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Colorado repeals and replaces its AI Act with SB 26-189, effective 1 January 2027

Concerns Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189)

Verified against the official source 8 Oct 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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In brief

Colorado repeals and replaces its AI Act with SB 26-189, effective 1 January 2027. Recorded for Colorado (United States) on 14 May 2026. It concerns the Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189). The Governor signed SB 26-189, which repeals and re-enacts the Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) before its delayed 30 June 2026 effective date.

Date
14 May 2026
Jurisdiction
Colorado (United States)
Instrument
Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189)
Impact
Urgent
Status afterwards
Adopted
Official source
Colorado General Assembly

What changed?

The Governor signed SB 26-189, which repeals and re-enacts the Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) before its delayed 30 June 2026 effective date. The replacement law narrows the scope to automated decision-making technology that materially influences consequential decisions, drops the duty of care, impact assessments, the risk-management programme and Attorney General notification, and adds advance notice, adverse-decision disclosure, meaningful human review, three-year record keeping and developer documentation duties. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the enrolled bill.

What does it mean in practice?

Stop building to the SB 24-205 impact-assessment and risk-programme requirements; plan notice, adverse-decision disclosure, human review, record keeping and developer documentation for consequential decisions from 1 January 2027.

Official source

SB26-189 Automated Decision-Making TechnologyColorado General Assembly · 14 May 2026

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Colorado repeals and replaces its AI Act with SB 26-189, effective 1 January 2027” [AIPT-CHG-0140, record version 1, verified 8 October 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0140 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Cite the official text alongside it: SB26-189 Automated Decision-Making Technology, Colorado General Assembly, https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-189.

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  title        = {{Colorado repeals and replaces its AI Act with SB 26-189, effective 1 January 2027}},
  year         = {2026},
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  urldate      = {2026-11-12},
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