{ "generated_at": "2026-05-29T13:20:51.242Z", "type": "regulations", "count": 19, "stats": { "total": 19, "by_status": { "passed-senate": 1, "introduced (119th Congress)": 1, "passed both chambers; awaiting signature": 1, "SIGNED into law (per Colorado Newsline, 2026-05-18)": 1, "passed both chambers; awaiting Gov. Lamont signature": 1, "in force; high-risk obligations deferred via Digital Omnibus (May 7, 2026)": 1, "signed into law": 2, "introduced (S.3275, 119th Congress)": 1, "Senate-passed (transmitted to House)": 1, "superseded (replaced by USMCA, 2020-07-01); cited as cross-decade frame": 1, "in-force": 1, "effective (platform compliance window opened 2026-05-19)": 1, "in force; under public attack from US labor": 1, "dead this session (Senate-passed, House refused)": 1, "framework / non-binding legislative recommendations": 1, "signed": 2, "amended": 1 }, "by_beat": { "regulatory": 19 }, "by_sector": {}, "watchlist": 0 }, "items": [ { "slug": "sb-947", "name": "California SB 947 — No Robo Bosses Act (2026 reintroduction)", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-26", "last_seen": "2026-05-26", "jurisdiction": "california", "status": "passed-senate", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": "jerry-mcnerney", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "[[California]] state Senate Bill 947, sponsored by State Senator [[Jerry McNerney]], introduced 2026-02-02. Reintroduces the No Robo Bosses Act after the original predecessor [[SB 7]] was **vetoed by Governor [[Gavin Newsom]] on 2025-10-13**. SB 947 would bar California employers from relying solely on AI or automated decision systems (ADS) to fire or discipline workers and require human oversight and independent verification when employers use ADS to assist in termination or disciplinary decisions. The 2026 text addresses some prior concerns by focusing on \"post-use\" transparency rather than restrictive advance notices.", "summary_full": "[[California]] state Senate Bill 947, sponsored by State Senator [[Jerry McNerney]], introduced 2026-02-02. Reintroduces the No Robo Bosses Act after the original predecessor [[SB 7]] was **vetoed by Governor [[Gavin Newsom]] on 2025-10-13**. SB 947 would bar California employers from relying solely on AI or automated decision systems (ADS) to fire or discipline workers and require human oversight and independent verification when employers use ADS to assist in termination or disciplinary decisions. The 2026 text addresses some prior concerns by focusing on \"post-use\" transparency rather than restrictive advance notices.\n\nCurrent status (per 2026-05-26 scan): **passed California Senate, moving to Assembly.**", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 0 }, { "slug": "american-security-robotics-act", "name": "American Security Robotics Act of 2026 (H.R. 8189)", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-19", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "United States (federal)", "status": "introduced (119th Congress)", "effective_date": "pending (1 year post-enactment for procurement ban)", "sponsor": "U.S. House — H.R. 8189", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Federal legislation introduced in the 119th Congress that prohibits executive-agency procurement of \"covered unmanned ground vehicle systems\" and bars executive-agency operation of such systems beginning one year after enactment. The framing is national-security and foreign-adversary supply-chain — not worker displacement. Companion legislation to the [[Humanoid ROBOT Act]] (S.3275) sponsored by [[Bill Cassidy]] in the Senate.", "summary_full": "Federal legislation introduced in the 119th Congress that prohibits executive-agency procurement of \"covered unmanned ground vehicle systems\" and bars executive-agency operation of such systems beginning one year after enactment. The framing is national-security and foreign-adversary supply-chain — not worker displacement. Companion legislation to the [[Humanoid ROBOT Act]] (S.3275) sponsored by [[Bill Cassidy]] in the Senate.\n\nFor Cancel Clankers, H.R. 8189 is part of the federal humanoid-and-robotics bill cluster that has *foreign adversary* in the lede and *displaced American workers* nowhere in the text. That gap is the structural Pillar 02 / Pillar 04 frame: Congress is writing humanoid bills; none of them protect the people the humanoids are pointed at.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 3 }, { "slug": "colorado-hb-1263", "name": "Colorado HB 1263 — Chatbot disclosure bill", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-19", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "Colorado", "status": "passed both chambers; awaiting signature", "effective_date": "per bill text", "sponsor": "Colorado General Assembly", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Colorado chatbot bill that passed both chambers of the legislature in the 2026 session per *Troutman Pepper Locke*'s state AI law update of 2026-05-18. Companion to [[Georgia SB 540]] in the spring 2026 multi-state chatbot disclosure cluster. Pairs with [[Colorado SB 26-189]] (the repeal-and-replace of the [[Colorado AI Act]]) — Colorado is simultaneously rolling back its more aggressive AI Act *and* advancing more targeted chatbot disclosure rules. The pattern reflects the broader state-level pivot from sweeping AI regulation to narrower consumer-interaction rules.", "summary_full": "Colorado chatbot bill that passed both chambers of the legislature in the 2026 session per *Troutman Pepper Locke*'s state AI law update of 2026-05-18. Companion to [[Georgia SB 540]] in the spring 2026 multi-state chatbot disclosure cluster. Pairs with [[Colorado SB 26-189]] (the repeal-and-replace of the [[Colorado AI Act]]) — Colorado is simultaneously rolling back its more aggressive AI Act *and* advancing more targeted chatbot disclosure rules. The pattern reflects the broader state-level pivot from sweeping AI regulation to narrower consumer-interaction rules.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 2 }, { "slug": "colorado-sb-26-189", "name": "Colorado SB 26-189 (Automated Decision-Making Technology)", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-04", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "Colorado", "status": "SIGNED into law (per Colorado Newsline, 2026-05-18)", "effective_date": "2027-01-01 (if signed)", "sponsor": "see Colorado General Assembly bill page", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Colorado SB 26-189 is the repeal-and-replace bill for the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205, enacted 2024). The bill eliminates the original CAIA's mandatory deployer risk-management framework — including risk assessments aligned to industry standards and the duty to use \"reasonable care to avoid algorithmic discrimination\" — and replaces it with a simplified disclosure model governing Automated Decision-Making Technology (\"ADMT\") used to materially influence \"consequential decisions.\" Passed the Colorado Senate on May 7, 2026 and the House on May 9, 2026 (57-6, bipartisan). Awaiting Governor Jared Polis's signature; effective January 1, 2027 if signed.", "summary_full": "Colorado SB 26-189 is the repeal-and-replace bill for the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205, enacted 2024). The bill eliminates the original CAIA's mandatory deployer risk-management framework — including risk assessments aligned to industry standards and the duty to use \"reasonable care to avoid algorithmic discrimination\" — and replaces it with a simplified disclosure model governing Automated Decision-Making Technology (\"ADMT\") used to materially influence \"consequential decisions.\" Passed the Colorado Senate on May 7, 2026 and the House on May 9, 2026 (57-6, bipartisan). Awaiting Governor Jared Polis's signature; effective January 1, 2027 if signed.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 6 }, { "slug": "connecticut-sb-5", "name": "Connecticut SB 5", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-04-30", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "Connecticut (state)", "status": "passed both chambers; awaiting Gov. Lamont signature", "effective_date": "staggered, beginning 2026-10-01", "sponsor": "Sen. James Maroney", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Connecticut state AI bill sponsored by Sen. [[James Maroney]]. Passed the Senate 32-4 on April 21, 2026; passed the House 131-17 on May 4, 2026. Now sits with Gov. [[Ned Lamont]], who has publicly stated he will sign. Sweeping \"online safety\" and AI bill — covers companion chatbots, the use of AI in employment decisions (disclosure when AI is \"substantial factor\"), anti-discrimination clarification, AI provenance, whistleblower-style protections at certain frontier model developers, and adds an AI-related disclosure to WARN notices filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor. Companion to a related Connecticut AFL-CIO push (SB 435) that would make public-sector AI use a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.", "summary_full": "Connecticut state AI bill sponsored by Sen. [[James Maroney]]. Passed the Senate 32-4 on April 21, 2026; passed the House 131-17 on May 4, 2026. Now sits with Gov. [[Ned Lamont]], who has publicly stated he will sign. Sweeping \"online safety\" and AI bill — covers companion chatbots, the use of AI in employment decisions (disclosure when AI is \"substantial factor\"), anti-discrimination clarification, AI provenance, whistleblower-style protections at certain frontier model developers, and adds an AI-related disclosure to WARN notices filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor. Companion to a related Connecticut AFL-CIO push (SB 435) that would make public-sector AI use a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 7 }, { "slug": "eu-ai-act", "name": "EU AI Act / Digital Omnibus on AI", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-08", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "European Union", "status": "in force; high-risk obligations deferred via Digital Omnibus (May 7, 2026)", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "The European Union's [[EU AI Act]] (Regulation 2024/1689) is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation. Its high-risk obligations were originally set to apply from **August 2, 2026** for both standalone systems (Annex III) and AI safety components in regulated products (Annex I sectoral law). On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published the [[Digital Omnibus on AI]] — a legislative proposal to amend the AI Act, primarily by deferring the high-risk obligations.", "summary_full": "The European Union's [[EU AI Act]] (Regulation 2024/1689) is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation. Its high-risk obligations were originally set to apply from **August 2, 2026** for both standalone systems (Annex III) and AI safety components in regulated products (Annex I sectoral law). On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published the [[Digital Omnibus on AI]] — a legislative proposal to amend the AI Act, primarily by deferring the high-risk obligations.\n\nAfter the second political trilogue collapsed on April 28, 2026 (over conformity-assessment architecture for Annex I products, not the headline deferral), a follow-up trilogue produced a **provisional political agreement in the early hours of May 7, 2026** under the [[Cypriot Council Presidency]]. The deal:\n\n- Stand-alone high-risk AI (Annex III) — apply from **December 2, 2027** (deferred from Aug 2, 2026)\n- AI as safety components in regulated products (Annex I) — apply from **August 2, 2028**\n- AI watermarking obligations (Article 50(2)) — take effect **December 2, 2026**\n- Two new prohibitions: AI-generated NCII / \"nudifier\" applications and AI-generated CSAM\n\nFormal adoption by the Council and Parliament is expected before August 2, 2026. Per cycle legal commentary, the deal is consistent with broader 2026 global trends (US federal preemption posture; UK Frontier AI Bill delays) of softening the regulatory floor on AI systems.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [ "digital-omnibus-on-ai", "cypriot-council-presidency", "2026-05-07-eu-digital-omnibus-deal", "trump-national-ai-policy-framework", "connecticut-sb-5" ], "mention_count": 6 }, { "slug": "georgia-sb-540", "name": "Georgia SB 540 — Chatbot disclosure / consumer-facing AI bill", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-19", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "Georgia", "status": "signed into law", "effective_date": "per bill text", "sponsor": "Georgia General Assembly", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Georgia chatbot bill signed into law in the 2026 session per *Troutman Pepper Locke*'s state AI law update of 2026-05-18. Part of the state-level chatbot bill cluster also moving in [[Colorado HB 1263]], Oklahoma, Hawaii, Michigan, and New York during the spring 2026 cycle. Governs consumer-facing chatbot disclosure / interaction requirements; full bill text and effective dates require direct review.", "summary_full": "Georgia chatbot bill signed into law in the 2026 session per *Troutman Pepper Locke*'s state AI law update of 2026-05-18. Part of the state-level chatbot bill cluster also moving in [[Colorado HB 1263]], Oklahoma, Hawaii, Michigan, and New York during the spring 2026 cycle. Governs consumer-facing chatbot disclosure / interaction requirements; full bill text and effective dates require direct review.\n\nFor Cancel Clankers, SB 540 belongs to the *non-displacement* state-AI-law pattern: states are writing disclosure rules for AI talking to consumers but largely silent on AI replacing workers. The chatbot cluster is the cleanest evidence that legislatures can act on AI quickly when the issue is consumer interaction, and slowly when the issue is labor.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 3 }, { "slug": "humanoid-robot-act", "name": "Humanoid ROBOT Act", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-04-30", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "United States (federal)", "status": "introduced (S.3275, 119th Congress)", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Federal legislation, S.3275, 119th Congress: \"Humanoid Robotics Oversight and Blocking of Obtainment from Totalitarians Act of 2025.\" Prohibits executive agencies from entering into or renewing contracts to procure humanoid robots designed, tested, developed, or manufactured by \"covered entities\" — primarily adversary-state-linked manufacturers. Notable as the first federal legislation to single out humanoid robots specifically rather than treating them as a sub-category of AI.", "summary_full": "Federal legislation, S.3275, 119th Congress: \"Humanoid Robotics Oversight and Blocking of Obtainment from Totalitarians Act of 2025.\" Prohibits executive agencies from entering into or renewing contracts to procure humanoid robots designed, tested, developed, or manufactured by \"covered entities\" — primarily adversary-state-linked manufacturers. Notable as the first federal legislation to single out humanoid robots specifically rather than treating them as a sub-category of AI.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 2 }, { "slug": "michigan-sb-760", "name": "Michigan SB 760", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-20", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "Michigan", "status": "Senate-passed (transmitted to House)", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Michigan Senate Bill 760, AI-related state legislation. Passed the Michigan Senate 20-17 in May 2026 and was transmitted to the House. Part of the broader 2026 state-AI-legislation wave (per multistate.ai tracker, 45 states have introduced 1,561 AI-related bills as of March 2026).", "summary_full": "Michigan Senate Bill 760, AI-related state legislation. Passed the Michigan Senate 20-17 in May 2026 and was transmitted to the House. Part of the broader 2026 state-AI-legislation wave (per multistate.ai tracker, 45 states have introduced 1,561 AI-related bills as of March 2026).", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 1 }, { "slug": "nafta", "name": "NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-22", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "US / Mexico / Canada", "status": "superseded (replaced by USMCA, 2020-07-01); cited as cross-decade frame", "effective_date": "1994-01-01", "sponsor": "Bill Clinton administration (signed 1993-12-08)", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton on 1993-12-08 and entered into force 1994-01-01. NAFTA was replaced by [[USMCA]] in 2020, but its cross-decade economic effects — particularly on US manufacturing employment and the US-Mexico wage gap — remain the structural argument the [[UAW]] and Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]] are reaching for when they frame AI displacement as \"the new NAFTA.\"", "summary_full": "The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton on 1993-12-08 and entered into force 1994-01-01. NAFTA was replaced by [[USMCA]] in 2020, but its cross-decade economic effects — particularly on US manufacturing employment and the US-Mexico wage gap — remain the structural argument the [[UAW]] and Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]] are reaching for when they frame AI displacement as \"the new NAFTA.\"\n\nFor Cancel Clankers, NAFTA matters less as a live regulatory object and more as the *prior chapter of the same story* — a trade rule that was sold as shared prosperity and delivered a particular distribution of gains and losses. The verified Clinton signing-day quote — *\"NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement\"* — is the single cleanest documentary contrast to the [[Economic Policy Institute]]'s post-2000 accounting of the agreement's actual employment effects. The brand's standing argument: *the rule wrote the contract. The contract disposed of the worker. The deliberation was inclusive on paper; the deliverable was not.*", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [ "usmca", "shawn-fain", "uaw", "bernie-sanders", "2026-05-21-uaw-fain-usmca-scrap-call" ], "mention_count": 0 }, { "slug": "ny-warn-act", "name": "NY WARN Act (AI-attribution disclosure)", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-20", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "New York State", "status": "in-force", "effective_date": "2025-05 (AI-attribution disclosure field added)", "sponsor": "New York Department of Labor", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "New York State's WARN Act requires advance notice of mass layoffs to the New York Department of Labor. In May 2025, the system added an AI-attribution disclosure field so employers could indicate when layoffs are caused by AI or automation. In the first full year of operation, more than 160 different companies have filed WARN notices and **not a single one has attributed the layoffs to AI or automation.** This is the structural Pillar 02 disclosure-gap receipt: the \"AI did it\" framing appears in press releases, executive memos, and Bloomberg headlines, but not on a single legally required disclosure form.", "summary_full": "New York State's WARN Act requires advance notice of mass layoffs to the New York Department of Labor. In May 2025, the system added an AI-attribution disclosure field so employers could indicate when layoffs are caused by AI or automation. In the first full year of operation, more than 160 different companies have filed WARN notices and **not a single one has attributed the layoffs to AI or automation.** This is the structural Pillar 02 disclosure-gap receipt: the \"AI did it\" framing appears in press releases, executive memos, and Bloomberg headlines, but not on a single legally required disclosure form.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 1 }, { "slug": "take-it-down-act", "name": "Take It Down Act (S.146 / 119th Congress)", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-19", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "United States (federal)", "status": "effective (platform compliance window opened 2026-05-19)", "effective_date": "2026-05-19 (platform compliance); 2025-05-19 (criminal prohibition signed into law)", "sponsor": "bipartisan; S.146 (119th Congress)", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "The federal *TAKE IT DOWN Act* (\"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act\") was signed into law on 2025-05-19 and reaches its full one-year platform-compliance deadline on 2026-05-19. The Act criminalizes knowingly publishing or threatening to publish non-consensual intimate visual depictions, including AI-generated deepfakes (\"digital forgeries\"), of identifiable individuals.", "summary_full": "The federal *TAKE IT DOWN Act* (\"Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act\") was signed into law on 2025-05-19 and reaches its full one-year platform-compliance deadline on 2026-05-19. The Act criminalizes knowingly publishing or threatening to publish non-consensual intimate visual depictions, including AI-generated deepfakes (\"digital forgeries\"), of identifiable individuals.\n\nCovered platforms must now operate a notice-and-takedown process; upon a valid takedown request, platforms have 48 hours to remove the depiction and must make reasonable efforts to remove known copies. The Federal Trade Commission oversees platform compliance; violations are treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices under the FTC Act, with civil penalties up to $53,088 per violation.\n\nFor Cancel Clankers, the Act is the closest federal-level precedent for AI-content regulation that has actually shipped — and the contrast with the *absence* of any federal AI-displacement disclosure law is the structural Pillar 02 / Pillar 04 frame. *AI deepfakes get federal rules; AI displacement does not.*", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 2 }, { "slug": "usmca", "name": "USMCA — United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-22", "last_seen": "2026-05-24", "jurisdiction": "US / Mexico / Canada", "status": "in force; under public attack from US labor", "effective_date": "2020-07-01", "sponsor": "Trump administration (original 2020); successor to NAFTA (1994)", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the trade treaty that replaced NAFTA in 2020, governing trade and investment between the three countries. On 2026-05-21, [[UAW]] President [[Shawn Fain]] publicly called for USMCA to be *upended or scrapped altogether*, attributing the loss of millions of American auto-manufacturing jobs over the past several decades to USMCA and its NAFTA predecessor. Fain's verbatim framing: *\"Where it didn't eliminate jobs entirely, it slashed wages and benefits.\"* American and foreign-based automakers have publicly called for USMCA to be preserved, putting the 400,000-member UAW directly opposite the industry's trade-policy position.", "summary_full": "The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the trade treaty that replaced NAFTA in 2020, governing trade and investment between the three countries. On 2026-05-21, [[UAW]] President [[Shawn Fain]] publicly called for USMCA to be *upended or scrapped altogether*, attributing the loss of millions of American auto-manufacturing jobs over the past several decades to USMCA and its NAFTA predecessor. Fain's verbatim framing: *\"Where it didn't eliminate jobs entirely, it slashed wages and benefits.\"* American and foreign-based automakers have publicly called for USMCA to be preserved, putting the 400,000-member UAW directly opposite the industry's trade-policy position.\n\nFor Cancel Clankers, USMCA enters the entity set not as a primary regulatory object but as the cross-decade frame Fain is using to position the AI question — *the trade rule wrote the disposable-worker contract; the AI rule is writing the next one*. The relevant tracking question is whether Fain's USMCA framing continues to be paired with the AI-displacement framing in his public statements through the run-up to the 2026-09-14 Big Three contract expiration.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 1 }, { "slug": "florida-ai-bill-of-rights", "name": "Florida AI Bill of Rights", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-01", "last_seen": "2026-05-17", "jurisdiction": "Florida (state)", "status": "dead this session (Senate-passed, House refused)", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": "Ron DeSantis / FL Senate", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Florida CS/SB 482 — \"Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.\" Senate passed the bill 37-1 during the 4th Special Session (April 2026). House Speaker [[Daniel Perez]] declined to take it up on the first day of the special session (April 28, 2026), declaring the only special-session topic for the House was congressional redistricting. Perez explicitly stated AI regulation should be left to the federal government — direct alignment with the [[Trump National AI Policy Framework]] preemption posture.", "summary_full": "Florida CS/SB 482 — \"Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.\" Senate passed the bill 37-1 during the 4th Special Session (April 2026). House Speaker [[Daniel Perez]] declined to take it up on the first day of the special session (April 28, 2026), declaring the only special-session topic for the House was congressional redistricting. Perez explicitly stated AI regulation should be left to the federal government — direct alignment with the [[Trump National AI Policy Framework]] preemption posture.\n\nThe Senate bill required parental consent for minors on companion-chatbot platforms, mandated reminders that chatbots are artificially generated and not human, prohibited AI companies from selling personal information, and prohibited commercial use of AI-generated images of people without express consent.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 5 }, { "slug": "trump-national-ai-policy-framework", "name": "Trump National AI Policy Framework", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-04-30", "last_seen": "2026-05-17", "jurisdiction": "United States (federal)", "status": "framework / non-binding legislative recommendations", "effective_date": "2026-03-20 (released)", "sponsor": "White House (Trump administration)", "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence released by the White House on March 20, 2026. Non-binding; intended to guide Congress. Pairs with the December 11, 2025 Executive Order that directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws and conditions federal funding on non-enforcement of select state AI provisions. Centerpiece is targeted federal preemption of state-level AI regulation.", "summary_full": "National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence released by the White House on March 20, 2026. Non-binding; intended to guide Congress. Pairs with the December 11, 2025 Executive Order that directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws and conditions federal funding on non-enforcement of select state AI provisions. Centerpiece is targeted federal preemption of state-level AI regulation.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 2 }, { "slug": "maine-ld-2082", "name": "Maine LD 2082", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-01", "last_seen": "2026-05-01", "jurisdiction": "Maine (state)", "status": "signed", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Maine state law signed April 13, 2026. Prohibits any person from providing, advertising, or otherwise offering therapy or psychotherapy services — including via AI — to the public unless the services are provided by a licensed professional. First state law specifically targeting AI in mental-health services.", "summary_full": "Maine state law signed April 13, 2026. Prohibits any person from providing, advertising, or otherwise offering therapy or psychotherapy services — including via AI — to the public unless the services are provided by a licensed professional. First state law specifically targeting AI in mental-health services.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 0 }, { "slug": "new-york-raise-act", "name": "New York RAISE Act", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-01", "last_seen": "2026-05-01", "jurisdiction": "New York (state)", "status": "amended", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "New York's frontier-model AI law. On March 27, 2026 Governor [[Kathy Hochul]] signed amendments shifting the RAISE Act toward a transparency- and reporting-based framework rather than direct frontier-model rulemaking. Signals visible softening of one of the most aggressive blue-state AI laws.", "summary_full": "New York's frontier-model AI law. On March 27, 2026 Governor [[Kathy Hochul]] signed amendments shifting the RAISE Act toward a transparency- and reporting-based framework rather than direct frontier-model rulemaking. Signals visible softening of one of the most aggressive blue-state AI laws.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 0 }, { "slug": "tennessee-sb-837", "name": "Tennessee SB 837", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-05-01", "last_seen": "2026-05-01", "jurisdiction": "Tennessee (state)", "status": "signed", "effective_date": [], "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Tennessee state law signed in late April 2026. Clarifies that \"person,\" as used in the Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include AI, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. First state law to legislatively foreclose any future \"AI personhood\" argument.", "summary_full": "Tennessee state law signed in late April 2026. Clarifies that \"person,\" as used in the Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include AI, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. First state law to legislatively foreclose any future \"AI personhood\" argument.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 0 }, { "slug": "nebraska-lb-525", "name": "Nebraska LB 525", "type": "regulation", "first_seen": "2026-04-30", "last_seen": "2026-04-30", "jurisdiction": "Nebraska (state)", "status": "signed into law", "effective_date": "2026-04-14", "sponsor": [], "beat": "regulatory", "summary": "Nebraska chatbot disclosure bill signed into law on April 14, 2026. One of 19+ AI bills enacted at the state level in April 2026 across the U.S. Part of a broader wave of state-level AI regulation that the [[Trump National AI Policy Framework]] is now targeting for federal preemption.", "summary_full": "Nebraska chatbot disclosure bill signed into law on April 14, 2026. One of 19+ AI bills enacted at the state level in April 2026 across the U.S. Part of a broader wave of state-level AI regulation that the [[Trump National AI Policy Framework]] is now targeting for federal preemption.", "notable_quotes": [], "recent_moves": [], "key_people": [], "related": [], "mention_count": 0 } ] }