AB 723
Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.
California's AB 723 (Bus. & Prof.
Enacted October 10, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Real Estate, AI Transparency Official record
New AI laws for 2026
28 AI laws took effect on January 1, 2026
117 AI laws in 34 states and at the federal level take effect in 2026, 28 of them on January 1. Each law below links to its page and its official record.
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January 1
28 laws, grouped by state.
California12 laws
AB2013
Generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency.
California's AB 2013 (Civil Code §§ 3110-3111) requires developers of generative AI systems or services made publicly available to Californians, free or paid, to post documentation of their training data on their websites: by January 1, 2026 for systems…
Enacted September 28, 2024 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Transparency Official record
AB316
Artificial intelligence: defenses.
California's AB 316 adds Civil Code § 1714.46. In a lawsuit against a defendant who developed, modified or used artificial intelligence alleged to have harmed the plaintiff, the defendant may not argue that the AI autonomously caused the harm.
Enacted October 13, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Liability Official record
AB325
Cartwright Act: violations.
California's AB 325 amends the Cartwright Act, the state antitrust law.
Enacted October 6, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 Algorithmic Pricing Official record
AB489
Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.
California's AB 489 (Bus. & Prof.
Enacted October 11, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
AB621
Deepfake pornography.
California's AB 621 rewrites Civil Code § 1708.86, the civil claim over sexually explicit deepfakes.
Enacted October 13, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
AB979
California Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.
California's AB 979 amends Government Code § 8586.5 so the California Cybersecurity Integration Center, led by the Office of Emergency Services, must develop a California AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook by January 1, 2027, informed by federal…
Enacted October 3, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Government Official record
SB243
Companion chatbots.
California's SB 243 regulates companion chatbots, AI systems that give adaptive, human-like responses and can meet a user's social needs.
Enacted October 13, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI Transparency Official record
SB361
Data brokers: data collection and deletion.
California's SB 361 expands what data brokers must report when registering with the California Privacy Protection Agency.
Enacted October 8, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Privacy Official record
SB480
Autonomous vehicles.
California's SB 480 lets autonomous vehicles, from January 1, 2026, be equipped with automated driving system (ADS) marker lamps, which emit a light showing when the ADS is engaged in operating the vehicle, built to SAE International standards J3134 (May…
Enacted October 6, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Official record
SB524
Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.
California's SB 524 (Penal Code § 13663) requires every law enforcement agency to have a policy that official reports written fully or partly with AI name each AI program used, state "This report was written either fully or in part using artificial…
Enacted October 10, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Law Enforcement, AI Transparency Official record
SB53
Artificial intelligence models: large developers.
California's SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, covers developers of frontier models (foundation models trained with more than 10^26 operations).
Enacted September 29, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 Frontier or General-Purpose AI, AI Transparency Official record
Illinois5 laws
HB1859
COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI
Illinois' Public Act 104-0201 (HB 1859) adds Section 3-29.28 to the Public Community College Act. Each community college board must require that the faculty member who teaches a course meet the qualifications in 23 Ill. Adm.
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Education Official record
HB3178
DIGITAL PROTECT-USE OF REPLICA
Illinois' Public Act 104-0282 (HB 3178) narrows Section 10 of the Digital Voice and Likeness Protection Act, which makes unenforceable a services-contract provision letting a digital replica of a person's voice or likeness replace work they would have done in…
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Likeness, AI in Employment Official record
HB3773
LIMIT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS USE
Illinois' Public Act 103-0804 (HB 3773) amends the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Enacted August 9, 2024 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Employment, Automated Decision-Making Official record
SB1507
VEH CD-SAFETY ZONES
Illinois' Public Act 104-0381 (SB 1507) adds subsection (v) to the Vehicle Code's automated speed enforcement section (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8).
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Government, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB1920
SCH CD-ASL IMPLEMENTATION
Illinois' Public Act 104-0399 (SB 1920) amends the School Code.
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Deepfakes Official record
Montana1 law
HB513
Revise laws related to use of name, voice, and likeness of individuals and penalties for unauthorized use
Montana's HB 513 (Chapter 685 of 2025) gives Montana residents property rights in their name, voice and visual likeness that can be licensed, inherited and enforced for 20 years after death.
Enacted May 13, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Likeness, AI Deepfakes Official record
Nebraska2 laws
LB504
Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act
Nebraska's LB 504 (2025), the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, applies to covered online services that know a user is a minor.
Enacted May 30, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Social Media & Online Platforms, Automated Decision-Making Official record
LB77
Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of…
Nebraska's LB 77 (2025) adopts the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act.
Enacted June 4, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Healthcare, AI in Insurance Official record
Nevada1 law
AB73
AN ACT relating to campaign practices; requiring certain communications relating to an election that include…
Nevada AB 73 adds NRS 294A.3493.
Enacted June 3, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Political Advertising, AI Deepfakes Official record
New Hampshire2 laws
HB143
Criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer…
New Hampshire's HB 143 (Chapter 270 of 2025) targets chatbots that steer children toward harm.
Enacted August 1, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 User-Facing AI, AI Liability Official record
SB300
Criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations
New Hampshire's SB 300 (Chapter 259 of 2025) creates RSA 649-A:3-c, which makes it a class B felony to knowingly create, produce, manufacture or direct an intimate visual representation of a child for prurient purposes when the child can be identified from it…
Enacted July 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI CSAM, AI Deepfakes Official record
Oregon3 laws
HB2299
Relating to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images.
Oregon's HB 2299 amends the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image (ORS 163.472) so that "image" includes a digitally created, manipulated or altered depiction that is reasonably realistic, however stored.
Enacted May 22, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB2748
Relating to the use of nursing titles.
Oregon's HB 2748 (Chapter 378, Oregon Laws 2025) adds a rule to the Nurse Practice Act (ORS 678.010 to 678.410): a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by artificial intelligence, may not use the titles Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)…
Enacted June 24, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Healthcare, User-Facing AI Official record
HB3936
Relating to the security of state assets; amending ORS 276A.340, 276A.344, 276A.346 and 276A.348.
Oregon's HB 3936 (Chapter 396, Oregon Laws 2025) amends the state law that keeps products of covered vendors off state information technology assets (ORS 276A.340 to 276A.348).
Enacted June 24, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Government Official record
Texas2 laws
HB149
Relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties.
Texas's HB 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, bars developing or deploying AI intended to incite self-harm, harm to others or crime, with intent to unlawfully discriminate against a protected class (disparate impact alone is…
Enacted June 22, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 Comprehensive AI, AI in Government Official record
SB815
Relating to the use of certain automated systems in, and certain adverse determinations made in connection…
Texas's SB 815 bars utilization review agents from using an automated decision system to make, wholly or partly, an adverse determination (a finding that health care services are not medically necessary or appropriate, or are experimental or investigational).
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Insurance, AI Healthcare Official record
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January 15, 2026
Maryland
SB655
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment
Maryland's SB 655 creates an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program in the Administrative Office of the Courts to give the circuit courts and District Court expert testimony on the authenticity of electronic evidence that a court determines may…
Enacted December 16, 2025Official record
February 5, 2026
South Carolina
H3431
South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act
South Carolina's H. 3431 (Act No. 96 of 2026) adds an Age-Appropriate Code Design chapter (S.C. Code Title 39, Chapter 80) for online services, including AI-based ones, meeting revenue or data thresholds and reasonably likely to be accessed by minors.
Enacted February 5, 2026Official record
March 5, 2026
Vermont
S0023
An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections
Vermont's S.23 (Act 75) bars publishing, communicating or distributing, within 90 days before a Vermont election, synthetic media the person knows is deceptive and fraudulent unless it states: "This media has been manipulated or generated by digital…
Enacted March 5, 2026Official record
March 6, 2026
Utah
HJR26
Joint Resolution Amending Rules of Evidence to Address Machine-Generated Evidence
Utah H.J.R. 26 adds Rule 707 to the Utah Rules of Evidence, using the Legislature's power to amend court rules by a two-thirds vote. "Machine-generated evidence" is output of a machine-based system that autonomously generates an inference, prediction…
Enacted March 6, 2026Official record
March 10, 2026
Alabama
HJR51
Artificial Intelligence and Children's Internet Safety Study Commission, created
Alabama's HJR 51, a joint resolution approved by the Governor as Act 2026-218, creates the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children's Internet Safety.
Enacted March 10, 2026Official record
March 31, 2026
Oregon
SB1516
Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency.
Oregon's 2026 public safety act (Chapter 77, in effect since it was signed on March 31, 2026) sets statewide rules for police use of automated license plate recognition (ALPR): cameras combined with computer algorithms that read plates and vehicle traits.
Enacted March 31, 2026Official record
April 13, 2026
Tennessee
HB2302
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 30 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to…
Tennessee's HB 2302 was enacted as its Senate companion, SB 2253 (Public Chapter 726), which the House substituted for it on March 23, 2026. The law amends Tenn.
Enacted May 4, 2026Official record
April 16, 2026
Maine
LD524
An Act to Protect Children from Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse
Maine's 2026 emergency law closes a gap that kept police from charging AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted April 16, 2026Official record
April 23, 2026
Tennessee
SB837
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, relative to certain conditions of personhood.
Tennessee's SB 837 (Public Chapter 781) rewrites the general definition of "person" in the Tennessee Code (§ 1-3-105(a)(20)): a person includes a corporation, firm, company or association, and does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a…
Enacted April 28, 2026Official record
May 6, 2026
Utah
HB0218
Digital Skills Amendments
Utah HB 218 (2026) requires the state's grade 7-8 digital skills course to include artificial intelligence literacy, covering AI capabilities, limitations, ethical considerations and societal implications, and understanding algorithms and their influence on…
Enacted March 18, 2026Official record
Utah
HB0320
Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy Amendments
Utah's HB 320 revises the existing Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and its AI Learning Laboratory (Title 13, Chapter 72).
Enacted March 18, 2026Official record
Utah
HB0450
Data Privacy Amendments
Utah's HB 450 reorganizes oversight of how state and local government entities handle personal data under the Government Data Privacy Act.
Enacted March 19, 2026Official record
Utah
HB289
Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments
Utah HB 289 (2026) restructures how the state treats AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted March 24, 2026Official record
Utah
SB0256
Identity Protection Modifications
Utah SB 256 (2026) applies defamation law to deepfakes and strengthens likeness rights. It is not a defense to libel or slander that content was created with generative AI, computer animation or digital manipulation.
Enacted March 26, 2026Official record
Utah
SB0292
Autonomous Systems Amendments
Utah's SB 292 limits civil liability for automated driving systems (ADS). Noneconomic damages in actions over ADS-equipped vehicles are capped at $1,000,000 (not for wrongful death), with no punitive damages for level four or five ADS.
Enacted March 23, 2026Official record
May 18, 2026
Vermont
H0814
An act relating to neurological rights and the use of artificial intelligence technology in health and human…
Act 101 states Vermont's intent for the ethical and responsible use of AI in health care and human services and recognizes individual neurological rights, including mental and neural data privacy, freedom of thought, and protection from unauthorized access to…
Enacted May 18, 2026Official record
May 19, 2026
Federal
SB146
Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act TAKE…
The federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) makes it a crime to knowingly publish online, in specified circumstances, nonconsensual intimate images of an identifiable person, including 'digital forgeries' made with software, machine learning or AI that look…
Enacted May 19, 2025Official record
May 22, 2026
Tennessee
HB 1455
Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires TACIR to study artificial intelligence and submit…
HB 1455 is the House companion of SB 1493, which became Tennessee Public Chapter 1066 after the House passed the Senate bill in its place on April 23, 2026.
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
Tennessee
HB1946
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47, relative to artificial…
HB 1946 is the House companion of SB 1700, which became Tennessee Public Chapter 1082 after the House passed the Senate bill in its place on April 21, 2026.
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
Tennessee
SB1493
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47, relative to artificial…
Tennessee Public Chapter 1066 directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study artificial intelligence and report to the governor and both speakers by January 31, 2027.
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
Tennessee
SB1700
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47, relative to artificial…
Tennessee Public Chapter 1082 directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study how the state might regulate AI systems and generative AI chatbots.
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
Tennessee
SB677
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.
Tennessee's SB 677 (Public Chapter 1056) requires the Department of Education to provide at least one professional development course with asynchronous instruction on using artificial intelligence in the classroom, free to teachers in grades 6-12 and usable…
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
May 29, 2026
Louisiana
SB 347
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of…
Louisiana's Act 497 widens the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act to conduct meant to control, coerce, harm, exploit or intimidate someone on the basis of sex, including conduct banned by the state's laws on…
Enacted May 29, 2026Official record
June 1, 2026
Maryland
SB141
Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
Maryland's Chapter 444 of 2026 targets election misinformation and deepfakes.
Enacted May 12, 2026Official record
Maryland
SB720
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial…
Maryland's SB 720, the Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act, requires the State Department of Education to provide AI guidance online, with separate guidance for students, educators, administrators and parents, offer AI professional development, and…
Enacted May 26, 2026Official record
June 9, 2026
New York
S08420
Requires advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer
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, 2025Official record
June 11, 2026
Washington
SB5105
Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors.
Washington's Chapter 223, Laws of 2026 (2ESSB 5105) responds to AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Enacted March 25, 2026Official record
Washington
SB5395
Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process.
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, 2026Official record
Washington
SB5886
Concerning personality rights.
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, 2026Official record
June 17, 2026
Vermont
H0816
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, 2026Official record
June 22, 2026
Rhode Island
H7349
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, 2026Official record
Rhode Island
H7538
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, 2026Official record
Rhode Island
S2197
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, 2026Official record
Rhode Island
S2570
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, 2026Official record
June 23, 2026
Rhode Island
H8060
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, 2026Official record
Rhode Island
S3338
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, 2026Official record
June 30, 2026
Colorado
SB24-205
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, 2024Official record
July 1, 2026
Connecticut
SB1295
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, 2025Official record
Florida
H1159
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, 2026Official record
Idaho
H0727
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, 2026Official record
Idaho
S1227
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, 2026Official record
Illinois
HB3851
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, 2025Official record
Iowa
HF2635
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, 2026Official record
Maryland
SB114
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, 2026Official record
Maryland
SB597
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, 2026Official record
Mississippi
HB1723
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, 2026Official record
Mississippi
SB2269
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, 2026Official record
Mississippi
SB2294
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, 2026Official record
North Carolina
S257
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, 2026Official record
Oklahoma
SB 1734
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, 2026Official record
Tennessee
HB1470
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, 2026Official record
Tennessee
HB1513
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, 2026Official record
Tennessee
SB1624
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, 2026Official record
Tennessee
SB1815
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, 2026Official record
Utah
HB0273
Classroom Technology Amendments
Utah HB 273 (2026) sets a framework for AI in K-12 classrooms.
Enacted March 18, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB1124
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB1186
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB171
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB437
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB553
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB582
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
HB797
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
SB320
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
SB384
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, 2026Official record
Virginia
SB394
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, 2026Official record
Wyoming
HB102
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, 2026Official record
July 12, 2026
Pennsylvania
HB1505
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, 2026Official record
July 14, 2026
Hawaii
HB2137
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, 2026Official record
Hawaii
SB3001
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, 2026Official record
July 29, 2026
Maine
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, 2026Official record
July 31, 2026
Illinois
HB4843
VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION
HB4843 is a Vehicle Code bill mostly about license plates, registration and driver's licenses.
Enacted July 31, 2026Official record
August 1, 2026
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Louisiana
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, 2026Official record
Minnesota
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, 2026Official record
August 2, 2026
California
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, 2024Official record
August 12, 2026
Colorado
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, 2026Official record
August 28, 2026
Missouri
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, 2026Official record
September 19, 2026
California
AB 502
Elections: deceptive media in advertisements.
California's AB 502 rewrites Elections Code § 20012 on deceptive election deepfakes.
Enacted September 19, 2026Official record
September 30, 2026
California
SB1000
California AI Transparency Act.
California's SB 1000 amends the California AI Transparency Act, operative since August 2, 2026. Any producer of a generative AI system publicly accessible in California is now covered (no 1,000,000-user threshold).
Enacted September 30, 2026Official record
October 1, 2026
Alabama
SB 63
Health care plans; to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in determinations of coverage
Alabama's SB 63 (Act 2026-589) limits how health benefit plan providers, including insurers, HMOs and utilization review contractors, use AI in prior authorization.
Enacted April 16, 2026Official record
Alabama
SB292
Real property; creation of Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026; title fraud prevention
Alabama's SB 292 (Act 2026-536) creates the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026 against title fraud, with a consumer administrative complaint process and changes to recording, crime and notary laws.
Enacted April 15, 2026Official record
Connecticut
HB5312
An Act Establishing a Civil Action for the Office of the Attorney General and a Private Right of Action for…
Connecticut's HB 5312 (Public Act 26-55) adds civil remedies for AI-made intimate images.
Enacted May 26, 2026Official record
Connecticut
SB00004
An Act Concerning Consumer Privacy And Protection.
Connecticut's Public Act 26-64 (SB 4) targets data-driven pricing and surveillance.
Enacted May 27, 2026Official record
Maryland
SB8
Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
Maryland's Chapter 445 of 2026 adds AI and deepfakes to the state's identity fraud law.
Enacted May 12, 2026Official record
October 6, 2026
Ohio
SB315
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act
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, 2026Official record
By state
Laws with an effective date in 2026.
- California15
- Tennessee11
- Virginia10
- Utah8
- Illinois7
- Louisiana7
- Maryland6
- Rhode Island6
- Oregon4
- Alabama3
- Connecticut3
- Mississippi3
- Vermont3
- Washington3
- Colorado2
- Hawaii2
- Idaho2
- Maine2
- Nebraska2
- New Hampshire2
- Texas2
- Florida1
- Iowa1
- Minnesota1
- Missouri1
- Montana1
- Nevada1
- New York1
- North Carolina1
- Ohio1
- Oklahoma1
- Pennsylvania1
- South Carolina1
- Federal1
- Wyoming1
Cite
AI Laws by State, “New AI laws taking effect in 2026,” https://www.ailawsbystate.com/new-ai-laws/2026, accessed October 16, 2026.
A law is listed under the date its main provisions take effect, from its official record. Some laws phase in, with parts starting on other dates; each law's page has the details. 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.