The Colorado Senate passed SB 189 by a 34 to 1 vote. The House passed it by 57 to 6. The bill now goes to Governor Jared Polis, who is expected to sign. SB 189 repeals the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act enacted as SB 24-205. The replacement takes effect on 1 January 2027.
SB 189 governs developers and deployers of automated decision-making technology (ADMT). The bill removes the prior duty of care, the risk management programme mandate, and the algorithmic impact assessment requirement. The new text relies on disclosure, recordkeeping, and consumer notice. It defines covered consequential decisions and the persons who deploy them.
Developers training general-purpose models for resale fall outside the consequential-decision deployer category but remain subject to documentation duties. Employers using AI for hiring, lenders using AI for credit, insurers using AI for underwriting, and housing providers using AI for tenant screening fall within deployer obligations. The bill narrows private rights and centres enforcement with the Colorado Attorney General.
SB 189's 1 January 2027 effective date precedes the next legislative session by ten days. The Attorney General retains rulemaking authority over notice form and content. Existing automated-decision systems in operation when the bill takes effect receive transitional treatment under recordkeeping provisions. Federal AI legislation, if enacted, may preempt portions of SB 189.
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Source: Colorado General Assembly, bill repealing and replacing the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205), passed by both chambers on 12 May 2026, https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-205, confirmed 14 May 2026.
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