AI regulation news for Jul 6–12, 2026
In the week of Jul 6–12, 2026, 6 AI laws were enacted (Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania) and 1 law took effect. 113 AI laws have been enacted in 2026 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
SB315
Illinois' SB 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, regulates developers of frontier AI models (foundation models trained with more than 10^26 operations).
Enacted July 6, 2026 Effective January 1, 2027 Frontier or General-Purpose AI, AI Transparency Official record
SB 2909
Illinois' Public Act 104-0565 (SB 2909) amends School Code Section 24A-5 on teacher evaluation plans.
Enacted July 10, 2026 Effective January 1, 2027 AI in Education, AI in Employment Official record
SB3114
The Transparency in Downcoding Act regulates how health care payors reduce the billing code on medical claims.
Enacted July 10, 2026 Effective January 1, 2028 AI in Insurance, Automated Decision-Making 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
SB315
Ohio's SB 315 (the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act and the Ohio Medicaid Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act) adds a human-in-the-loop rule for automated Medicaid decisions.
Enacted July 7, 2026 Effective October 6, 2026 Automated Decision-Making, AI in Government 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
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
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
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through August 9, 2026. See every new AI law for 2027.
SB942
California's SB 942, the California AI Transparency Act, as amended, requires anyone who produces a generative AI system publicly accessible in California to offer a free, public disclosure verification tool and, where technically feasible, embed…
Enacted September 19, 2024 Effective August 2, 2026 AI Transparency, AI Deepfakes 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
HB4843
HB4843 is a Vehicle Code bill mostly about license plates, registration and driver's licenses.
Enacted July 31, 2026 Effective July 31, 2026 User-Facing AI Official record
HB 639
Louisiana's Act 559 requires a disclosure on campaign phone calls that use an AI-generated voice of a public figure.
Enacted May 29, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Calling Official record
HB119
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, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB459
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, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB 346
Louisiana's SB 346 (Act 496) adds R.S. 17:416.14.1: no student, faculty member, administrative staff member or other employee at an elementary or secondary school may use material considered a deepfake against a K-12 student with the intent to coerce, harass…
Enacted May 29, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI in Education Official record
SB110
Louisiana's SB 110 (Act 211) makes it a violation of the child sexual abuse materials law (R.S. 14:81.1) to use an image of a child who was under 17 when the image was created with the intent to train an artificial intelligence model to produce child sexual…
Enacted May 14, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI CSAM Official record
SB42
Act 892 updates Louisiana's child sexual abuse materials law (R.S. 14:81.1) to cover AI.
Enacted June 9, 2026 Effective August 1, 2026 AI CSAM Official record
LD517
Maine requires campaign ads that contain 'synthetic media' of a candidate to carry the disclosure 'THIS COMMUNICATION CONTAINS AUDIO, VIDEO AND/OR IMAGES THAT HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED OR ALTERED.' Synthetic media is an image, audio or video of a candidate that…
Enacted March 23, 2026 Effective July 29, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
HF1606
Minnesota's Laws 2026, chapter 72 creates Minn. Stat. 325E.91, a ban on nudification technology.
Enacted May 7, 2026 Effective August 1, 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.