“And the federal government should embrace policy frameworks that preserve access to data for fair learning, advance a risk-based approach to AI applications based on existing regulations, and preempt a chaotic patchwork of state-level rules on frontier AI development.”
US · StateColorado General Assembly
Colorado SB 24-205 — Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence
The first comprehensive US algorithmic-discrimination statute. Its delay in an August 2025 special session is the deferral ask succeeding at state level.
Never took effect: implementation delayed to June 30, 2026 (SB25B-004, Aug 2025); enforcement suspended by stipulated order April 27, 2026 in xAI v. Colorado (DOJ companion complaint April 24, 2026); repealed and reenacted as SB 26-189 (signed May 14, 2026)as of 2026-05-14primary source ↗
Vehicles carry asks; asks outlive them
Asks on this vehicle
- Wants fewer rulesPreempt or pause state frontier-safety statutesPartially adopted
- Wants fewer rulesDelay or narrow comprehensive state AI actsPartially adopted
Sorted by what filers wanted done to the rules
Claims filed here
“Finally, it would contributing to a growing state-by-state patchwork of AI laws that would stall innovation while the Trump administration is still working on fleshing out an America First approach to federal AI policy.”
Document is testimony in opposition to TX HB 149 as introduced; stance coded relative to the ask (narrowing comprehensive state AI acts), which the testimony supports. Source's 'it would contributing' typo preserved.
“This bill does not propose any regulatory scheme to replace or supplement the laws enacted or currently under consideration by the states, leaving Americans entirely unprotected from the potential harms of AI.”
Signed by 40 attorneys general, bipartisan.
“More than 1,000 AI-related bills have already been introduced at the state and local level this year. Without a federal moratorium there will be a growing patchwork of state and local laws that will significantly limit AI development and deployment.”
Coalition letter of 250+ business associations to Senate leaders Thune and Schumer.
“We, the undersigned organizations, call on you to strike the AI moratorium from the budget reconciliation text to protect our families. It is irresponsible and short sighted to strip children, creators, and Americans from all backgrounds of their most basic protections and tie the hands of state legislators.”
Co-led 140+ organization letter (with Common Sense Media, Young People's Alliance, ARI and others).
“We appreciate the Legislature’s willingness to provide more time to work on the legislation passed last year that would have placed an immense burden on all businesses in Colorado. We welcome the opportunity to continue discussions with policymakers and stakeholders to find workable solutions for the businesses while also providing robust consumer protections.”
Supports special-session delay bill SB25B-004, not the underlying SB 24-205.
“However, its purpose is clear: create a standing mechanism for the federal government to attack a wide range of state laws even before those laws are fully implemented and, ideally, chill them from being adopted in the first place.”
“This is a disastrous proposal that Big Tech is celebrating. This bill strips states of their authority to respond to real harms consumers are experiencing.”