State Laws Affecting Frontier US AI Companies
State bills

Frontier AI law, state by state

Color follows what is on the books, not how strict it is. Five states have a bill page — click the state, or use the list below. States with no frontier statute are left plain even where they regulate AI in other ways.
Last verified
1 August 2026
Coverage
50 states · D.C. shown, no statute
Sources
Official state texts only

The map

Status as of 1 August 2026 · enacted text only
Massachusetts — open the bill page Minnesota Montana North Dakota Hawaii Idaho Washington Arizona California — open the bill page Colorado Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Wyoming Arkansas Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma South Dakota Louisiana Texas Connecticut — open the bill page New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South Carolina Illinois — open the bill page Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Tennessee Virginia Wisconsin West Virginia Delaware District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey New York — open the bill page Pennsylvania Maine Michigan Alaska
Mass. S.3228In conference

What the colors mean

Frontier AI law enacted
California · New York · Illinois
Partial — some frontier duties
Connecticut
Bill moving
Massachusetts — S.3228, in conference
AI law, different scope
Colorado · Texas · Utah
No AI statute reaching frontier developers
Everything else
A state with no frontier law may still regulate AI — those statutes are listed at the foot of this page rather than colored as frontier law.

Bill pages

One page per state · the enacted text is the spine
CA
SB 53 — Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act In force since 1 January 2026 · the baseline every other state is measured against
California →
NY
RAISE Act, as amended by S8828 — Responsible AI Safety and Education Act Enacted, effective 1 January 2027 · read the amended text: S8828 repealed and replaced Article 44-B
New York →
IL
Public Act 104-0538 (SB 315) — Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act Enacted, effective 1 January 2027 · framework and audit duties begin 1 January 2028
Illinois →
CT
Public Act 26-15 (SB 5) — An Act Concerning Online Safety Enacted · anti-retaliation 1 October 2026, anonymous internal channel due 1 January 2027
Connecticut →
MA
S.3228 — Senate-engrossed frontier AI text (proposed G.L. c. 93M) Not law. House non-concurred 30 July 2026; conference committees appointed in both branches
Massachusetts →

Also on the books

AI statutes that reach companies but not frontier development · no bill page
Consequential decisions
Colorado SB 26-189 — Automated Decision-Making Technology Enacted, effective 1 January 2027. Repealed and replaced the 2024 Colorado AI Act, whose enforcement had been stayed; regulates AI use in consequential decisions, not frontier model development.
Official text ↗
AI use, not development
Texas HB 149 — Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) In force since 1 January 2026. Restricts specified AI uses, regulates government AI, creates a 36-month sandbox and an AI advisory council.
Official text ↗
Consumer disclosure
Utah SB 149 — Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (as amended 2025) In force since 1 May 2024, sunsets 1 July 2027. Generative-AI disclosure duties in regulated occupations and high-risk interactions.
Official text ↗
New York City Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools) sits on the New York state page rather than here, because it is a city ordinance inside a state that also has a frontier law.