Governance, risk & compliance
US state artificial intelligence laws (frontier, transparency, chatbots, employment, health care, government) Status as of 23 Oct 2026; see description
State artificial intelligence laws grouped by topic, so one assessment covers every state a business operates in, with a domain for each law.
Status on 23 October 2026, each law read in its own text where the site allowed. FRONTIER: California SB 53 (Business and Professions Code ss.
22757. 10 to 22757.
16, in force 1 January 2026) and New York's RAISE Act (General Business Law Article 44-B, Chapter 699 of 2025 as amended by Chapter 96 of 2026, effective 1 January 2027), aimed at developers that trained a model with more than 10^26 operations and, for the full duties, more than $500 million in annual revenue. GENAI_TRANSPARENCY: California AB 2013 (training data, Civil Code ss.
3110 and 3111, 1 January 2026), the California AI Transparency Act (SB 942 as amended by AB 853, operative 2 August 2026) and New York's synthetic performer advertising disclosure (GBL s. 396-b) and algorithmic pricing disclosure (s.
349-a). CHATBOT: California SB 243 (BPC ss.
22601 to 22605, 1 January 2026), New York Article 47 (5 November 2025), Utah Code ch. 13-75 (7 May 2025), Maine 10 MRSA s.
1500-Y (Public Law 2025 c. 294), Washington ESHB 2225 (1 January 2027), Oregon SB 1546, Nebraska LB 525 (operative 1 July 2027), and, from reported but unread texts, Colorado HB 26-1263 and Connecticut Public Act 26-15.
EMPLOYMENT: the California Civil Rights Council regulations on automated-decision systems (1 October 2025), with one-row cross-references to Illinois HB 3773 (IL_STATE), NYC Local Law 144 (NY_STATE) and the CPPA rules (CA_CPPA_REGS). HEALTH_AI: Utah HB 452 on mental health chatbots (7 May 2025), Nevada AB 406 (1 July 2025), Illinois Public Act 104-0054 (read through a summary) and Tennessee SB 1580.
GOVERNMENT: Maryland's Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (Chapter 496, 1 July 2024), with cross-references to the Texas TRAIGA (TX_TRAIGA) and New York's LOADinG Act (NY_STATE). Colorado's Automated Decision-Making Technology Act has its own framework, CO_AI_ACT.
GENERAL: federal status. FEDERAL PREEMPTION: no federal statute overrides these laws.
Executive Order 14365 (11 December 2025) directs the Department of Justice to challenge state AI laws, Commerce to identify onerous ones and agencies to consider funding conditions, but an executive order does not itself change a statute. The AI Litigation Task Force was set up by a Department of Justice memorandum of 9 January 2026; a Commerce list of onerous laws was not found published; the FTC proposed a policy statement on AI accuracy in July 2026 (comments closed 31 July 2026; not final); the White House sent recommendations to Congress on 20 March 2026; Congress has not enacted preemption (the Senate removed a ten-year moratorium from the 2025 reconciliation bill by 99 to 1).
The reported court activity is the Colorado case (see CO_AI_ACT) and X. AI LLC v.
Bonta (C. D.
Cal. No.
2:25-cv-12295), where a motion to block California AB 2013 was denied on 4 March 2026 and an appeal to the Ninth Circuit (No. 26-1591) is reported.
Until a court or Congress changes this, treat each law as enforceable by its terms. NOT LAW, so not mapped: Utah HB 286, the White House framework and the House discussion draft of 4 June 2026.
NOT VERIFIED, so not mapped: California's 2026 session AI bills, Utah HB 438, and the 2026 insurer and health care AI laws that a law firm summary lists for Alabama, Indiana, Utah (SB 319), Washington, Maryland, Georgia, Maine and Delaware. General information, not legal advice.
Assessment tiers & levels Lavawall supports
Lavawall assesses US state artificial intelligence laws (frontier, transparency, chatbots, employment, health care, government) at every level below, so you can start where you are and step up as your program matures.
| Tier / level | What it covers | Builds on lower |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier model developers | For developers that trained a foundation model with more than 10^26 operations (including later fine-tuning). The full duties fall on large frontier developers (more than $500 million in annual revenue with affiliates): California SB 53 (in force 1 January 2026) and New York RAISE Act (effective 1 January 2027). Connecticut Public Act 26-15 adds a whistleblower rule (reported, text not read). Most organizations are outside this tier. | — |
| Generative AI transparency | For providers of generative AI systems and the businesses that advertise with them: California AB 2013 training data documentation (1 January 2026), the California AI Transparency Act (operative 2 August 2026; providers with more than 1,000,000 monthly users), New York synthetic performer ad disclosure (GBL s. 396-b) and algorithmic pricing disclosure (s. 349-a). | — |
| Chatbots and companions | For operators of consumer chatbots and AI companions: disclosure that the user is talking to a machine, suicide and self-harm protocols, safeguards for minors, and (Utah, Maine) disclosure in consumer transactions. California, New York, Utah, Maine, Washington, Oregon and Nebraska texts were read; Colorado HB 26-1263 and Connecticut Public Act 26-15 are reported only. | — |
| Employment and hiring AI | For employers and vendors using automated-decision systems in hiring and employment in California (Civil Rights Council regulations in force 1 October 2025), with one-row cross-references to Illinois HB 3773, NYC Local Law 144 and the CPPA automated decisionmaking rules, which are built in other frameworks. | — |
| Health care AI | For mental health chatbot suppliers, licensed mental and behavioural health providers and anyone offering AI that could be taken for therapy: Utah HB 452, Nevada AB 406, Illinois Public Act 104-0054 (read through a summary) and Tennessee SB 1580. | — |
| Government use of AI | For state agencies and their contractors: Maryland Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (inventory, impact assessment and policy duties), with cross-references to TX_TRAIGA and the New York LOADinG Act in NY_STATE. | — |
| Federal status and watch | Applies to every organization using this framework: the status of federal preemption and litigation, and the cross-framework rows. Nothing in federal law overrides these state laws as of 23 October 2026. | — |
How Lavawall® helps you get to US state artificial intelligence laws (frontier, transparency, chatbots, employment, health care, government) compliance
Most of US state artificial intelligence laws (frontier, transparency, chatbots, employment, health care, government) comes down to technical controls you have to run and prove: keeping systems patched, hardening configuration, detecting breaches early, backing up what matters, controlling access, and keeping evidence that all of it actually happened. Lavawall® runs those controls across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace from one console, maps them to US state artificial intelligence laws (frontier, transparency, chatbots, employment, health care, government), and tracks your posture continuously instead of once a year at audit time.
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