# Colorado signs the first US state law on algorithmic discrimination

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2024-05-17
- **Jurisdiction**: Colorado (United States)
- **Instrument**: Colorado Senate Bill 24-205: Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence (Colorado AI Act)
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## What changed

Governor Polis signed SB 24-205, creating duties of reasonable care for developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems used in consequential decisions, originally effective 1 February 2026.

## What it means in practice

Organisations making consequential decisions about Colorado residents should begin scoping risk programmes and impact assessments.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2024-05-17-colorado-ai-act-signed
- **Official source**: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-205
- **Source document**: SB24-205 Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: Colorado General Assembly
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-24
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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