AIster · The model wars · Laws & rulings
Colorado passes the first broad US state AI law
A state law on high-risk AI, delayed and then rewritten before it ever took effect
Key facts
- Date
- 17 May 2024
- Era
- The model wars
- Interest
- Laws & rulings
- Threads
- Safety & governance
- Signed
- 17 May 2024 (SB24-205, Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence)
- First delay
- SB25B-004, signed 28 Aug 2025, moved the start to 30 Jun 2026
- Replaced
- SB26-189, signed 14 May 2026; duties apply from 1 Jan 2027
- Enforcer
- Colorado Attorney General
Governor Jared Polis signed SB24-205 on 17 May 2024, requiring developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems to use reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination (unfair treatment by automated decisions) from February 2026. In August 2025 the start was pushed to 30 June 2026. In May 2026 the state replaced it with SB26-189, a lighter law on automated decision-making that applies from 1 January 2027.
Sources
- Colorado General Assembly, SB24-205 Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence, 2024-05-17
- Colorado General Assembly, SB25B-004 Increase Transparency for Algorithmic Systems, 2025-08-28
- Colorado General Assembly, SB26-189 Automated Decision-Making Technology, 2026-05-14