AI regulation tracker

The AI laws and rules that matter — jurisdiction, lifecycle status and effective dates, each with a hub collecting obligations and our coverage.

In force

New York City ● Effective

NYC Local Law 144

New York City's rule on automated employment decision tools, enforced since July 2023. Employers may only use such tools for hiring or promotion if they are independently audited f...

China ● Effective

China Interim Measures for Generative AI Services

China's rules for public-facing generative AI services, in force since August 2023. Providers are responsible for the content their models generate and must align services with con...

EU ● Effective

EU AI Act

The first comprehensive AI law from a major regulator, taking a risk-based approach that bans some practices and imposes duties on high-risk systems. It entered into force in Augus...

EU ● Effective

EU AI Act GPAI Code of Practice

A voluntary code drawn up with the AI Office to help general-purpose model providers demonstrate compliance with the AI Act. It covers transparency, copyright and safety-and-securi...

California ● Effective

California Transparency in Frontier AI Act

California's frontier-model transparency law (SB 53), enacted in 2025 after the broader SB 1047 was vetoed. It focuses on disclosure and incident reporting for the largest AI devel...

Texas ● Effective

Texas Responsible AI Governance Act

Texas's AI law (HB 149), enacted in 2025 and effective from January 2026. It prohibits specific harmful uses such as manipulation and unlawful discrimination, with duties centred o...

Colorado ● Effective

Colorado AI Act

The first broad US state law on algorithmic discrimination, passed in 2024. It requires developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems to use reasonable care to protect consumers...

Adopted, not yet effective

US federal Adopted

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Voluntary US guidance for managing AI risk, published by NIST in January 2023 with a generative-AI profile added in 2024. It is widely referenced in procurement and state laws desp...

Proposed

UK Proposed

UK Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill

A private member's bill proposing a central UK AI Authority and binding principles, against the backdrop of the government's regulator-led, non-statutory approach. The UK has so fa...

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