US States

Tracked instruments

• 1 October 2026Coming into forceConnecticut SB 5Connecticut's omnibus AI and online safety law, signed 27 May 2026 and applying from 1 October 2026. It sets disclosure duties for AI subscriptions and AI companions, rul…Frontier AI SafetyEmployment & LaborStandards & Assurance
• 30 September 2026Proposed / DraftCalifornia SB 813Passed by the California legislature on 30 August 2026, SB 813 would create a state AI Standards and Safety Commission and a framework for accredited third-party organisa…Frontier AI SafetyStandards & Assurance
• 2 August 2026In forceCalifornia SB 942Requires large GenAI providers (over 1M monthly users) to offer free AI-detection tools and embed latent provenance disclosures in AI-generated content; AB 853 (2025) del…Standards & AssuranceIP & Copyright
• 30 June 2026In forceColorado AI ActThe first comprehensive US state AI law: developers and deployers of 'high-risk' AI systems in consequential decisions (employment, lending, housing, healthcare) owe a du…Employment & LaborStandards & Assurance
• 19 March 2026In forceNY RAISE ActNew York's frontier-model law requires large developers to publish safety protocols and report serious safety incidents, following California's transparency-first templat…Frontier AI Safety
• 1 January 2026In forceTexas TRAIGATexas's AI law (effective 1 Jan 2026) takes an intent-based approach: it prohibits developing or deploying AI to unlawfully discriminate, manipulate behavior, or produce …Biometrics & SurveillanceGovernance & Procurement
• 1 January 2026In forceCalifornia SB 53The first US law regulating frontier AI developers specifically: large developers must publish frontier AI frameworks, report catastrophic-risk safety incidents to the st…Frontier AI Safety
• 1 January 2026In forceCalifornia AB 2013Requires developers of generative AI systems made available in California to publish documentation of training datasets — sources, whether copyrighted or personal data is…IP & CopyrightData & Privacy
• 1 January 2026In forceIllinois HB 3773Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit employers from using AI that discriminates in recruitment, hiring, promotion or discipline — including via zip-code proxi…Employment & Labor
• 1 July 2024In forceELVIS ActThe first US law protecting voice against AI cloning: extends right-of-publicity protection to voice likeness and creates liability for distributing AI voice-cloning tool…IP & Copyright
• 1 May 2024In forceUtah AI Policy ActAn early, light-touch state law: companies cannot blame generative AI for consumer-protection violations, regulated professions must disclose AI use, and an Office of AI …Standards & AssuranceData & Privacy
• 5 July 2023In forceNYC Local Law 144The first US law mandating independent bias audits: employers using automated employment decision tools for NYC hiring must obtain annual bias audits, publish results, an…Employment & LaborStandards & Assurance

Upcoming compliance dates

Signals

• 31 August 2026

  California closes its session having sent a slate of AI bills to the Governor

  The 2026 session ended on 31 August with sixteen AI bills passed, including SB 813 on independent safety verification. The Governor has until 30 September to sign or veto.

  Context
• 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.