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...
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
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...
Other
US federal Repealed
US Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI
The 2023 executive order that directed US agencies to set AI safety, security and reporting requirements, including compute-threshold disclosures for frontier models. It was revoke...