Notify consumers before automated decision-making technology influences a consequential decision

Practical action

Add a plain-language notice to every consumer-facing flow in which an automated tool influences a consequential decision.

Who does it apply to?

Actors

Deployer / user organisation

Sectors

Employment and HRFinancial services and creditHealthcare and life sciencesEducation and trainingPublic services and government

Use cases

AI in hiring and employmentAI in healthcareAI in finance, credit and insuranceAI in educationAI in public services

Applies from: 1 January 2027

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessProduct owner · at launch and on material change
  AI interaction and use disclosure notices

  Serves 23 recorded duties · evidence: AI interaction or use notice, Notice catalogue, Notice wording approval

  Pre-decision notice that an automated tool will influence the decision.

Templates that cover this duty

Generated from the records. Free · no account · links emailed to your work address. This duty is cited in each file with its source reference and a link back here.

• AI Agent Registry and Permission Matrix

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v7

• EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v47

• Colorado ADMT Law (SB 26-189) Notices

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v3

• AI Model Card

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v5

All 8 templates that cover it →

Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Notify consumers before automated decision-making technology influences a consequential decision (Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189))” [AIPT-OBL-0094, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0094 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0094: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

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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  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-colorado-admt-advance-notice},
  urldate      = {2026-11-12},
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Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Give consumers a Pre-use Notice before using automated decision-making technology for a significant decision — California CPPA automated decision-making rules, California (United States)
• Answer consumers' requests to access information about how automated decision-making technology was used about them — California CPPA automated decision-making rules, California (United States)
• Tell users at the start of an AI companion interaction, and at least every three hours, that they are not communicating with a human — New York AI companion safeguards, New York (United States)
• Tell users that an AI companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human, at the start and at least every three hours — Washington AI companion chatbot law (ESHB 2225), Washington State (United States)
• Where the user is known to be a minor or the chatbot is directed to minors, repeat the not-human notice at least every hour — Washington AI companion chatbot law (ESHB 2225), Washington State (United States)
• Publish the self-harm protocol and the number of crisis referral notifications issued in the preceding calendar year — Washington AI companion chatbot law (ESHB 2225), Washington State (United States)
• Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content — EU AI Act, European Union
• Employers must inform workers and their representatives before using high-risk AI at work — EU AI Act, European Union