Colorado became the first state to adopt a comprehensive AI framework when Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 205. The law, unlike the EU AI Act, does not ban certain uses of AI. Instead, Colorado focused on accountability; the law adds guardrails designed to prevent discrimination from certain high-risk AI uses and imposes transparency obligations for companies that use/create those tools. But it is not all bad news for companies navigating this fluid field: the law is delayed until February 2026, it is enforced exclusively by the attorney general, and there are strong safe harbors (both rebuttable presumptions and an affirmative defense).
