# Goiás Complementary Law No. 205 of 19 May 2025: State Policy for the Promotion of Innovation in Artificial Intelligence

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Goiás (Brazil)
- **Instrument type**: Act / statute
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: Legislative Assembly of Goiás
- **Adopted**: 2025-05-19

## In brief

The Goiás state AI law (LC 205/2025) is a binding act of Goiás (Brazil), issued by Legislative Assembly of Goiás. Its current status is in force. The Goiás state executive and public sector, and the state innovation ecosystem. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

Promotes AI innovation, prefers open-source and open models in public AI projects, and gives people rights over automated decisions, including information, contestation and human review on appeal. It creates an AI ethics and innovation advisory body, a permanent state AI sandbox and an annual AI prize.

## Scope

The Goiás state executive and public sector, and the state innovation ecosystem.

## Who it applies to

Goiás state bodies, and organisations taking part in its AI programmes.

## Key dates

Sanctioned 19 May 2025.

## Notes on dates

Dates as stated in search extracts of the official source; confirm against it.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0030 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0030; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/br-goias-complementary-law-205-2025-ai
- **Official source**: https://legisla.casacivil.go.gov.br/api/v2/pesquisa/legislacoes/110694/pdf
- **Source document**: Lei Complementar nº 205/2025
- **Published by**: Casa Civil do Estado de Goiás
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Goiás Complementary Law No. 205 of 19 May 2025: State Policy for the Promotion of Innovation in Artificial Intelligence" [AIPT-POL-0030, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0030 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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