4 AI laws enacted in Vermont and Illinois

FY27 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

Article 40 of the FY2027 Budget Implementation Act supports Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act.

Enacted June 16, 2026 Frontier or General-Purpose AI, AI in Government Official record

An act relating to data brokers and personal information

Vermont's H.211 (Act 138 of 2026) overhauls Vermont's data broker law, with higher fees and fines, checks before brokers disclose data, and a data broker breach-notice law.

Enacted June 16, 2026 Effective January 1, 2027 AI Privacy, AI Transparency Official record

An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance

Vermont's S.71 (Act 145) adds the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act.

Enacted June 16, 2026 Effective January 1, 2028 AI Privacy, Automated Decision-Making Official record

An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services

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

An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services

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

artificial intelligence; state agencies; rules

ArizonaVetoed June 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence; course; public schools

ArizonaVetoed June 19, 2026

Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act

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, 2024 Effective June 30, 2026 Comprehensive AI, Automated Decision-Making Official record

An Act Concerning Broadband Internet, Gaming, Social Media, Online Services and Consumer Contracts

Public Act 25-113 overhauls the Connecticut Data Privacy Act's rules on automated decision-making.

Enacted June 24, 2025 Effective July 1, 2026 Automated Decision-Making, AI Privacy Official record

Sexual Offenses

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI CSAM Official record

Relating To Artificial Intelligence.

Hawaii's HB 2137 (Act 247 of 2026) adds a new HRS chapter making it unlawful to knowingly publish a realistic digital imitation (a highly realistic AI-generated depiction, audio or video of a real person's voice, face or likeness in a work they did not…

Enacted July 14, 2026 Effective July 14, 2026 AI Likeness, AI Deepfakes Official record

Relating To Artificial Intelligence.

Hawaii's SB 3001 (Artificial Intelligence Disclosure and Safety Act) regulates AI companions, AI built to simulate a sustained human-like relationship.

Enacted July 14, 2026 Effective July 14, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI Transparency Official record

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosing…

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding generative artificial intelligence in public education.

Idaho's S 1227 (2026 Session Laws Chapter 71) adds Chapter 70, Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education, to Title 33.

Enacted March 19, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Privacy Official record

SCH CD-CYBER-BULLYING

Illinois' Public Act 104-0338 (HB 3851) amends the School Code's bullying prevention section (Section 27-23.7).

Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record

A bill for an act relating to health carriers standards of conduct; utilization review organizations…

Iowa's HF 2635 is a health insurance and certificate-of-need law.

Enacted May 13, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Insurance, AI Healthcare Official record

3-1-1 Systems - Expansion Program and Oversight Board - Establishment

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Government, User-Facing AI Official record

Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership

Maryland's SB 597 creates the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland as a single nexus for AI initiatives.

Enacted May 26, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Government, AI in Education Official record

Artificial intelligence; define.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Comprehensive AI Official record

MS Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling Act; extend repealer on law enforcement interaction plan submission to…

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Official record

Education; institute initiatives to promote literacy in math, reading, finance, computer science, and civics.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education Official record

2026 Appropriations Act.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI in Government Official record

Schools; creating the Oklahoma Responsible Technology in Schools Act; requiring development of guidance for…

Oklahoma's Responsible Technology in Schools Act sets rules for AI in public schools from July 1, 2026.

Enacted May 12, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Privacy Official record

Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (Act 20 of 2026), including the policy relating to bullying…

Pennsylvania's Act 20 of 2026 is a Public School Code omnibus; its AI provisions update the school bullying policy law.

Enacted July 12, 2026 Effective July 12, 2026 AI in Education, AI Deepfakes Official record

Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments.

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, 2026 Effective June 22, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record

Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial…

Rhode Island's H 7538 Sub A adds Chapter 23-106 to the General Laws.

Enacted June 22, 2026 Effective June 22, 2026 AI Healthcare, AI Transparency Official record

Establishes regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care treatments.

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, 2026 Effective June 22, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record

Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial…

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, 2026 Effective June 22, 2026 AI Healthcare, AI Transparency Official record

Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Impersonation and Identity Fraud

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, 2026 Effective June 23, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record

Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Impersonation and Identity Fraud

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, 2026 Effective June 23, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63, relative to mental health.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to the Transparency for Deepfakes in…

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to the Transparency for Deepfakes in…

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.

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

Classroom Technology Amendments

Utah HB 273 (2026) sets a framework for AI in K-12 classrooms.

Enacted March 18, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Transparency Official record

Autonomous vehicles; work group to conduct an assessment of workforce impacts, etc.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Official record

Artificial intelligence; use of systems for student instruction.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Privacy Official record

Internet safety; instruction to include key modern digital safety topics.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education Official record

Insurance; standards of conduct for public adjusters, unauthorized practice of public adjusting.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Transparency, AI in Insurance Official record

Department of Corrections; language access and translation services for inmates.

Virginia HB 553 (2026) adds Code 53.1-1.3 on language access in state prisons.

Enacted April 22, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Government Official record

Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Official record

Artificial intelligence; framework for person/entity acting as an independent verification org.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Comprehensive AI, AI in Government Official record

Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Official record

Artificial intelligence; framework for person/entity acting as an independent verification org.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Comprehensive AI, AI in Government Official record

Artificial intelligence; use of systems for student instruction.

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, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Privacy Official record

Protecting kids from deepfakes and exploitative images.

Wyoming's AI deepfake and child-protection law (Chapter 91, Session Laws of 2026, effective July 1, 2026).

Enacted March 7, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI CSAM Official record