Colorado Governor to Sign Revised AI Regulation Bill After Overnight Legislative Session

May 13, 2026

Colorado Governor Jared Polis will sign a pared-down AI chatbot regulation bill that passed the state legislature in an overnight session on May 12, 2026. The revised legislation sets disclosure requirements for AI systems. The bill was scaled back through closed-door negotiations from the original proposal, reducing its regulatory scope.

Revised AI regulation bill

▪The Colorado AI bill passed overnight on May 12, 2026.
▪Colorado Governor Jared Polis will sign a pared down AI bill.

Overnight legislative session

▪The Colorado legislature held an overnight session on May 12, 2026 to pass the AI bill.
▪The Colorado AI legislation sets disclosure requirements.
▪The Colorado Senate approved the AI chatbot regulation bill.

Federal policy shift

▪Massive amounts of money and investment have been spent nationally to deregulate AI.
▪Rodriguez started working on the Colorado AI policy under the Biden administration when the national landscape was more focused on the need to regulate the AI industry.
▪A new presidential administration has decided to go a different direction on AI regulation compared to the Biden administration.

Perspective of Biden administration AI policy advocates

▪Rodriguez started working on the Colorado AI policy under the Biden administration when the national landscape was more focused on the need to regulate the AI industry.