AI regulation news for May 18–24, 2026
In the week of May 18–24, 2026, 3 AI laws were enacted (Minnesota, Tennessee and Vermont) and 7 laws took effect. 72 AI laws have been enacted in 2026 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SF4760
Minnesota's Laws 2026, chapter 97 (public safety policy) brings deepfakes into identity theft law. Article 3, section 3 amends Minn.
Enacted May 18, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record
SB1815
As introduced, SB 1815 would have made it a crime to own an AI system that encourages a user to commit suicide. That AI provision was removed before passage.
Enacted May 22, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 User-Facing AI, 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
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
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
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
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through June 21, 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
SB141
Maryland's Chapter 444 of 2026 targets election misinformation and deepfakes.
Enacted May 12, 2026 Effective June 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI in Political Advertising Official record
SB720
Maryland's SB 720, the Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act, requires the State Department of Education to provide AI guidance online, with separate guidance for students, educators, administrators and parents, offer AI professional development, and…
Enacted May 26, 2026 Effective June 1, 2026 AI in Education Official record
S08420
New York requires advertisers to disclose when an ad contains a synthetic performer: a digital asset created or modified with generative AI or software to look like a human performer who is not any identifiable real person.
Enacted December 11, 2025 Effective June 9, 2026 AI Transparency, AI Likeness Official record
H0816
Act 156 bars a corporation or other entity from providing, advertising or offering mental health services to the public, including through AI, unless the services are provided by a licensed mental health professional or are part of an approved institutional…
Enacted June 17, 2026 Effective June 17, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
SB5105
Washington's Chapter 223, Laws of 2026 (2ESSB 5105) responds to AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted March 25, 2026 Effective June 11, 2026 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB5395
Chapter 157, Laws of 2026 regulates AI in health insurance prior authorization (RCW 48.43.830 for carriers and RCW 41.05.845 for public employee plans).
Enacted March 23, 2026 Effective June 11, 2026 AI in Insurance, AI Healthcare Official record
SB5886
Washington's Chapter 69, Laws of 2026 (SSB 5886) extends the state's right of publicity (chapter 63.60 RCW) to forged digital likenesses: realistic visual representations or audio recordings of an identifiable person, digitally created or altered to be…
Enacted March 16, 2026 Effective June 11, 2026 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.