Colorado puts automated-decision and chatbot rules through an October 26 hearing

On October 26, 2026, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office held its scheduled hearing and closed the stated comment period on proposed rules implementing the state’s Automated Decision-Making Technology Act and Chatbot Safety Act. The draft addresses developer and deployer documentation, consumer notices, human review, chatbot protections and annual reporting ahead of the statutes’ January 1, 2027 effective date. Legal departments using automated tools in employment, lending, insurance, health care or other consequential domains should identify covered systems now and allocate compliance evidence between vendors and deployers. The short interval between final rulemaking and the effective date makes contract rights to technical documentation, change notices and implementation support commercially significant.