HB4843
VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION
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
AI regulation news for Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
1 AI law enacted in Illinois
In the week of Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026, 1 AI law was enacted (Illinois) and 10 laws took effect. 118 AI laws have been enacted in 2026 through this week.
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Enacted
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
Illinois1 law
Took effect
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
California1 law
SB942
California AI Transparency Act.
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
Illinois1 law
HB4843
VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION
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
Louisiana6 laws
HB 639
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS: Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in telephone campaign…
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
Provides relative to unlawful conduct involving images of another person created by artificial intelligence…
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
Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns
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
SCHOOLS: Prohibits the use of deepfake material against students enrolled in K-12. (8/1/26)
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
Prohibits using a child's image to train artificial intelligence to produce child sexual abuse materials.…
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
Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
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
Maine1 law
LD517
An Act Regarding Synthetic Media in Campaign Advertising
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
Minnesota1 law
HF1606
An act relating to commerce; prohibiting access to nudification technology; proposing coding for new law in…
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
Coming up
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through August 30, 2026. See every new AI law for 2027.
Colorado1 law
HB 1195
Psychotherapy Artificial Intelligence Restrictions
Colorado's HB 26-1195 limits how licensed mental health professionals and others lawfully providing psychotherapy use AI.
Enacted June 3, 2026 Effective August 12, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
Missouri1 law
HB2273
Modifies and establishes provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable persons
Missouri's 2026 HB 2273 (with HBs 1946, 1814 and 2551) creates RSMo 573.570, disclosure of an intimate digital depiction.
Enacted April 7, 2026 Effective August 28, 2026 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
Cite
AI Laws by State, “State AI law, Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026,” https://www.ailawsbystate.com/briefing/2026-07-27, 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.