Colorado Replaces Its Broad AI Act With a Narrower ADMT Regime
Colorado's SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026 and effective 1 January 2027, replaces the state's earlier AI law with a disclosure-focused automated decision-making technology framework.
BY TRANSATLANTIC DESK · JUNE 10, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
Colorado's SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026 and effective 1 January 2027, replaces the state's earlier AI law with a disclosure-focused automated decision-making technology framework. The law applies to consequential decisions in employment, education, housing, financial services, insurance, healthcare, and essential government services, with developer disclosures, deployer notices, adverse-outcome explanations, human-review rights, and three-year recordkeeping. Legal AI vendors and firms advising clients will need to distinguish general legal workflow automation from covered decision systems. The narrower framework is a reprieve for broad LLM tools, but it also gives counsel a practical model for contractual allocation of developer and deployer obligations.