Colorado AI Act Amended and Effective Date Delayed
Colorado AI Act Amended and Effective Date Delayed
Publish Date: 2026-05-22 09:50:00
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- On May 14, 2026, Colorado Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 189 (SB 189), revising Colorado’s original AI law, commonly known as the Colorado AI Act.
- Initially enacted in 2024, the original Colorado AI Act established a risk-based framework to govern AI use in consequential decisions in areas like employment, housing, healthcare, and education.
- The revisions delayed the effective date of the Act from June 30, 2026, to January 1, 2027, and significantly scaled back its original requirements.
- The revised AI Act moves away from the risk-based framework, removing duties of care, deployer obligations to maintain risk management programs, conduct impact assessments, and certain reporting requirements.
- The revised law adopts a more focused approach on disclosures and transparency regarding Automated Decision-Making Technologies (ADMT).
- Under the Act, developers must provide deployers with specific information about the ADMT, including intended uses, potentially harmful uses, training data categories, and oversight instructions.
- The Act preserves certain individual rights in limited circumstances, such as the right to access and correct data and the right to receive a meaningful human review of adverse automated decisions.
