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AI Legislative Update: August 7, 2026
California lawmakers are readying 30-odd AI bills for their big suspense vote next Thursday, while Michigan legislators return to work in Lansing on Wednesday.
AI Legislative Update: July 31, 2026
Seven states are still in session. More than 30 AI-related bills are alive and moving in California, while Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Massachusetts and North Carolina continue to mull over new AI-related rules.
AI Legislative Update: July 24, 2026
This week: New Jersey enacted the FAIR Rent Act, an AI-adjacent law that prohibits building owners from using algorithmic pricing systems to set rental fees in residential units. Also, lawmakers began gathering in annual conferences to swap ideas and compare notes.
AI Legislative Update: July 17, 2026
This week: Massachusetts lawmakers moved forward with bills that would protect kids from addictive social media algorithms and enact a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in public schools. In Hawaii, Gov. Josh Green signed two AI bills into law, and Gov. Pritzker did the same in Illinois.
AI Legislative Update: July 10, 2026
This week: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state’s landmark AI Safety Measures Act into law. Sacramento went quiet as California legislators slipped out of town for their annual summer recess. Meanwhile in Boston, legislators spent much of the past week debating the sticking points of Massachusetts’ big privacy protection bill.
AI Legislative Update: July 3, 2026
This week: California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new law requiring public school teachers to be human, while New Jersey legislators passed a Kids Code Act.
AI Legislative Update: June 26, 2026
This week: Arizona Gov. Hobbs vetoed all three AI bills passed by the legislature, while Rhode Island Gov. McKee signed a chatbot therapy ban into law.
AI Legislative Update: June 19, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI bills moving through state legislatures. This week: Arizona adjourned after passing three AI bills, California’s 30 bills continued to move through second-chamber committees, and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a therapy chatbot ban into law.
AI Legislative Update: June 12, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI bills moving through state legislatures. This week: New York legislators wrapped up their 2026 session after sending seven AI-related bills to Gov. Kathy Hochul. Rhode Island passed a therapy chatbot ban, while Colorado Gov. Jared Polis exercised his veto power on a bill that would have prohibited the use of algorithmic pricing.
AI Legislative Update: June 5, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI bills moving through state legislatures. This week: Vermont banned therapy bots. Illinois lawmakers sent five AI bills to Gov. Pritzer prior to adjourning. California legislators moved 30 AI bills forward in second-chamber committees, and AI bills appear to be finally moving in New York and Rhode Island.
AI Legislative Update: May 29, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Louisiana lawmakers wrap up this coming Monday, with three bills sent to Gov. Landry and two awaiting final votes. Illinois may adjourn Sunday but nine AI bills are still moving toward passage.
AI Legislative Update: May 22, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Minnesota Gov. Walz signed a kids social media safety act into law, one day after South Carolina Gov. McMaster signed the Stop Harm From Social Media Act in Columbia.
AI Legislative Update: May 15, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Colorado lawmakers sent four AI bills to the governor’s desk prior to adjourning, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an AI chatbot safety bill into law, and most but not all AI bills moved out of suspense in California.
AI Legislative Update: May 8, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Connecticut approved one of the nation’s most comprehensive AI bills, while Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a chatbot safety bill into law. Colorado moved bills on chatbot safety, therapy bots, and dynamic pricing closer to passage as adjournment looms.
AI Legislative Update: May 1, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an AI dynamic pricing bill into law while Tennessee saw six AI measures enacted. A budget showdown stuck Arizona’s AI bills in limbo, and one chatbot bill emerged as the front-runner in Oklahoma.
AI Legislative Update: April 24, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Lawmakers are down to the final hours in Arizona and Tennessee with a handful of AI bills on the cusp of passage.
AI Legislative Update: April 10, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Therapy chatbot bans are picking up speed. Maine sent a therapy bot ban to the governor, while Missouri is moving on a similar ban via an omnibus health care bill.
AI Legislative Update: April 3, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an AI therapy bot ban into law, and Nebraska and Georgia moved chatbot safety bills closer to enactment.
AI Legislative Update: March 27, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Chatbot safety bills are marching through first-chamber passage, with measures moving in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, and Oklahoma.
AI Legislative Update: March 20, 2026
Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Florida adjourned without passing the gov’s AI package, Virginia and Washington wrapped up by passing major AI bills, and AI measures moved forward in Idaho, Georgia, and Hawaii.