Key point: Connecticut’s AI bill passed the legislature, Maryland’s pricing bill was signed into law, Colorado’s AI Act replacement bill was introduced, and chatbot bills advanced in several states.
Below is the sixteenth update on the status of proposed state AI legislation in 2026. These posts track state AI bills that can directly or indirectly affect private-sector AI developers and deployers. These posts do not track AI bills that focus on government use of AI; insurance; workgroups; education; legal settings; name, image, and likeness; deepfakes; CSAM and sexual material; and election interference. As always, the contents provided below are time-sensitive and subject to change.
What’s New
It was a busy week.
In Connecticut, Senator James Maroney’s AI bill passed the legislature and the governor indicated that he will sign it. This is the third time Senator Maroney has tried to pass an AI law. In the last two years, bills passed the Senate but were not considered in the House after the governor threatened to veto them. The bill that ultimately passed covers several different areas, including frontier models, chatbots, employment, and provenance.
Meanwhile, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez filed a bill to repeal and replace the Colorado AI Act. The bill is the product of Governor Polis’ workgroup. The bill removes many of the key hallmarks of the Colorado AI Act in favor of a disclosure-based regime. Colorado’s legislature closes May 13.
We also saw Maryland become the first state to ban certain price setting practices. We discussed the new law here.
In chatbot bill news, bills advanced in Oklahoma, Hawaii, Michigan, and New York. In particular, the bills in Oklahoma and Hawaii appear poised for passage.
In health care related news, South Carolina’s Senate unanimously passed a bill to regulate the use of AI with therapy and psychotherapy while two Vermont bills continued to advance in the Senate after previously passing the House.
Finally, Florida’s special session closed without the legislature passing an AI Bill of Rights. The Senate quickly passed a bill once the special session opened only to have the bill immediately die in the House.
More details on those bills plus updates on all bill movements last week in the below post.
High Risk / Consequential Decisions
These bills regulate AI in high-risk situations such as financial services or healthcare and can require disclosures, assessments, and consumer rights.
The bill to repeal and replace the Colorado AI Act was introduced last Friday. SB 189 was assigned to the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee.
New York’s A 773 advanced to a third reading. The bill relates to the use of automated lending decision-making tools by banks.
Chatbot
These bills come in different varieties but, in general, they regulate AI interacting directly with individuals. For example, chatbots that act as companions or interact with individuals in a commercial or healthcare setting.
In Connecticut, Senator Maroney’s SB 5 passed the legislature. The bill covers numerous AI topics, including frontier models, chatbots, employment, and provenance. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont – who has opposed prior attempts to regulate AI – announced he plans to sign this bill.
Oklahoma’s SB 1521 passed the House as amended. The bill will now return to the Senate for concurrence in the amendment.
Hawaii’s SB 3001 is now poised for passage after a conference committee agreed to a bill. Both chambers are now voting on the bill.
Michigan’s SB 760 passed the Senate by a 20-17 vote. It should be noted that Michigan has a split legislature with Democrats controlling the Senate while Republicans control the House.
New York’s S 9051 passed out of the Senate Finance Committee.
Finally, a new chatbot bill was introduced in North Carolina (HB 963).
Pricing
These bills deal with the use of AI to set prices and in some cases deal with employment.
Maryland’s HB 895 was signed into law. You can read our analysis of the law here.
New York’s S 8623 passed out of the Senate Consumer Protection Committee. The bill prohibits the use of algorithmically set prices and requires the disclosure of automated pricing systems.
North Carolina lawmakers are considering two new pricing-related bills – SB 835 and SB 839. A new pricing bill also was filed in Illinois (HB 5756).
Disclosures
These bills generally require organizations to identify when content is generated by AI or otherwise make disclosures regarding the use of GenAI.
There were no developments for this category last week.
Provenance
These bills require entities to make disclosures regarding the data used to train AI.
As noted, the Connecticut legislature passed SB 5, which addresses this topic.
Employment
These bills regulate the use of AI in employment settings such as hiring, firing, promotion, compensation or displacement issues.
A group of eight Democrat North Carolina House members filed the Omnibus AI Protections Act (HB 1161). The bill covers several topics but, as it relates to our scope, we are tracking it for its employment-related provisions.
New York Senator Kristen Gonzalez introduced S 10147 as a companion bill to A 3779. The bills regulate the use of automated employment decision tools.
Finally, the Connecticut legislature passed SB 5, which addresses this topic.
Health
These bills focus on the use of AI in healthcare.
South Carolina’s S788 unanimously passed the Senate. The bill relates to the use of AI with therapy and psychotherapy.
Vermont’s two health care related AI bills (HB 814 and HB 816) received favorable Senate committee reports. Both bills previously passed the House.
Personhood
These bills generally provide that AI cannot be granted legal status or deemed a person under state law.
There were no developments for this category last week.
AI Bill of Rights
These bills cover multiple issues such as chatbots and providing individuals with rights relating to AI.
Florida’s legislature held a special session this week. SB 2D passed the Senate but died in the House.
Frontier Models
These bills apply to frontier models and the bills commonly apply only to global-scale tech corporations.
As noted, the Connecticut legislature passed SB 5, which addresses this topic.