Wave of Chatbot Bills Coming Next Year State lawmakers are preparing to introduce a wave of measures in 2026 aimed at regulating AI chatbots, following the lead of California and New York, which enacted first-in-the-nation chatbot laws this year, SB 243 and budget...
Judge Strikes Down Part of MD Digital Ad Tax Law A federal judge struck down a provision of Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax law that prohibited online companies from notifying consumers about the tax via a fee, surcharge or line item...
CA Bans Algorithmic Price Fixing California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB 325 , making it a violation of the state’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, “to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract, combination in the...
CA Enacts AI Safety Law California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an artificial intelligence safety measure ( SB 53 ), exactly one year after vetoing a similar but broader bill (SB 1047 [2024]). The new law is aimed at preventing the most advanced AI systems from...
AI Industry Spending Big to Block State Regulations The AI industry has launched three super PACs in recent weeks that could spend over $100 million largely on statewide races next year. The industry views state regulation, like Colorado’s first-in-the...
Nearly Half of States Target AI-Based Home Rental Pricing in 2025 Lawmakers introduced bills aimed at restricting the use of artificial intelligence in setting housing rental prices in 23 states this year, part of a larger trend of legislation targeting the use...
Chatbot Bills Near Passage in CA A pair of bills aimed at protecting minors from harm by chatbots are nearing passage in California. Of the two, tech groups favor SB 243 , which would allow citizens to sue for damages caused by AI chatbot companions, over the...
CO Lawmakers Tweak Last Year’s First-In-Nation AI Law In a special session that began last week, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) introduced legislation ( SB 4 a ) that would make significant changes to the artificial intelligence law...
Tech Groups Battling AI Regulation in CA Tech industry groups including the Business Software Alliance, the Consumer Technology Association and the Chamber of Progress are stepping up their lobbying efforts in opposition to a slew of California bills aimed at...
States Eying Higher Electricity Rates for Data Centers At least a dozen states are considering ways to make data centers pay more for their power, with evidence mounting that data center demand is driving up rates for other commercial, industrial and residential...
Trump Administration’s ‘AI Action Plan’ Targets State AI Regulation The Trump administration released an “AI Action Plan,” aimed at speeding the development of artificial intelligence in the United States, including by removing “red...
ME Makes it Easier to Cancel Subscriptions Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill ( SB 650 a ) last month intended to make it easier for Mainers to cancel subscriptions, from gym memberships to mobile apps and online software. Providers of such products and...
MN Enacts Nation’s First Social Media Warning Label Requirement Minnesota enacted a first-in-the-nation provision ( HB 2 a / SB 6 a ) requiring social media platforms to display mental health warning labels each time users access the platforms. Warning...
CA Senate Approves AI Companion Chatbots Safety Bill California’s Senate passed a bill ( SB 243 ) that would require artificial intelligence-powered companion chatbot platforms to remind users every three hours that their chatbot isn’t human, as well...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring social media platforms to carry warning labels indicating...