Colorado SB26-189
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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/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Senate Bill 26-189
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
SENATE BILL 26-189 BY SENATOR(S) Rodriguez
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: automated decision-making technology in consequential decisions
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
PART 17 AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING TECHNOLOGY IN CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: 05/14/2026
The date the governor signed, as the official record writes it. Dates are left in the form the source uses.
05/14/2026 Governor Governor Signed
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-189. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: January 1, 2027
When the law says its duties begin, in its own words. Some laws start in stages, and the quote shows which duty the date belongs to. Blank if the text gives no date and no official page states one.
this act takes effect January 1, 2027
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: developers and deployers
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
Both developers and deployers are required to retain records necessary to demonstrate compliance with the act
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-189. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: the attorney general
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ENFORCE THIS PART 17 THROUGH THE "COLORADO CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT"
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Maximum penalty: Not stated
The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Private right of action: No
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
NOTHING IN THIS PART 17 CREATES A NEW PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Latest change: U.S. District Court ordered the attorney general to not initiate enforcement of SB 24-205 or any legislation amending SB 24-205 until the attorney general completes rulemaking
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
the Attorney General was ordered by U.S. District Court to not initiate enforcement of SB 24-205 or any legislation amending SB 24-205 until the Attorney General completes rulemaking
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261022044930/https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117715/download. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.