{"slug":"italy-law-132-2025-ai","title":"Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132 – Disposizioni e deleghe al Governo in materia di intelligenza artificiale","short_title":"Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence","jurisdiction":"italy","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"Parliament of the Italian Republic","summary_plain":"Italy's framework AI law, published in the Official Gazette on 25 September 2025 and in force from 10 October 2025. It states principles (human-centric, transparent, safe AI; protection of fundamental rights), sets sector rules for healthcare (AI as support, not replacement, for clinical decisions), employment (information to workers, an AI-at-work observatory), intellectual professions (client disclosure), justice (judge decides; AI only for organisational support) and public administration, requires parental consent for children under 14, designates AgID and ACN as national authorities, delegates the government to align national law with the EU AI Act, and creates a criminal offence for unlawful dissemination of AI-generated or manipulated content with aggravating circumstances for other crimes committed with AI.","adopted_on":"2025-09-17","in_force_on":"2025-10-10","applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/09/25/25G00146/sg","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:03+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/italy-law-132-2025-ai","status_note":null,"scope_summary":"Applies in Italy to public and private users, developers and providers of AI systems, with sector chapters for health, work, professions, justice and public administration; the EU AI Act continues to apply directly.","who_it_applies_to":"Providers and deployers of AI systems operating in Italy; employers using AI; professionals; healthcare bodies; public administrations; courts; platforms hosting AI-generated content.","key_dates_summary":"2025-09-17: final Senate approval; 2025-09-25: published in Gazzetta Ufficiale; 2025-10-10: entry into force; implementing decrees due within 12 months of entry into force.","penalties_summary":"New Article 612-quater of the Criminal Code punishes unlawful dissemination of AI-generated or altered content that causes unjust harm with imprisonment from one to five years; AI use is an aggravating circumstance for listed offences. Administrative penalties for AI Act breaches are those set by the EU Regulation and national implementing decrees.","what_organizations_must_do":"Map AI systems against the sector chapters (health, work, professions, justice, public administration), add disclosure to workers and clients where required, apply the under-14 consent rule, and follow AgID/ACN guidance as delegated decrees are adopted.","published_on":"2025-09-25","date_notes":"Entry into force on the fifteenth day after publication, per the Gazette notice; delegated-decree deadlines run from that date.","taxonomy":{"actor":["provider","deployer","user","public_authority"],"ai_system_type":["generative_ai","automated_decision_system"],"sector":["cross_sector","employment","healthcare","public_services","law_enforcement"],"risk_category":["unclassified"],"use_case":["hiring_and_hr","health","public_services","generative_ai"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[{"title":"Entry into force","due_on":"2025-10-10","date_precision":"exact","date_label":null,"display_date":"10 October 2025","description":"Fifteenth day after publication in the Gazzetta Ufficiale.","source_reference":null,"official_source_url":null,"status":"passed","confidence_level":"high"},{"title":"Delegated decrees aligning national law with the EU AI Act","due_on":"2026-10-10","date_precision":"exact","date_label":null,"display_date":"10 October 2026","description":"Government delegation to be exercised within twelve months of entry into force.","source_reference":null,"official_source_url":null,"status":"scheduled","confidence_level":"medium"}],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132","publisher":"Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana","url":"https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/09/25/25G00146/sg","document_date":"2025-09-25","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":["eu-ai-act"],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[{"question":"Does the Italian AI law replace the EU AI Act?","answer":"No. It complements the Regulation with national authorities, sector rules, child-protection provisions and criminal offences, and delegates the government to adopt aligning decrees."}],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/09/25/25G00146/sg","source_title":"Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132","source_publisher":"Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana","source_document_date":"2025-09-25","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.","reviewed_by":null}}