AI regulation news for Jun 22–28, 2026
In the week of Jun 22–28, 2026, 8 AI laws were enacted (Rhode Island) and 6 laws took effect. 107 AI laws have been enacted in 2026 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
H7349
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
H7538
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
HB7350
Rhode Island's AI companion law, effective January 1, 2027, applies to operators of AI companions: AI that simulates a sustained human-like relationship by remembering users, asking unprompted emotional questions and keeping up a personal dialogue.
Enacted June 22, 2026 Effective January 1, 2027 User-Facing AI, AI Transparency Official record
S2197
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
S2570
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
SB2195
Rhode Island's AI companion law, effective January 1, 2027, applies to operators of AI companions: AI that simulates a sustained human-like relationship by remembering users, asking unprompted emotional questions and keeping up a personal dialogue.
Enacted June 22, 2026 Effective January 1, 2027 User-Facing AI, AI Transparency Official record
H8060
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
S3338
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
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
H7349
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
H7538
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
S2197
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
S2570
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
H8060
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
S3338
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
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through July 26, 2026. See every new AI law for 2027.
SB24-205
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
SB1295
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
H1159
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
HB2137
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
SB3001
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
H0727
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
S1227
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
HB3851
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
HF2635
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
SB114
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
SB597
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
HB1723
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
SB2269
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
SB2294
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
S257
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
SB 1734
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
HB1505
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
HB1470
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
HB1513
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
SB1624
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
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
HB0273
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
HB1124
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
HB1186
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
HB171
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
HB437
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
HB553
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
HB582
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
HB797
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
SB320
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
SB384
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
SB394
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
HB102
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
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.