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The count of new AI laws signed in 2026 jumped from 6 to 25 in a month. Connecticut just passed a sweeping frontier AI bill. And the federal government still can't agree on preemption.
Congress can't agree on a national AI framework. The EU's August enforcement deadline approaches. States have introduced over 2,000 AI bills. Here's where everything stands.
The biggest burst of AI lawmaking in US history. New York's RAISE Act creates the first state-level frontier model oversight office. Utah signs 9 AI bills. Tennessee votes 93-2 that AI is not a person.
Governor Ferguson signs two AI safety bills. Oregon passes the toughest chatbot law in the country with a private right of action. The EU's Digital Omnibus threatens to gut the AI Act before it's even enforced.
California's governor fires back at Trump's AI framework with a new executive order. Tennessee outlaws AI mental health impersonation. Dozens of bills advance in state legislatures.
Governor Newsom signed a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring AI vendors seeking state contracts to prove bias safeguards, civil rights protections, and content safety—directly defying the White House's push to preempt state AI laws.
The Trump administration releases a national AI framework demanding Congress preempt state laws. Washington and Oregon respond by signing chatbot bills into law.
Washington and Oregon sign first chatbot safety laws, 50+ Republicans push back on Trump's preemption agenda, and the EU moves to simplify AI Act compliance.
This week brought an EU deal to ban AI-generated sexual deepfakes, the Commerce Department's report on state AI laws, and massive new penalties in China's cybersecurity overhaul.
Oregon becomes the first state to pass a major chatbot safety bill in 2026 as states race to protect minors from AI companion harms while the Trump administration threatens federal preemption.
