# Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Bill (proposed)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Malaysia
- **Instrument type**: Bill
- **Status**: Proposed
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Ministry of Digital / National AI Office (NAIO)
- **Adopted**: 2026-07-10

## In brief

Artificial Intelligence is a non-binding bill of Malaysia, issued by the Ministry of Digital / National AI Office (NAIO). It was proposed on 10 July 2026. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. A proposed horizontal AI law announced for stakeholder engagement and public consultation by the Ministry of Digital through the National AI Office.

## Summary

A proposed horizontal AI law announced for stakeholder engagement and public consultation by the Ministry of Digital through the National AI Office. It takes a risk-based approach across the AI lifecycle, assigns responsibilities according to actors' roles, and is intended to complement existing laws rather than regulate AI outputs directly. It encourages incident reporting, safeguards and sandboxes, and the government aims to table it in Parliament.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of Digital / National AI Office (NAIO). Oversight: National AI Office under the Ministry of Digital. Stated purpose: Create Malaysia's first horizontal, risk-based statutory framework for AI.

## Key dates

2026-07-10: Ministry of Digital begins engagement and public consultation on the AI Governance Bill

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0128 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0128; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-artificial-intelligence
- **Official source**: https://www.digital.gov.my/en-GB/siaran/Kementerian-Digital-Mulakan-Libat-Urus-Cadangan-Rang-Undang-Undang-Tadbir-Urus-Kecerdasan-Buatan-(AI)
- **Source document**: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Bill (proposed)
- **Published by**: Ministry of Digital, Malaysia
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Bill (proposed)" [AIPT-POL-0128, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0128 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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