, AI Transparency Official record
SB837
Tennessee's SB 837 (Public Chapter 781) rewrites the general definition of "person" in the Tennessee Code (§ 1-3-105(a)(20)): a person includes a corporation, firm, company or association, and does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a…
Enacted April 28, 2026 Effective April 23, 2026 AI Liability 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 May 31, 2026. See every new AI law for 2027.
SB 347
Louisiana's Act 497 widens the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act to conduct meant to control, coerce, harm, exploit or intimidate someone on the basis of sex, including conduct banned by the state's laws on…
Enacted May 29, 2026 Effective May 29, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB 1455
HB 1455 is the House companion of SB 1493, which became Tennessee Public Chapter 1066 after the House passed the Senate bill in its place on April 23, 2026.
Enacted May 27, 2026 Effective May 22, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI in Government Official record
HB1946
HB 1946 is the House companion of SB 1700, which became Tennessee Public Chapter 1082 after the House passed the Senate bill in its place on April 21, 2026.
Enacted May 27, 2026 Effective May 22, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI in Government Official record
SB1493
Tennessee Public Chapter 1066 directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study artificial intelligence and report to the governor and both speakers by January 31, 2027.
Enacted May 27, 2026 Effective May 22, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI in Government Official record
SB1700
Tennessee Public Chapter 1082 directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study how the state might regulate AI systems and generative AI chatbots.
Enacted May 27, 2026 Effective May 22, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI in Government Official record
SB677
Tennessee's SB 677 (Public Chapter 1056) requires the Department of Education to provide at least one professional development course with asynchronous instruction on using artificial intelligence in the classroom, free to teachers in grades 6-12 and usable…
Enacted May 27, 2026 Effective May 22, 2026 AI in Education Official record
HB0218
Utah HB 218 (2026) requires the state's grade 7-8 digital skills course to include artificial intelligence literacy, covering AI capabilities, limitations, ethical considerations and societal implications, and understanding algorithms and their influence on…
Enacted March 18, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 AI in Education Official record
HB0320
Utah's HB 320 revises the existing Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and its AI Learning Laboratory (Title 13, Chapter 72).
Enacted March 18, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 AI in Government, Comprehensive AI Official record
HB0450
Utah's HB 450 reorganizes oversight of how state and local government entities handle personal data under the Government Data Privacy Act.
Enacted March 19, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 AI in Government, AI Privacy Official record
HB289
Utah HB 289 (2026) restructures how the state treats AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted March 24, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 AI CSAM Official record
SB0256
Utah SB 256 (2026) applies defamation law to deepfakes and strengthens likeness rights. It is not a defense to libel or slander that content was created with generative AI, computer animation or digital manipulation.
Enacted March 26, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 AI Likeness, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB0292
Utah's SB 292 limits civil liability for automated driving systems (ADS). Noneconomic damages in actions over ADS-equipped vehicles are capped at $1,000,000 (not for wrongful death), with no punitive damages for level four or five ADS.
Enacted March 23, 2026 Effective May 6, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles, AI Liability Official record
H0814
Act 101 states Vermont's intent for the ethical and responsible use of AI in health care and human services and recognizes individual neurological rights, including mental and neural data privacy, freedom of thought, and protection from unauthorized access to…
Enacted May 18, 2026 Effective May 18, 2026 AI Healthcare, AI in Government Official record
SB146
The federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) makes it a crime to knowingly publish online, in specified circumstances, nonconsensual intimate images of an identifiable person, including 'digital forgeries' made with software, machine learning or AI that look…
Enacted May 19, 2025 Effective May 19, 2026 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.