Louisiana's HB 119 (Act 782), the Ivy Daniels Act, makes it a crime to possess an AI-created video or image of a person under 17 who is nude or has intimate areas exposed, when the possessor knows or has reason to know they are not authorized to have it: up…
Enacted June 9, 2026Effective August 1, 2026AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate ImagesOfficial record
Louisiana's HB 459 (Act 806) bars making an electioneering communication portraying a candidate or an elected official subject to recall that AI was used to create, alter or digitally manipulate so it would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an…
Enacted June 9, 2026Effective August 1, 2026AI in Political Advertising, AI DeepfakesOfficial record
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, 2025Effective June 9, 2026AI Transparency, AI LikenessOfficial record
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, 2026Effective June 11, 2026AI in Insurance, AI HealthcareOfficial record
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, 2026Effective June 11, 2026AI Likeness, AI DeepfakesOfficial record
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Colorado's SB 24-205 (the Colorado AI Act) covers high-risk AI that makes, or is a substantial factor in making, consequential decisions such as hiring, lending, housing, insurance and health care.
Enacted May 17, 2024Effective June 30, 2026Comprehensive AI, Automated Decision-MakingOfficial record
Florida's CS/CS/HB 1159 (Chapter 2026-20) amends s. 827.072, F.S., on generated child sexual abuse material (computer-created or altered images of a fictitious person who appears to be a minor in sexual conduct).
Enacted March 31, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI CSAMOfficial record
Idaho's H 727 (2026 Session Laws Chapter 121) amends two sex-crime laws. Video voyeurism (§ 18-6605), a felony, covers disseminating, publishing or selling, or threatening or conspiring to do so, an identifiable person's intimate image to harass or degrade.
Enacted March 25, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI Intimate Images, AI DeepfakesOfficial record
Maryland's Chapter 434 of 2026 creates the Maryland 3-1-1 Oversight Board in the Maryland Information Network and a 3-1-1 Program that uses AI chatbots and voicebots, drawing on agency-approved sources, to answer residents' non-emergency questions and route…
Enacted May 12, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Government, User-Facing AIOfficial record
Mississippi's HB 1723 adds a definition of "artificial intelligence" to the state's general definitions (Chapter 3, Title 1 of the Mississippi Code): a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions…
Enacted March 9, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Comprehensive AIOfficial record
Mississippi's SB 2269 keeps in force, until July 1, 2029, the rule that anyone operating a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads without a human driver must first submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Department of Public Safety.
Enacted March 13, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Autonomous VehiclesOfficial record
Mississippi's SB 2294 is a broad education act: the Mississippi Math Act (the Moving Mathematics in Mississippi program), reading interventions for grades 4-8, financial literacy and civics requirements, and the Mississippi Future Innovators Act.
Enacted April 8, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in EducationOfficial record
North Carolina's 2026 Appropriations Act (S.L. 2026-41) includes Section 7.39, Safe and Responsible AI in Schools. The State Board must adopt K-12 AI literacy standards (responsible use, limits of AI, verifying outputs, privacy, safety with chatbots).
Enacted July 7, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Education, AI in GovernmentOfficial record
Rhode Island H 7349 Substitute A (2026), enacted as Chapter 373, the Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act, adds chapter 40.1-5.5.
Enacted June 22, 2026Effective June 22, 2026AI Healthcare, User-Facing AIOfficial record
Rhode Island's Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act bars any person or company from offering therapy or psychotherapy to the public, including through internet AI, unless a licensed professional provides it.
Enacted June 22, 2026Effective June 22, 2026AI Healthcare, User-Facing AIOfficial record
Rhode Island S 2570 Substitute A (2026), enacted as Chapter 372, the Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act, requires healthcare providers and facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth visits to notify…
Enacted June 22, 2026Effective June 22, 2026AI Healthcare, AI TransparencyOfficial record
Rhode Island's 2026 identity fraud amendment defines a forged digital likeness as a computer- or other electronic system-generated visual representation of an identifiable person, or an audio recording of their voice, made to closely resemble a genuine one…
Enacted June 23, 2026Effective June 23, 2026AI Deepfakes, AI LikenessOfficial record
Rhode Island's 2026 identity fraud amendment defines a forged digital likeness as a computer- or other electronic system-generated visual representation of an identifiable person, or an audio recording of their voice, made to closely resemble a genuine one…
Enacted June 23, 2026Effective June 23, 2026AI Deepfakes, AI LikenessOfficial record
Tennessee's HB 1470 was enacted as its Senate companion, SB 1580 (Public Chapter 647): the House substituted SB 1580 for HB 1470 on March 16, 2026. The law adds Tenn.
Enacted April 6, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI Healthcare, User-Facing AIOfficial record
Tennessee's Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act (Public Chapter 625) requires political ads that contain a deepfake of a candidate to say so.
Enacted March 30, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Political Advertising, AI DeepfakesOfficial record
SB 1624 is the Senate companion of HB 1513, which became Tennessee Public Chapter 625 after the Senate passed the House bill in its place on March 12, 2026.
Enacted March 30, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Political Advertising, AI DeepfakesOfficial record
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, 2026Effective July 1, 2026User-Facing AI, AI LiabilityOfficial record
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, 2026Effective June 17, 2026AI Healthcare, User-Facing AIOfficial record
Virginia's HB 1124 directs the autonomous-vehicle work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation (with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security) under Chapter 498 of 2025 to assess the workforce impacts of autonomous vehicles, including an…
Enacted April 13, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Autonomous VehiclesOfficial record
Virginia's HB 1186 adds Code § 22.1-20.2:1. The Department of Education, consulting school divisions and stakeholders, must compile how public schools use AI for instruction and post guidance for its safe, ethical and equitable use.
Enacted April 13, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Education, AI PrivacyOfficial record
Virginia HB 171 (2026) amends Code 22.1-70.2 so each school division's internet safety policy includes instruction on key modern digital safety topics, including online scams, misinformation and content generated by artificial intelligence.
Enacted April 2, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in EducationOfficial record
Virginia HB 437 (Chapter 142 of 2026) tightens rules for public adjusters, who negotiate property insurance claims for policyholders. Its AI-relevant provision is Va.
Enacted April 6, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI Transparency, AI in InsuranceOfficial record
Virginia's HB 582 adds Code § 33.2-274.2, letting VDOT run a pilot of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators (ATMAs), the crash-cushion trucks that trail road crews, in mobile work zones moving at no more than 25 mph.
Enacted April 6, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Autonomous VehiclesOfficial record
Virginia's HB 797 directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to study whether to create a framework for independent verification organizations that would assess whether AI models or applications follow best-practice standards for…
Enacted April 8, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Comprehensive AI, AI in GovernmentOfficial record
Virginia's SB 320 adds Code § 33.2-274.2, letting VDOT run a pilot of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators (ATMAs), the crash-cushion trucks that trail road crews, in mobile work zones moving at no more than 25 mph.
Enacted April 6, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Autonomous VehiclesOfficial record
Virginia's SB 384 directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to study whether to create a framework for independent verification organizations that would assess whether AI models or applications follow best-practice standards for…
Enacted April 8, 2026Effective July 1, 2026Comprehensive AI, AI in GovernmentOfficial record
Virginia's SB 394 adds Code § 22.1-20.2:1. The Department of Education, consulting school divisions and stakeholders, must compile how public schools use AI for instruction and post guidance for its safe, ethical and equitable use.
Enacted April 13, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI in Education, AI PrivacyOfficial record
Wyoming's AI deepfake and child-protection law (Chapter 91, Session Laws of 2026, effective July 1, 2026).
Enacted March 7, 2026Effective July 1, 2026AI Deepfakes, AI CSAMOfficial record
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AI Laws by State, “State AI law, Jun 8–14, 2026,” https://www.ailawsbystate.com/briefing/2026-06-08, accessed October 16, 2026.
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.