Colorado HB26-1263
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State: Colorado
The state whose legislature passed the law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116772/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: House Bill 26-1263
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
HOUSE BILL 26-1263 BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Camacho
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116772/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: conversational artificial intelligence service
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
Concerning requirements for an operator of a conversational artificial intelligence service
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1263. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: 05/29/2026
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05/29/2026 Governor Governor Signed
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1263. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: January 1, 2027
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Effective January 1, 2027, the act creates requirements and prohibitions
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1263. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: a person, partnership, corporation, or entity that develops and makes publicly available a conversational artificial intelligence service or offers a conversational artificial intelligence service to a consumer
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a person, partnership, corporation, or entity that develops and makes publicly available a conversational artificial intelligence service or offers a conversational artificial intelligence service to a consumer (operator)
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261020060022/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1263. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: Not stated
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Maximum penalty: Not stated
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Private right of action: Not stated
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Latest change: Not stated
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