An AI Overview of the United States
How all 50 states are governing artificial intelligence — scored on a single AI-Friendliness Index, with every bill's AI summary, the legislators driving and resisting AI in each state, and verified hearing clips.
Utah UT
SB 226AI Consumer Protection AmendmentsSupport
SB 226 enacts a framework for generative AI in consumer transactions and regulated services, requiring upfront disclosure during high-risk interactions like financial, legal, medical, and mental-health advice, with liability under consumer-protection law and a safe harbor for conspicuous disclosure.
SB 332Artificial Intelligence RevisionsSupport
SB 332 extends the repeal (sunset) date of Utah's AI Policy Act from May 2025 to July 2027 — a clean two-year extension prolonging the existing framework without new provisions.
HB 452AI mental-health chatbot frameworkMonitor
HB 452 creates a framework for AI-based mental-health chatbots, mandating disclosure that users are interacting with AI and restricting how personal information is used, with Division of Consumer Protection enforcement and an affirmative defense for compliance.
SB 180Law Enforcement Usage of AIMonitor
SB 180 requires law-enforcement agencies to adopt policies governing personnel use of generative AI; any police report created with generative AI must carry a disclaimer and an author certification of review, effective May 2025.
HB 438AI Companion Chatbot Safety ActOppose
HB 438 (AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act) sets consumer-protection requirements for companion-chatbot suppliers, focused on minors — mandating safety protocols, monitoring, public reporting, and data-sharing restrictions.
Idaho ID
SB 1067AI as free speech; regulation limitsSupport
SB 1067 classifies AI as protected free speech and a general-purpose technology, barring Idaho governmental entities from regulating AI development, training, or deployment, to maximize innovation.
HB 917AI Regulatory Review Act to cut red tapeSupport
HB 917 (AI Regulatory Review Act) requires agencies to use advanced AI to scan regulations for redundancy, cost, and clarity, with human experts reviewing recommendations before adoption.
SB 1227Generative AI framework for K-12Monitor
SB 1227 directs the education department to build a statewide generative-AI framework for K-12, with district policies, training, and procurement rules, protecting student data.
SB 1297Conversational AI Safety ActOppose
SB 1297 (Conversational AI Safety Act) requires public chatbots to disclose they are AI, respond to suicidal-ideation prompts, and avoid posing as mental-health professionals, effective 2027.
HB 203Ban collusive pricing algorithmsMonitor
HB 203 amends the Idaho Competition Act to ban pricing algorithms enabling collusion among buyers or sellers, with private causes of action and enhanced damages, exempting market research.
North Dakota ND
HB 1167AI disclosure for political deepfakesMonitor
HB 1167 requires political content created with AI to impersonate human visuals or audio to carry a prominent 'CONTENT GENERATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE' disclaimer, exempting minor uses like grammar tools. Signed into law after passing 90-0.
HB 1249Autonomous technology grants for agenciesSupport
HB 1249 would appropriate one-time funding for autonomous-technology grants across state agencies for 2025-2027 and order a study on costs and economic impact. Failed second reading 42-50.
HB 1614DOT study of autonomous vehiclesSupport
HB 1614 directs the DOT to study autonomous and semiautonomous vehicle technologies during the interim, covering infrastructure, liability rulemaking, and data privacy. Failed second reading 2-43.
HB 1320Prohibit deepfake videos and imagesMonitor
HB 1320 would create a class A misdemeanor for intentionally producing or distributing AI-generated or altered deepfakes of a person without consent and with intent to deceive. Failed second reading 17-69.
HB 1613Limits on law-enforcement robots/dronesMonitor
HB 1613 updates law on law-enforcement use of robots and drones, requiring warrants for surveillance except in specified exceptions, limiting weaponized use, and mandating documentation and data retention. Enacted.
Wyoming WY
HB 102Protecting kids from deepfakes/exploitative imagesSupport
HB 102 establishes criminal offenses for AI misuse — especially synthetic sexual material involving children, promotion of self-harm, and AI-driven censorship of political speech — while limiting AI-developer liability and barring AI as a defense for crimes. Signed as Chapter 91.
HB 91Ban government social scoring with AIMonitor
HB 91 prohibits Wyoming government entities from using AI to assign social scores or to identify persons via biometric data without consent, with constitutional exceptions, effective July 2026. Failed to advance.
HB 17Select Committee on Blockchain & Emerging TechSupport
HB 17 renames the blockchain select committee to the Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technologies, refining its duties to promote Wyoming's digital-economy leadership and reduce barriers for technology companies.
HB 160Digital Taxonomy ActMonitor
HB 160 (Digital Taxonomy Act) establishes a legal framework for classifying digital assets on distributed ledger technology, defining jurisdictional nexus and legal characterization to provide clarity. Died in committee.
HB 43Anti-money launderingMonitor
HB 43 establishes money-laundering and illegal-investment offenses, criminalizing transacting property derived from crime and structuring to evade reporting. Signed as Chapter 89; tangential to AI-enabled financial fraud.
Arkansas AR
HB 1958Public-entity AI policy; human final decisionMonitor
HB 1958 (Act 848) requires every public entity to adopt an AI/automated-decision policy and keep a human as final decision-maker even when AI recommends an outcome. It expands training and disciplinary rules to cover AI.
HB 1876Ownership of generative AI outputsSupport
HB 1876 (Act 927) sets a default ownership rule for generative-AI outputs and training, assigning ownership to the user — except when an employer directs an employee's business use, in which case the employer owns it.
SB 258Privacy law with high-risk AI subchapterOppose
SB 258 (died) would have created a broad consumer-privacy law plus a high-risk-AI subchapter for developers, deployers, and employers with 50+ staff — mandating risk management, impact assessments, opt-outs, and algorithmic-discrimination reporting.
HB 1877Criminalize AI-generated child imageryMonitor
HB 1877 (Act 977) expands child-exploitation offenses to AI-generated images indistinguishable from real children, with carve-outs for law enforcement and good-faith adversarial testing.
HB 1816Restrict clinical AI absent FDA approvalOppose
HB 1816 (withdrawn) would have barred healthcare AI unless FDA-approved and lab-verified, making clinical and insurance AI contingent on dual external validation.
Delaware DE
HJR 7Agentic-AI regulatory sandboxSupport
HJR 7 directs Delaware's AI Commission to design a regulatory sandbox for testing agentic-AI technologies, with findings to the General Assembly and Governor. Signed in July 2025.
HB 404AI and extended reality in schools pilotSupport
HB 404 establishes an AI and Extended Reality in Schools Pilot Program run by the education department, with privacy/security standards and three-year performance reporting to guide possible expansion.
HB 453Ban surveillance-based algorithmic pricingOppose
HB 453 bans surveillance-based price discrimination — using automated systems and personal, biometric, or behavioral data to set individualized prices — and bans electronic shelving labels in large grocers, effective 2027.
HB 306Disclosure when chatting with a chatbotMonitor
HB 306 requires businesses to disclose when a consumer is interacting with a chatbot, AI agent, or avatar rather than a human, with statutory damages and civil penalties.
HB 380Privacy act AI data assessmentsMonitor
HB 380 updates the Personal Data Privacy Act, lowering applicability thresholds, tightening data-sale rules, strengthening consumer rights, and mandating data-protection assessments.
Georgia GA
SB 37AI Accountability Act for government AISupport
SB 37 (AI Accountability Act) requires every Georgia governmental entity to adopt AI usage plans by Dec. 2026 covering fairness, privacy, governance, human oversight, and incident response, and creates a 12-member Georgia Board for AI.
SB 455Georgia AI CommissionSupport
SB 455 establishes the Georgia AI Commission to advise the legislature and executive, develop statewide guidelines, inventory agency AI systems, and flag high-risk applications.
SB 444AI cannot solely deny insurance coverageMonitor
SB 444 bars insurers and review agents from using AI as the sole basis for denying coverage; AI may assist but a clinical peer's judgment must override it. Enacted as Act 411.
SB 540Conversational AI disclosure & minor safetyMonitor
SB 540 sets safety and transparency rules for public-facing conversational AI, requiring disclosures (especially for minors), restricting harmful content, and setting suicide-response protocols. Enacted as Act 518.
HB 715Fair & Future Ready Housing Act (AI bias)Oppose
HB 715 (Fair and Future Ready Housing Act) regulates AI and automated tools in housing decisions to prevent discrimination, barring use without human oversight and requiring disclosure, with AG enforcement.
Indiana IN
HB 1296AI inventory and policies for schoolsMonitor
HB 1296 directs the education department to build an inventory of approved AI platforms and a model AI policy, requires schools to adopt AI-use policies, and bars penalizing students based solely on AI-detector evidence.
HB 1601Quantum & advanced computing tax incentivesSupport
HB 1601 expands data-center sales-tax incentives to cover quantum and advanced computing and defense infrastructure, with award certificates and property-tax exemptions. Enacted as Public Law 178.
HB 1620Disclosure of AI use in health careMonitor
HB 1620 requires health-care providers and insurers to tell patients when AI is used to make or inform care or coverage decisions, defining key terms, effective July 2025.
HB 1271Limit AI downcoding of health claimsMonitor
HB 1271 (2026) overhauls health-claim payment rules, barring insurers from AI-driven 'downcoding' and retroactive cuts, and limiting audits to boost billing transparency. Became Public Law 88.
HB 1377Autonomous truck human-operator ruleMonitor
HB 1377 sets rules for autonomous tractor-trailers on Indiana highways, requiring federal safety compliance and a qualified human operator physically present to take control when needed.
Oregon OR
HB 4103Aaron Woods Commission on AIMonitor
HB 4103 establishes the Senator Aaron Woods Commission on AI within Enterprise Information Services to monitor AI use and advise on policy, directing DAS to hire a Chief AI Officer and review AI impacts on equity, privacy, and workforce.
HB 3771State CIO to study artificial intelligenceSupport
HB 3771 requires the State CIO to study AI and submit a report with legislative recommendations by September 2026; the study provision sunsets January 2027.
HB 3936Ban foreign covered-vendor AI on state ITMonitor
HB 3936 prohibits hardware, software, or services using AI from a designated 'covered vendor' national-security threat on state IT assets. Signed as Chapter 396 (2025), effective January 2026.
HB 4054Notice when AI downcodes health claimsMonitor
HB 4054 requires health insurers using AI to downcode claims to notify providers in writing within two business days with reasons and an appeal, and mandates evidence-based utilization-review criteria and peer review.
HB 3899Lower thresholds for data-privacy regulationOppose
HB 3899 lowers thresholds for controllers under Oregon's privacy law and bars processing/selling sensitive data for targeted advertising or profiling, requiring notices, minimization, consent, and opt-outs.
West Virginia WV
HB 3187WV Task Force on Artificial IntelligenceSupport
HB 3187 establishes and extends the West Virginia Task Force on AI within the Governor's Office to 2027, charging it with defining AI for legislation, recommending responsible oversight, and identifying AI economic opportunities, with annual reports.
HB 5205WV Balance Act; AI in classroomsSupport
HB 5205 (WV Balance Act) directs the State Board of Education to create model policies and AI standards for instructional technology in classrooms, requiring balanced AI-use policies with transparency safeguards and optional AI sandbox courses tied to workforce development.
HCR 94Study AI elective course in high schoolsSupport
HCR 94 requests a study of creating an AI Education Program and elective course in public high schools, assessing existing programs, funding, and training gaps to recommend foundational AI coursework.
SB 198Prohibit AI-generated child pornographySupport
SB 198 amends the criminal code to prohibit creating, distributing, or possessing computer-generated and AI-fabricated child pornography, with definitions, penalties, and mandatory reporting. Enacted.
HB 4770Limits on AI in mental health careMonitor
HB 4770 establishes limits on using AI to deliver mental-health care, with administrative-support exceptions, creating a task force, mandating transparency and consent, and barring AI from independent therapeutic decisions, effective January 2027.
South Dakota SD
SB 164Prohibit deepfakes to influence electionsMonitor
SB 164 prohibits using AI deepfakes with intent to injure a candidate within 90 days of an election unless clearly disclosed, a Class 1 misdemeanor with civil liability, exempting satire and bona fide newscasts. Signed in 2025.
HB 1125Taskforce to study AI impactSupport
HB 1125 would create a task force to study AI's development and impact across agriculture, healthcare, and education, reporting by December 2028. Passed committee but failed on the House floor 26-43.
SB 168Regulate use of chatbots by minorsMonitor
SB 168 regulates chatbots used by minors, including companions and therapy bots, requiring age verification, emergency safety measures, data limits, and professional oversight. Passed Senate Judiciary 6-0 then killed.
SB 169AI use by health carriers in determinationsOppose
SB 169 would require health carriers using AI in utilization review to consider individual patient data, bar sole reliance on group data, and reserve adverse determinations for licensed professionals. Withdrawn.
HB 1144Restrict AI in therapy servicesMonitor
HB 1144 would restrict AI in therapy, barring it from independently conducting therapeutic communication or clinical decisions without licensed approval, while allowing administrative use. Withdrawn.
Alaska AK
SB 2AI, deepfakes, cybersecurity, data transfersOppose
SB 2 requires disclosure of AI-manipulated election deepfakes and regulates agencies' use of generative AI in consequential decisions, mandating biennial AI inventories, impact assessments, consent and appeals, and banning uses like biometric identification. It creates civil liability and restricts interagency data transfers without notice.
HCR 3Establish AI legislative task forceSupport
HCR 3 creates a Joint Legislative Task Force on AI to study AI development, ethics, economic opportunities, and regulation. It must build common terminology, assess government and economic uses, address workforce needs, and deliver a strategic plan by January 2026.
SB 148Regulate autonomous vehiclesSupport
SB 148 sets autonomous-vehicle rules requiring federal-standard compliance and barring interstate commercial AV transport without a human safety operator. It defines automation levels and assigns crash liability mainly to the human operator to enable controlled self-driving deployment.
SB 33Synthetic media liability and electionsMonitor
SB 33 establishes synthetic-media standards, classifying synthetic-media defamation as defamation per se and barring its knowing use to influence elections absent disclosure (with satire exceptions). It sets remedies and shields providers that merely host third-party content.
HB 47Criminalize AI-generated CSAMMonitor
HB 47 strengthens child sexual abuse material laws by creating offenses for AI-generated obscene CSAM and expanding definitions and penalties. It also tightens teaching-certificate and school-bus licensing and updates criminal procedure to enhance prosecution.
Oklahoma OK
HB 3545Govern AI use by state agenciesMonitor
HB 3545 establishes a framework governing AI use by Oklahoma state agencies, defining terms, prohibiting harmful applications, and regulating permissible uses, with compliance reviews and annual OMES reporting.
SB 1734Responsible Technology in Schools ActMonitor
SB 1734 (Responsible Technology in Schools Act) restricts AI tools in public schools to educator-directed, supervised uses while protecting student data and local control. Approved by the Governor May 2026.
SB 1521Regulate AI chatbots; protect minorsMonitor
SB 1521 regulates AI chatbots, prohibiting those soliciting minors into harmful behavior, mandating age verification and AI disclosure, barring minors from companion AI, with AG enforcement.
HB 1782AI Education Innovation ActSupport
HB 1782 (AI Education Innovation Act) addresses AI in K-12 and higher education, edtech, curriculum, and workforce; as introduced it largely established the act's name and effective date.
HB 1916Responsible Deployment of AI Systems ActOppose
HB 1916 (Responsible Deployment of AI Systems Act) would establish a risk-based framework requiring assessments, documentation, human oversight, and public notice, creating an AI Council and sandboxes. Stalled in Rules.
Kentucky KY
SB 175Kentucky Health Command AI platformSupport
SB 175 creates the Kentucky Health Command to run an AI-assisted, avatar-based virtual health platform for rural providers, offering nonclinical education, navigation, and telehealth while barring AI from diagnosis or treatment.
SCR 142Commonwealth AI Consortium Task ForceSupport
SCR 142 directs creation of the Commonwealth AI Consortium Task Force to coordinate AI development across Kentucky, drawing members from government, education, healthcare, and industry to foster innovation.
HB 44Robotics education funding for STEMSupport
HB 44 (Advanced Manufacturing Through Robotics Education Act) sets up a fund and selection committee to support student robotics teams and competitions, expanding STEM and advanced-manufacturing opportunities.
HB 641AI in Mental Health Act (chatbots)Monitor
HB 641 (AI in Mental Health Act) regulates mental-health chatbots, setting limits on data handling, advertising, and disclosures and requiring safety, transparency, and privacy policies with AG enforcement.
HB 559Digital Choice Act data portabilityMonitor
HB 559 (Digital Choice Act) imposes data-privacy, portability, and interoperability duties on social-media companies and AI model operators, giving users rights to access, transfer, and delete their data.
New Hampshire NH
SB 657State agency use of IT and AI systemsMonitor
SB 657 establishes an AI oversight framework — a DOJ AI-analyst position, a study commission, and a civil cause of action against deceptive AI uses. Passed both chambers but the Senate nonconcurred with the House amendment.
HB 1725Responsible AI Governance ActOppose
HB 1725 (Responsible AI Governance) would create a state AI council, transparency and non-discrimination standards, a regulatory sandbox, and AG enforcement. Found Inexpedient to Legislate (killed).
HB 1506Exception to state agency AI restrictionsSupport
HB 1506 creates a waiver process letting state-agency heads request relief from existing restrictions on AI use, with Executive Council approval. Referred for interim study.
HB 143Liability for AI communication to childrenMonitor
HB 143 criminalizes and creates a private right of action against AI operators who knowingly direct generative communications to children encouraging sexual conduct, drug use, self-harm, or violence. Signed; Chapter 270, effective Jan 2026.
SB 640AI use in licensed professional servicesOppose
SB 640 would prohibit using AI to provide services requiring a professional license, with informed-consent and supervision rules for psychology and mental-health counseling. Found Inexpedient to Legislate.
New Mexico NM
HB 60Artificial Intelligence Act (high-risk)Oppose
HB 60 (Artificial Intelligence Act) creates a framework for high-risk AI, requiring developers to document and disclose systems and deployers to conduct impact assessments and adopt risk-management policies against algorithmic discrimination, with consumer notice and appeal rights and DOJ enforcement.
HB 28AI Transparency ActOppose
HB 28 (AI Transparency Act) requires entities using AI for consequential consumer decisions to give advance notice and explain adverse decisions, with correction and appeal, and requires companion AI to disclose its AI nature.
SB 68AI Government Use ActMonitor
SB 68 (AI Government Use Act) requires public bodies to adopt AI policies and training, mandates employees make final consequential decisions, and requires security safeguards for nonpublic data.
HB 141AI Accountability Act (synthetic content)Monitor
HB 141 (AI Accountability Act) mandates disclosure and labeling of synthetic content from generative AI, including provenance disclosures and platform obligations, with civil and criminal liability, enforced by the AG.
HJM 9AI and data privacy interim studySupport
HJM 9 asks the Legislative Council to establish a 2025 interim committee to examine AI and data privacy, gather stakeholder input, and develop recommendations for the 2026 session.
Texas TX
HB 149Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA)Monitor
HB 149 (Texas Responsible AI Governance Act / TRAIGA) creates a comprehensive framework regulating AI development and use, with consumer disclosure requirements, bans on manipulative and discriminatory uses, and AG enforcement with civil penalties. It establishes a Texas AI Council and a regulatory sandbox; effective 1/1/26.
SB 1700AI Division within Dept. of Information ResourcesSupport
SB 1700 creates an AI Division within the Department of Information Resources to oversee generative AI across state projects, aiming to modernize legacy systems and improve efficiency.
HB 3808AI advisory council and learning laboratorySupport
HB 3808 establishes an AI Advisory Council and an AI Learning Laboratory to study and report on agency AI use, enabling testing under regulatory mitigation agreements to inform future legislation.
SB 668Disclosure of information on AIMonitor
SB 668 mandates AI transparency, requiring entities above set revenue thresholds to disclose details about their AI models — functions, third-party inputs, and modifications — with anti-retaliation protections and AG oversight.
HB 5496Disclosure and use of AIOppose
HB 5496 requires businesses to adopt AI transparency and accountability measures — best practices, detection tools, explanations for AI decisions, and bias prevention — with violations treated as deceptive trade practices.
Florida FL
HB 1395Comprehensive AI framework / Bill of RightsOppose
HB 1395 creates a comprehensive Florida AI framework: an 'AI Bill of Rights,' consumer protections, companion-chatbot rules for minors, bot-disclosure transparency, likeness protections, and bans on government AI contracts with foreign entities of concern, with DLA enforcement.
SB 2Artificial Intelligence Bill of RightsOppose
SB 2 establishes the 'AI Bill of Rights,' restricting government AI contracts with certain foreign entities, setting parental-consent safeguards for minors using companion chatbots, regulating AI in schools, and protecting image and likeness.
SB 794Human review for insurance denialsOppose
SB 794 requires every insurance claim denial to be reviewed and signed off by a qualified human, barring AI as the sole basis. Insurers must document review, disclose specifics, and submit to audits.
SB 146State agency AI use studySupport
SB 146 directs the Florida Digital Service to study how state agencies use AI and its impacts, with a report due to the Governor and Legislature by March 2027.
HB 491Ban AI firearm detection by agenciesMonitor
HB 491 prohibits government agencies from using AI to detect concealed firearms in public areas, with school exceptions; violations are a first-degree misdemeanor.
Mississippi MS
HB 1723Define artificial intelligence in state lawSupport
HB 1723 creates a single statutory definition of 'artificial intelligence' in Mississippi law, conforming to federal language as a baseline for future regulation. Signed by the Governor March 2026.
SB 2429AI in Education Task ForceSupport
SB 2429 (AI in Education Task Force Act) would create a task force to develop policy for responsible AI in K-12 — ethics, data privacy, curriculum, training, procurement. Died in committee.
HB 1605AI and STEM Education Innovation ActSupport
HB 1605 (AI and STEM Education Innovation Act) would authorize a pilot for voluntary AI-assisted learning in grades 6-12, prioritizing rural and disadvantaged schools, with a 2030 sunset. Died in committee.
SB 2354AI Fraud and Accountability ActMonitor
SB 2354 (AI Fraud and Accountability Act) would create civil causes of action against developers and users who knowingly deploy AI for fraud, with damages, punitive damages, and joint liability. Died in committee.
HB 1717Medical Judgment Protection ActOppose
HB 1717 (Medical Judgment Protection Act) would regulate clinical and payer AI so it assists but never replaces human judgment — mandating disclosure, clinician attestation, and banning fully automated denials. Died in committee.
South Carolina SC
S 963Consumer protections for high-risk AIOppose
S 963 (Consumer Protections in Interactions with AI Systems Act) imposes requirements on developers and deployers of high-risk AI to prevent algorithmic discrimination in consequential decisions, mandating documentation, impact assessments, and consumer disclosures with AG enforcement.
S 896Chatbot Protection ActOppose
S 896 (Chatbot Protection Act) requires affirmative consent for personal-data processing, transparency that users interact with a chatbot, and data-security measures, treating chatbots as products for civil liability with a private right of action.
SR 225Resolution supporting open-source AISupport
SR 225 (Senate Resolution) expresses support for developing AI in South Carolina while opposing censorship or bias, promoting open-source decentralized AI, accountability for misuse, and an innovation-friendly environment.
HR 5085Declare AI Week for awarenessSupport
HR 5085 (House Resolution) declares March 30–April 2, 2026 'AI Week' to raise public awareness, promote AI literacy for the workforce, and highlight technical-college events.
H 4582Optional AI instruction electivesSupport
H 4582 permits each school district, beginning 2026-2027, to offer age-appropriate instruction on accessing, using, and critically evaluating AI tools, with state implementation guidelines.
Wisconsin WI
AB 965AI chatbots simulating relationships with childrenMonitor
AB 965 regulates AI companion chatbots that simulate humanlike relationships with children under 18, requiring operators to prevent harmful content or unlicensed mental-health services, with civil forfeitures and a private right of action, effective 2027.
SB 932Legal status of artificial intelligenceMonitor
SB 932 establishes that AI systems are not legal persons and cannot own property, serve as officers, marry, or be liable, assigning all ownership and liability for AI outputs to human developers, manufacturers, and owners.
SB 1066AI denying prior authorizationOppose
SB 1066 prohibits using AI to deny prior authorizations based on medical necessity or experimental status under health plans; denials may occur only after a licensed provider personally reviews the request.
AB 292AI translation in court proceedingsSupport
AB 292 allows courts to use AI or machine-assisted translation in civil, criminal, municipal, and administrative proceedings, replacing or supplementing human interpreters, and extends remote-interpreter authorization to criminal trials.
AB 1109AI denying prior authorizationOppose
AB 1109 bars health insurance policies and self-insured plans from using AI to deny prior authorizations based on medical necessity, requiring a licensed provider to review and approve any denial first.
New Jersey NJ
S 3432Next New Jersey AI investment tax creditSupport
S 3432 (Next New Jersey Program Act) creates EDA tax credits up to $250M/project for major AI and AI-data-center capital investment and job creation. Enacted as P.L.2024 c.49 — the marquee pro-AI-investment law.
S 1802AI safety tests and reportingOppose
S 1802 requires AI companies operating in NJ to conduct annual safety tests and report results to the Office of Information Technology, which sets minimum standards and reviews for bias, inaccuracy, and cybersecurity risk.
S 4458AI Workforce Transition ActOppose
S 4458 (AI Workforce Transition Act) establishes a five-year program: employer notice of AI-driven job cuts, an AI Displacement Account funding retraining and wage insurance, and employer tax credits.
S 4075Regulate AI monitoring in employmentOppose
S 4075 regulates AI electronic monitoring in employment, requiring impact assessments, human oversight, and bargaining over workplace AI monitoring and automated decisions.
S 3871AI Apprenticeship Program & tax creditSupport
S 3871 (2024 session) establishes an AI Apprenticeship Program in the labor department plus a tax credit up to $5,000/apprentice, incentivizing employers to train workers in AI fields.
Missouri MO
HB 1746AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility ActSupport
HB 1746 (AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act) declares AI systems are not legal persons and assigns liability for AI-caused harm chiefly to owners and users — developers only for design defects or negligence. Reported Do Pass 9-0.
SB 1012AI deepfakes in political ads / intimate imageryMonitor
SB 1012 regulates AI-generated content and deepfakes, requiring disclaimers on political ads using AI and criminalizing intimate deepfakes with felony penalties.
HB 1887Taylor Swift Act: intimate depictionsMonitor
HB 1887 (Taylor Swift Act) creates criminal offenses and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure of digitally manipulated intimate depictions, with heightened protection for minors and provider immunity.
SB 1444AI in mental health representationMonitor
SB 1444 adds a provision prohibiting any person from advertising or representing AI as a licensed mental-health professional or therapy provider, enforceable by the AG as an unlawful merchandising practice.
HB 1747AI content disclosure cause of actionMonitor
HB 1747 lets people sue when realistic AI-generated images, video, or audio are passed off as real without an AI-origin mark; a House substitute makes the mark voluntary as a liability shield.
Kansas KS
SB 499Design code, digital-replica, chatbot transparencyOppose
SB 499 bundles three acts: an age-appropriate design code limiting compulsive minor use, a ban on nonconsensual digital replicas, and a chatbot-transparency act, with private rights of action and AG enforcement.
SB 405Ban training AI for harmful conductOppose
SB 405 makes it unlawful to knowingly train AI or chatbots to encourage suicide, pose as a licensed professional, simulate a human, or encourage isolation, with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation.
HB 2671Kansas CHAT Act: companion chatbot age checkOppose
HB 2671 (Kansas CHAT Act) requires companion-chatbot providers to verify ages, obtain parental consent for minors, and block explicit and suicidal-ideation content, with AG enforcement and a compliance safe harbor.
HB 2592AI and emerging technologies task forceSupport
HB 2592 creates the Kansas Task Force on AI and Emerging Technologies to study risks, workforce effects, and regulatory needs, reporting annually until it expires in 2028.
SB 467AI medical necessity transparencyMonitor
SB 467 (Use of AI in Medical Decisions Transparency Act) requires insurers' AI tools to be transparent and nondiscriminatory and mandates a licensed physician make every final medical-necessity determination.
Alabama AL
SB 63Regulate AI in health coverage decisionsOppose
SB 63 bars health insurers from relying solely on AI to deny or reduce coverage and requires a qualified professional to make final authorization decisions. It mandates enrollee disclosure and annual AI fairness/accuracy certifications; enacted.
SB 328Agentic AI review of agency rulesSupport
SB 328 (Agentic AI Regulatory Review Act) requires agencies to use agentic AI to review all rules and guidance quarterly for compliance, cost, and clarity. Human staff must approve any AI recommendations, with annual reports on savings.
HB 351Alabama Personal Data Protection ActMonitor
HB 351 enacts the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act, granting access, correction, deletion, and opt-out rights over personal data. It imposes consent, minimization, and security duties with AG enforcement; enacted.
SB 129Disclosure of AI-generated contentMonitor
SB 129 requires generative-AI developers to conspicuously disclose AI-generated images, video, or audio. Violations are unlawful trade practices enforceable by the AG with a private right of action.
SB 56Limit facial recognition as sole arrest basisMonitor
SB 56 prohibits law enforcement from using a facial-recognition match as the sole basis for probable cause or arrest; matches must be corroborated by other evidence. Enacted as Act 2022-420.
Arizona AZ
HB 2592Agencies adopt AI; bar agency AI rulemakingSupport
HB 2592 directs state agencies to find opportunities to adopt AI that reduces administrative burden and to eliminate rules that restrict AI innovation. It bars agencies from regulating AI without express legislative delegation.
HB 4098High-risk AI assessments, AG certificationOppose
HB 4098 regulates high-risk AI businesses, requiring risk assessments, transparency reports, bias mitigation, and quarterly audits. Systems must be certified by the AG before entering commerce, with civil penalties.
HB 2311Conversational AI minor-protection rulesOppose
HB 2311 regulates public-facing conversational AI to protect minors, mandating disclosure that users are interacting with AI and restricting harmful interactions. It requires privacy and safety controls, effective 2027.
HB 2409Statewide AI education programSupport
HB 2409 creates an AI Education Program offering a voluntary statewide course on digital hygiene and AI tools for small businesses. It teaches residents to spot manipulation and use AI for economic growth.
SB 1786Generative AI content provenanceMonitor
SB 1786 requires generative-AI providers to embed secure provenance data into AI-generated or altered video, image, or audio, aiming at transparency and deterring deception.
Nebraska NE
LB 1083Transparency in AI Risk Management ActOppose
LB 1083 (Transparency in AI Risk Management Act) required large frontier developers and chatbot providers to publish public-safety and child-protection plans and report incidents to the AG, with whistleblower protection. Indefinitely postponed.
LR 421Interim study of AI legislationMonitor
LR 421 is an interim study resolution examining current state and federal AI legislation on public-safety and child-protection risks, to inform future Nebraska action.
LB 1185Conversational AI Safety ActOppose
LB 1185 (Conversational AI Safety Act) regulated public chatbots, requiring AI-interaction disclosure, minor safeguards, and crisis protocols, with AG enforcement. Portions amended into LB 525.
LB 939Saving Human Connection ActOppose
LB 939 (Saving Human Connection Act) regulated generative-AI chatbots with human-like features, requiring age verification, transparency, and emergency-response systems to protect minors. Indefinitely postponed.
LB 1006Protecting Consumers from Predatory PricingOppose
LB 1006 (Protecting Consumers and Jobs from Predatory Pricing Act) banned personalized algorithmic/surveillance pricing built on consumer data, with disclosure and AG enforcement. Indefinitely postponed.
Ohio OH
HB 392Ohio Right to Compute ActSupport
HB 392 (Ohio Right to Compute Act) limits government regulation of computational resources to measures narrowly tailored to compelling interests like critical-infrastructure protection, while mandating federally-aligned risk-management for AI controlling critical infrastructure — signaling Ohio is open to AI investment.
HB 628License AI risk-mitigation organizationsOppose
HB 628 creates a state licensing system for independent organizations that assess and certify AI models for risk mitigation, with monitoring, reporting, and revocation rules, an AI Safety Advisory Council, and liability protections for verified systems.
HB 828Regulate automated employment decision toolsOppose
HB 828 regulates employers' use of automated employment-decision tools, barring sole reliance, requiring human review, mandating advance written notice to workers, and granting a right to a non-automated assessment.
SB 164Regulate AI use by health insurersOppose
SB 164 regulates health insurers' use of AI in utilization review, requiring annual reporting and barring medical-necessity decisions made solely by AI without qualified-professional review, with audits.
HB 813Watermark AI products; disclose AIOppose
HB 813 requires AI-generated products to carry a distinctive watermark disclosing AI origin and mandates disclosure when AI emulates human behavior, with AG complaints, civil penalties, and a private right of action.
Tennessee TN
HB 1455Criminalizing harmful AI trainingOppose
HB 1455 creates a Class A felony for knowingly training or operating an AI system or chatbot to encourage suicide, simulate a licensed mental-health professional, form emotional relationships, or impersonate humans, with a civil cause of action, effective July 2026.
SB 2171AI Public Safety & Child Protection TransparencyOppose
SB 2171 (AI Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act) requires large frontier developers and chatbot providers to adopt and publish safety plans addressing catastrophic and child-safety risks and report critical incidents to the AG.
SB 677AI teacher professional developmentSupport
SB 677 directs the education department to offer a free asynchronous professional-development course on classroom AI for grades 6-12 teachers, who must complete it by August 2027.
SB 1363AG study of AI deceptive trade practicesMonitor
SB 1363 requires the AG to study how AI was used in unfair or deceptive trade practices during 2024-2025, reporting to legislative committees by mid-2026 to inform consumer-protection policy.
HB 2586AI fraud detection reportingMonitor
HB 2586 extends an AI-related reporting deadline to December 2026 with annual reports thereafter and requires reports to include recommendations to detect and minimize AI-enabled fraud.
Louisiana LA
SB 474Protecting Infrastructure from AI Risk ActOppose
SB 474 (Protecting Louisiana's Infrastructure from AI Risk Act) requires large frontier developers to publish risk frameworks, undergo third-party audits, report critical incidents, and protect whistleblowers, targeting catastrophic risks to energy and port infrastructure.
HB 880AI Insurance Fairness ActOppose
HB 880 (AI Insurance Fairness Act) regulates AI in insurance underwriting, rating, and claims — banning discriminatory inputs, mandating annual disparate-impact audits, and guaranteeing consumer explanation and human review.
HB 791Regulation of AI chatbotsOppose
HB 791 sets rules for AI chatbots, requiring affirmative consent for data processing and transparency that users are interacting with a bot, banning advertising-profiling, and imposing product liability.
HR 320Promote AI education for studentsSupport
HR 320 (2025) urges education agencies to promote AI education for students and professional development for faculty, calling for flexible AI learning tools to build a future-ready workforce.
HR 317Study AI, blockchain, cryptoSupport
HR 317 (2025) directs the House Commerce Committee to study AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency impacts on Louisiana, with public hearings and a report due February 2026.
California CA
SB 53Frontier AI model transparency & safetyMonitor
SB 53 (Transparency in Frontier AI Act) requires large frontier-model developers to publish safety frameworks managing catastrophic risks and confidentially report critical safety incidents, plus whistleblower protections. It also creates CalCompute, a public cloud for equitable AI research.
AB 1018Automated Decisions Safety ActOppose
AB 1018 (Automated Decisions Safety Act) regulates ADS making consequential decisions, requiring developer performance evaluations and deployer disclosure and appeals. It mandates transparency, AG access, and civil actions.
AB 1405AI auditors: enrollment & conductOppose
AB 1405 requires AI auditors to enroll with the Government Operations Agency, pay a fee, and follow conduct rules, establishing an enrollment fund and misconduct-reporting mechanisms.
AB 2575Healthcare AI transparency & overrideOppose
AB 2575 sets rules for clinical decision-support AI, requiring transparency to clinicians, protecting their right to override AI, and assigning liability to developers and users. It shields workers from retaliation tied to AI use.
AB 1898Workplace AI tool disclosureOppose
AB 1898 requires employers to notify workers when AI affects employment decisions or surveillance, with detailed disclosures and acknowledgment, plus enforcement and penalties.
SB 813AI Standards & Safety CommissionMonitor
SB 813 lets the AG designate private multistakeholder regulatory organizations to certify AI for safety; certified developers gain a rebuttable presumption of reasonable care in injury claims.
Iowa IA
SF 2417Conversational AI services requirementsOppose
SF 2417 sets rules for public-facing conversational AI, requiring disclosure that users are interacting with AI and safeguards protecting minors from harmful content, plus mental-health crisis protocols. Signed into law May 2026.
SF 2199Ownership of AI output and trained AISupport
SF 2199 defines AI terms and sets ownership rules: users own output created from their input, those who lawfully train an AI own the system, and employers own AI work created on the job.
SSB 3014State agency AI use & employee protectionsMonitor
SSB 3014 creates a framework governing state agencies' use of AI, including automated employment-decision tools, requiring AI inventories and usage reports and barring uses that harm employee rights.
SF 2421Limit AI in insurer prior authorizationMonitor
SF 2421 regulates utilization-review AI in prior-authorization decisions, requiring qualified peer review before denials, with timelines and appeals. Withdrawn in March 2026.
SF 2106Ban algorithmic rent price-fixingMonitor
SF 2106 (Residential Rent Fairness and Anticollusion Act) bars landlords with 5+ units from price-fixing and from using algorithmic rent-setting tools that coordinate off nonpublic competitor data, with civil penalties.
Virginia VA
SB 1214High-risk AI use by public bodiesOppose
SB 1214 establishes a framework for high-risk AI developed, deployed, or used by Virginia public bodies, directing the CIO to set transparency, risk-management, and impact-assessment standards against algorithmic discrimination, enforced via procurement contracts. Passed Senate 40-0; left in House Appropriations.
HB 2121Digital Content Authenticity & Transparency ActOppose
HB 2121 (Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act) would require generative-AI developers to attach standardized provenance data to synthetic content and offer public tools to read it, with AG enforcement. Left in committee.
HB 2268Emerging Tech, Cybersecurity, Privacy DivisionMonitor
HB 2268 creates a Division of Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy within the Department of Law to enforce AI, cybersecurity, and privacy laws, with investigation and audit powers. Left in Appropriations.
SB 394AI for student instruction; pilotMonitor
SB 394 directs the Board of Education to issue AI-use guidelines for K-12 and creates an AI Innovation in Education Pilot Program prioritizing under-resourced populations, with a 2030 sunset. Advanced.
HB 1170Law-enforcement AI use policyMonitor
HB 1170 requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a model policy governing law-enforcement use of AI in investigations, barring discriminatory use. Tabled 21-1 in committee.
Michigan MI
HB 5899State AI pilot program for agenciesSupport
HB 5899 (AI Pilot Program Act) creates a governor-appointed board and a fund to let state agencies test generative AI under DTMB oversight, with reporting on efficiency gains and risks for legislative evaluation.
HB 4668AI safety transparency for large developersOppose
HB 4668 (AI Safety and Security Transparency Act) requires large foundation-model developers to adopt, follow, and publish safety/security protocols managing critical risks, with risk-assessment reports, independent audits, whistleblower protection, and civil penalties.
HB 4536Ban AI-based health insurer denialsOppose
HB 4536 amends the Insurance Code to prohibit health insurers from denying, modifying, or delaying claims based on reviews conducted using AI, ensuring AI does not solely drive adverse coverage decisions.
SB 991Ban algorithmic personalized pricingOppose
SB 991 amends the Consumer Protection Act to ban personalized algorithmic pricing based on consumer or device attributes including geolocation and protected-class data, with exceptions.
SB 760Companion chatbots for minors restrictedMonitor
SB 760 (Leading Ethical AI Development for Kids Act) regulates companion-chatbot operators and restricts their behaviors toward minors, barring harmful interactions with civil penalties.
Pennsylvania PA
SB 939AI & Data Center regulatory sandboxSupport
SB 939 establishes an Office of Transformation and an AI, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox letting participants test products with licensing waived up to 12 months, plus expedited permitting for high-impact, self-powered data centers.
HB 1925Regulate AI in health facilities & insurersOppose
HB 1925 creates a framework for AI in healthcare facilities, insurers, and Medicaid/CHIP managed care, mandating patient disclosure and a human decision-maker in utilization review and clinical decisions, with annual attestations and penalties.
HB 2534AI transparency & provenance mandatesOppose
HB 2534 (AI Transparency Act) requires large generative-AI providers and platforms to embed origin disclosures in AI-generated content and offer free detection tools, with AG enforcement.
HB 2175Consumer protection rules for AI chatbotsOppose
HB 2175 creates consumer-protection rules for AI chatbots, requiring suppliers to safeguard personal and health data, limit AI-driven advertising, and disclose chatbot capabilities, enforced by the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
HB 2384Prohibit AI dynamic pricing on essentialsOppose
HB 2384 amends unfair-trade-practice law to prohibit dynamic pricing on essential goods/services that varies within 24 hours based on demand, including via adaptive AI, excluding bona fide non-deceptive pricing.
Hawaii HI
SB 3001AI Disclosure & Safety Act (conversational AI)Oppose
SB 3001 (AI Disclosure and Safety Act) requires conversational-AI operators to tell users they're talking to AI, build suicide/self-harm protocols, and protect minors, with annual crisis-intervention reports and deceptive-practice penalties. Enrolled to the Governor.
HB 1782Regulate AI companion systems for minorsOppose
HB 1782 creates safeguards for AI companion systems used by minors — transparency, parental controls, age assurance, and bans on harmful design like simulated romance — with AG enforcement.
SB 59Algorithmic discrimination auditsOppose
SB 59 establishes rules for algorithmic decision-making, barring discrimination on protected characteristics, requiring consumer notice, annual audits and AG reporting, and civil penalties.
SB 1622UH Aloha Intelligence InstituteSupport
SB 1622 creates the Aloha Intelligence Institute at the University of Hawaii to advance AI research, workforce development, ethics, and public-private partnerships, with biannual reports.
HB 2597State data hub with public AI chatbotSupport
HB 2597 directs the Chief Data Officer to add a public-facing AI chatbot to Hawaii's open-data portal and requires AI governance tools and an agency AI use-case/vendor reporting system.
North Carolina NC
H 1161Omnibus AI protections across sectorsOppose
H 1161 (Omnibus AI Protections) imposes guardrails across elections, education, employment, courts, and insurance — banning AI in political ads, mandating audits/disclosure for AI hiring tools, and restricting AI in insurance and courts, with appropriations for oversight.
S 735AI Innovation Trust Fund + safety rulesOppose
S 735 (AI Innovation Trust Fund Act) creates a fund to support AI development while imposing safety, cybersecurity, and risk-assessment requirements on high-impact-model developers, with AG enforcement.
S 747AI Learning Agenda & regulatory sandboxSupport
S 747 establishes an Office of AI Policy within Commerce and an AI Learning Laboratory for regulated experimentation, with a learning agenda, state AI inventory, and regulatory mitigations balancing innovation and protection.
H 934AI Regulatory Reform Act; developer immunitySupport
H 934 (AI Regulatory Reform Act) creates a criminal offense for harmful deepfakes and civil remedies, and grants AI developers immunity when products are used by learned professionals, shifting liability to those professionals.
H 375AI and Synthetic Media Act (elections)Monitor
H 375 (AI and Synthetic Media Act) regulates AI-generated synthetic media, requiring disclosures in political messaging, banning deceptive election deepfakes, and criminalizing fabricated intimate images and CSAM.
Maine ME
HP 1451Restrict children's access to AI companionsOppose
HP 1451 bars AI chatbot deployers from letting minors use human-like AI chatbots or social companions unless strict conditions like robust age verification are met, with a narrow supervised-therapy exemption, plus data limits and a private right of action.
HP 1397Regulate AI in mental health servicesOppose
HP 1397 lets licensed mental-health professionals use AI only for administrative and supplementary support, never independent therapeutic communication or clinical decisions, requiring informed consent. Signed into law April 2026.
HP 1220Maine Online Data Privacy ActOppose
HP 1220 (Maine Online Data Privacy Act) gives residents rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of sale or profiling of personal data starting July 2026, with tight limits on sensitive data.
HP 1376Study classroom technology safeguardsMonitor
HP 1376 directs the Maine Education Policy Research Institute to survey schools on classroom technology and safety policies, including AI, with findings due December 2026. Emergency-signed April 2026.
HP 25Regulate employer surveillance of workersMonitor
HP 25 regulates employer surveillance — requiring advance notice, restricting audiovisual monitoring of private spaces, and letting workers refuse surveillance apps on personal devices — with a private right of action. Left unsigned.
Maryland MD
SB 827Curbing Harmful AI Technology Act (chatbots)Oppose
SB 827 (Curbing Harmful AI Technology Act) regulates AI chatbots to protect users, especially children under 13, via affirmative data-use consent, clear AI disclosures, and bans on targeted advertising, extending product-liability standards and allowing AG and individual suits.
HB 712Product liability for AI systemsOppose
HB 712 creates a product-liability framework for AI systems, allowing suits against developers and deployers when defective or dangerous AI causes harm, with best-practice rebuttable presumptions and AG enforcement.
SB 720AI Ready Schools ActSupport
SB 720 (AI Ready Schools Act) directs the education department to issue AI guidance, require local school AI policies, and build K-12 AI literacy, creating an AI Education Collaborative. Enacted (Ch. 634).
SB 597Maryland AI Partnership in higher edSupport
SB 597 establishes the Maryland AI Partnership in the University System to coordinate AI for workforce and public good, adding training, scholarships, and an AI Incubation Lab. Enacted (Ch. 633).
SB 8Identity fraud — AI/deepfake representationsMonitor
SB 8 criminalizes malicious use of personal identifying information and use of AI or deepfakes to impersonate, defraud, or harm, with civil and criminal penalties. Enacted (Ch. 445).
Connecticut CT
SB 2Comprehensive high-risk AI frameworkOppose
SB 2 (2025) creates a comprehensive framework regulating high-risk AI, requiring transparency, risk management, and impact assessments to prevent algorithmic discrimination. It also sets up advisory boards, AI education, and a regulatory sandbox.
SB 86AI innovation & regulatory sandboxSupport
SB 86 establishes a Chief Data Officer and an AI regulatory sandbox to spur innovation. It also regulates companion chatbots, requiring AI disclosure, safety protocols for minors, and annual AG reporting.
SB 435ADS protections for employeesOppose
SB 435 regulates automated employment-decision systems and workplace AI, mandating transparency, bias audits, and human review. It protects collective-bargaining rights over AI and restricts unauthorized agency AI use.
SB 417Small business AI adoption programSupport
SB 417 directs the economic-development department to design an AI Small Business Program incentivizing small firms to adopt AI for productivity, with a report due January 2027. Enacted.
HB 5342Ban deceptive AI synthetic media near electionsMonitor
HB 5342 bans distributing deceptive AI synthetic media misrepresenting people within 90 days before an election and requires disclaimers outside that window, exempting bona fide news media.
Washington WA
SB 6284Consumer protections for AI systemsOppose
SB 6284 establishes a framework regulating high-risk AI making consequential decisions, requiring developers and deployers to adopt risk-management policies, conduct impact assessments, and disclose AI use, with AG enforcement (no private right of action) and an extended AI task force.
HB 2667Consumer protections for AI systemsOppose
HB 2667, the House companion, imposes transparency, accountability, and risk-management duties on high-risk AI developers and deployers against algorithmic discrimination, adding an AI task force and workplace advisory group.
HB 1170Informing users of AI-developed contentOppose
HB 1170 requires large generative-AI providers with over 1M monthly Washington users to offer free AI-content detection tools and embed provenance disclosures, with conspicuous manifest disclosures and latent metadata. Effective Feb 2027.
HB 2225Regulating AI companion chatbotsMonitor
HB 2225 regulates AI companion chatbots, mandating disclosure the chatbot is artificial, protecting minors from explicit content, and requiring protocols for self-harm or suicidal expressions. Effective Jan 2027.
HB 1622Bargaining over use of AIOppose
HB 1622 amends labor law to require public employers to collectively bargain over adopting or modifying AI that affects employees' wages, hours, or working conditions.
New York NY
S 6953RAISE Act — frontier AI model safetyOppose
S 6953 (RAISE Act) requires large frontier-model developers to implement safety and security protocols, keep records, and disclose to state authorities before deployment, barring models posing an unreasonable risk of critical harm. Signed into law (Ch. 699, Dec 2025).
AB 9654NY Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights ActOppose
AB 9654 (NY AI Civil Rights Act) governs covered algorithms in consequential decisions like employment, housing, credit, and health care, mandating discrimination prevention, transparency, notice, human review/appeal, and a private right of action.
AB 3356Advanced AI Licensing ActOppose
AB 3356 (Advanced AI Licensing Act) creates a framework for high-risk AI requiring developers and operators to register, obtain licenses, and meet ethical standards under ongoing oversight, with prohibited uses and penalties.
AB 6765Preventing Algorithmic Pricing DiscriminationOppose
AB 6765 (Preventing Algorithmic Pricing Discrimination Act) bars surveillance-based personalized pricing without consumer notice and prohibits using protected-class data to set prices, with consumer suits and AG authority.
S 8420Synthetic performer advertising disclosureMonitor
S 8420 requires ads featuring AI-generated 'synthetic performers' resembling humans to carry a conspicuous disclosure, with civil penalties, exempting expressive works and audio-only ads. Signed into law (Ch. 617).
Rhode Island RI
H 7350AI companion model safety dutiesOppose
H 7350 creates a framework for AI companion models, requiring protocols for users' expressions of suicidal ideation or harm and clear notice the companion is not human, with private suits and AG enforcement. Transmitted to the Governor.
H 7767Comprehensive AI & fair employment frameworkOppose
H 7767 establishes a framework regulating AI and electronic monitoring in employment, setting transparency, oversight, and anti-discrimination requirements for ADS, plus employee privacy and anti-retaliation rights. Held for study.
S 2010Transparency in health insurer AI decisionsOppose
S 2010 (Transparency and Accountability in AI Use by Health Insurers Act) requires insurers to disclose AI tools to regulators and mandates same-license clinician review of AI-influenced coverage denials. Senate passed Sub A.
H 7349Oversight of AI in mental health careOppose
H 7349 (Oversight of AI in Mental Health Care Act) limits AI in therapy to administrative support, requires informed written consent, and bars AI from making therapeutic decisions independently. Transmitted to the Governor.
H 7764Ban algorithmic rent pricingOppose
H 7764 amends the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to prohibit landlords from using algorithmic devices incorporating nonpublic competitor data to set rent, effective January 2027. Held for study.
Massachusetts MA
H 77Fostering AI responsibility; employment ADSOppose
H 77 regulates AI and automated decision systems in employment and by state agencies, mandating transparency, impact assessments, meaningful human oversight, data privacy, and anti-retaliation protections. Reported favorably to House Ways and Means.
S 35Fostering AI responsibility (Senate)Oppose
S 35, the Senate companion, governs electronic monitoring and ADS in employment, requiring independent-auditor impact assessments, data-use limits, and human oversight to prevent discrimination.
SD 3007Non-discrimination by algorithmic systemsOppose
SD 3007 creates Chapter 151G prohibiting ADS from discriminating in employment, housing, education, and government services, requiring audits, documentation, opt-outs, and liability.
H 5094Synthetic media disclosure in political adsMonitor
H 5094 requires paid political audio/video using AI synthetic media to disclose that fact clearly throughout, with fines for noncompliance. Advanced to Senate Ways and Means.
H 495Reducing emissions from AIOppose
H 495 would require user consent before AI is used in search results, mandate an environmental-impact study, and require annual emissions disclosures. Shelved to a study order.
Vermont VT
H 792Liability standards for AI developers/deployersOppose
H 792 establishes liability standards for developers and deployers of high-impact and generative AI, defining duties on safety, warnings, and risk mitigation, with safe-harbor protections for following recognized best practices.
H 814Neurological rights and AI in healthOppose
H 814 creates protections for neurological rights and regulates AI across health and human services, including mental-health chatbot standards, generative-AI disclosure, and limits on AI in insurance utilization review. Signed May 2026.
H 816AI in mental health servicesOppose
H 816 bars AI from making therapeutic decisions or providing therapeutic communication, keeping clinical responsibility with licensed professionals while permitting administrative support. Signed June 2026.
H 821AI advisory council & disclosuresMonitor
H 821 expands and extends Vermont's AI Advisory Council to 2030, tasking it with studying AI's impact on education, finance, and health, and mandates consumer disclosure when generative AI is used in services.
H 855Defenses in AI-harm civil actionsOppose
H 855 prohibits civil defendants from arguing that AI autonomously caused the harm as a defense to liability, while allowing other defenses on causation and negligence.
Colorado CO
SB 189Revises Colorado AI Act; ADMT disclosureOppose
SB 189 creates a consumer-protection framework for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) in consequential decisions like employment, housing, and credit, requiring disclosure of AI use and consumer rights to data access, correction, and human review. The AG enforces violations as deceptive trade practices.
HB 1139AI in health care & utilization reviewOppose
HB 1139 regulates AI in health care, requiring individualized clinical data and human review for AI utilization-review denials. It bars AI mental-health chatbots from practicing psychotherapy without disclosures and oversight.
HB 1263Conversational AI operator requirementsOppose
HB 1263 sets operator requirements for public-facing conversational AI, focused on minors — mandating AI disclosure, restricting manipulative tactics, requiring suicidal-ideation protocols, and adding AG reporting and penalties.
HB 1195Restrict AI in psychotherapyOppose
HB 1195 restricts AI in licensed psychotherapy, barring AI from therapeutic interaction, unapproved recommendations, or emotion detection. It limits AI to administrative support and requires written client consent for recording.
HB 1009Narrow AI Act scope; delay; SMB exemptionsSupport
HB 1009 (2025 special session) narrows Colorado's AI law, limiting 'consequential decisions' to employment and public safety, delaying the effective date, and exempting small businesses and local governments.
Minnesota MN
SF 4509RAISE Act: AI safety and disclosureOppose
SF 4509 (RAISE Act) requires developers deploying AI models in Minnesota to implement safety and security protocols minimizing the risk of critical harm, disclose safety incidents, and faces civil penalties and a private right of action.
SF 4997AI chatbot requirements & strict liabilityOppose
SF 4997 sets requirements and liability for AI chatbots, mandating clear bot notice, barring chatbots from giving licensed professional advice, and imposing strict duties on companion chatbots to prevent self-harm risks, with strict liability effective August 2026.
SF 4576Notice/transition pay for AI-displaced workersOppose
SF 4576 requires employers with 50+ workers to give 90 days' notice before displacing 25+ employees via AI automation, with a 90-day transitional employment period, continued pay, and retraining, backed by penalties.
SF 3984Ban AI/algorithms in prior authorizationOppose
SF 3984 prohibits health insurers from using algorithms or AI to approve or deny prior-authorization requests, applying to plans issued or renewed on or after January 2026.
HF 4536Ban generative AI in government recordsOppose
HF 4536 bars government entities from using generative AI to create or draft official records, requiring retention of drafts and establishing civil remedies.
Illinois IL
HB 4705AI Public Safety & Child Protection TransparencyOppose
HB 4705 (AI Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act) requires large frontier developers and chatbot providers to publish safety and child-protection plans and report incidents to the AG, with whistleblower protections, third-party audits, and penalties.
SB 3502AI Product Liability / Design RequirementsOppose
SB 3502 (AI Design Requirements / Product Liability Act) makes developers and deployers of high-impact and generative AI liable for harm from defective design, inadequate warnings, or breach of warranty, with extra protections for minors.
HB 4980Meaningful Human Control of AI ActOppose
HB 4980 (Meaningful Human Control of AI Act) bars public employers and contractors from using ADS without ongoing human oversight, mandating independent impact assessments, appeals, transparency, and anti-retaliation protections.
SB 3262Companion AI Protection ActOppose
SB 3262 (Companion AI Protection Act) sets design standards for companion AI to prevent manipulation, requires crisis-intervention protocols and audits, removes Section 230 immunity, and penalizes violations.
SB 3312AI Safety Measures Act / ILComputeMonitor
SB 3312 (AI Safety Measures Act) requires large frontier developers to maintain and disclose catastrophic-risk frameworks and report incidents, with civil penalties, and creates a public AI cloud consortium, ILCompute.
Montana MT
Nevada NV
Methodology & sources
The AI-Friendliness Index (0–100) is a composite editorial score where higher = more innovation-permissive / lower binding-mandate burden, weighing the ratio of enabling vs. restrictive bills, whether comprehensive AI-Act-style regulation is advancing/enacted, the scope of mandates (government-use is friendlier than broad private-sector duties), and enforcement intensity. The per-state score breakdown decomposes this into illustrative factors derived from the tracked bills. Bills are tagged Support / Oppose / Monitor from a general AI-industry vantage point. AI Allies / AI Skeptics are derived strictly from each bill's verified sponsor and stance — a legislator or committee sponsoring an enabling/pro-innovation measure is listed as an Ally, one sponsoring a restrictive mandate as a Skeptic — and every name was checked against USLege's official sponsor/author records. Where a state's bills are all restrictive (or all enabling), one column is intentionally empty. Bill AI summaries are USLege's generated analyses. Montana and Nevada have no current-session AI bills indexed (biennial legislatures).
Clips are real hearing moments, titled and watermarked with the USLege logo, opening at the cited timestamp via a shareable link. Some states (e.g., AK, CO, CT, FL, KY, OH, SD) restrict legislative video under copyright/state law, so clips could not be generated there; the source hearing is linked where available. Data pulled and verified June 18, 2026 — a point-in-time snapshot of fast-moving sessions.