# Offer meaningful human review of an adverse consequential decision

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: Colorado Senate Bill 26-189: Automated Decision-Making Technology (replacement of the Colorado AI Act)
- **Jurisdiction**: Colorado (United States)
- **Category**: human_oversight
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Applies from**: 2027-01-01

## In brief

Offer meaningful human review of an adverse consequential decision is a legal requirement under the Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189) in Colorado (United States). A consumer who receives an adverse consequential decision may obtain meaningful review by a person with the authority and information to change the outcome. It applies from 1 January 2027.

## What the duty requires

A consumer who receives an adverse consequential decision may obtain meaningful review by a person with the authority and information to change the outcome. Scope and timing follow the enrolled bill.

## What an organisation does about it

Staff and document a human-review channel with authority to reverse decisions.

## Controls that meet this duty

- Human oversight design and override procedure (satisfies): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/human-oversight-and-override
- Decision explanation, human review and appeal route (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/decision-explanation-and-appeal-route

## Parent instrument

- Colorado Senate Bill 26-189: Automated Decision-Making Technology (replacement of the Colorado AI Act)
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-colorado-automated-decision-making-technology-act
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-colorado-automated-decision-making-technology-act.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-colorado-admt-human-review
- **Official source**: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-189
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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