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    Colorado AI Act

    The template for US state comprehensive regulation — and the primary target of federal preemption efforts. Its risk-based, EU-flavored design means multistate companies effectively face AI-Act-lite duties inside the US.

    What it is

    The first comprehensive US state AI law: developers and deployers of 'high-risk' AI systems in consequential decisions (employment, lending, housing, healthcare) owe a duty of reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination, with impact assessments and notices. Effective 30 June 2026 after a legislative delay.

    Who is affected

    Developers and deployers of high-risk AI affecting Colorado residents

    Key obligations

    • Developers: disclose known risks, provide documentation to deployers
    • Deployers: risk-management program, annual impact assessments, consumer notices and appeal rights
    • AG-only enforcement; NIST AI RMF alignment as affirmative defense

    Compliance dates

    30 June 2026

    Colorado AI Act in effect

    The first comprehensive US state AI law took effect: duty of reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination, impact assessments, and consumer notices for high-risk AI in consequential decisions.

    Recent signals

    • 30 June 2026

      Colorado AI Act takes effect after delayed start

      The first comprehensive US state AI law is now operative — as DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force weighs challenges under the December 2025 preemption executive order.

    • 19 March 2026

      New York RAISE Act frontier-safety duties begin

      New York joins California in requiring large frontier developers to publish safety protocols and report incidents.

    • 1 January 2026

      US state AI law wave: Texas, California and Illinois statutes take effect

      TRAIGA, SB 53 (frontier transparency), AB 2013 (training-data disclosure) and Illinois HB 3773 all become operative on the same day — the broadest single expansion of binding US AI law.

    • 29 September 2025

      California enacts SB 53, the first US frontier-AI transparency law

      Large frontier developers must publish safety frameworks and report catastrophic-risk incidents — the transparency-first successor to vetoed SB 1047.