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Audited AI-regulation data API

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Track 1,306 regulatory records across 74 jurisdictions with binding AI law — source-linked, expert-audited, updated the day the law changes. Free to use: an API key in seconds, no account, no card.

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1,306records tracked
74jurisdictions with binding AI law
135in force today
100%source-linked
Dailyupdated

74 jurisdictions with binding AI law · 7 jurisdictions with voluntary AI frameworks (the two overlap; we never add them) — how we count

The States

AI law status across the US

Click any state for its status, deadline and penalty. Colour reflects the verbatim legal status we track.

8 In effect4 Enacted17 Proposed21 No law
The Docket

Key AI-law deadlines

The landmark laws and the dates they bite. Status, date and penalty on each card are transcribed from the statute’s primary government source. See every deadline we track →

The Record
● Live

Latest AI law news across the states

Updated August 17, 2026

The newest AI regulation and policy headlines from across all 50 states, aggregated automatically. Follow each link for the full story.

OpenAI Political Machine Backs FL - 25 Incumbent on AI Oversight PanelOnasill ~ Bill- 81M views · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via flickr
OpenAI Political Machine Backs FL - 25 Incumbent on AI Oversight Panel

Coverage from techtimes.com on AI legislation and regulation relevant to Michigan.

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North Dakota AI and Data Center Committee asked to work toward child AI use regulationsflickingerbrad · CC BY 2.0 · via flickr
North Dakota AI and Data Center Committee asked to work toward child AI use regulations

Coverage from InForum on AI legislation and regulation relevant to North Dakota.

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People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Bannedraneko · CC BY 2.0 · via flickr
People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Banned

Coverage from Decrypt on AI legislation and regulation relevant to California.

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CT AI Caucus joins governor in calling for a pause on Flock cameraFibonacci Blue · CC BY 2.0 · via flickr
CT AI Caucus joins governor in calling for a pause on Flock camera

Coverage from courant.com on AI legislation and regulation relevant to Connecticut.

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Law School introduces largely permissive AI policyflickingerbrad · CC BY 2.0 · via flickr
Law School introduces largely permissive AI policy

Coverage from Columbia Daily Spectator on AI legislation and regulation relevant to New York.

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Colorado Releases Proposed Rules for Its AI and Chatbot Safety Laws: These Create More Operational Work than the Statutes SuggestPhoto Extremist · CC BY-ND 2.0 · via flickr
Colorado Releases Proposed Rules for Its AI and Chatbot Safety Laws: These Create More Operational Work than the Statutes Suggest

Coverage from Seyfarth Shaw on AI legislation and regulation relevant to Colorado.

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The Record

Regulation is compounding

Drawn from the ALT dataset — every figure below is a live count over our own primary-sourced corpus. Nothing here is estimated.

AI lawmaking by year
records by primary-source date
3
≤2021
2
2022
8
2023
13
2024
331
2025
894
2026
tracked  in force
What AI laws regulate
records mentioning each theme
Transparency & disclosure157
Healthcare & mental health150
Deepfakes, synthetic media & elections134
Chatbots & conversational AI86
Employment & hiring84
High-risk & algorithmic discrimination53
The penalty spectrum
maximum exposure, quoted verbatim · $500 → €35M / 7% of global turnover
New York City Local Law 144$1,500Utah SB 149$2,500California SB 942$5,000Minnesota Minn. Stat. ch. 325M$7,500Colorado SB 24-205$20,000Illinois HB 3773$70,000Texas HB 149$100,000European Union Regulation (EU) 2024/1689€35M / 7%

Penalty text is set by the enacting government and quoted as written; each row links to its official source.

For developers

The AI-regulation dataset as a clean JSON API

Every law we track — US state & federal, EU, and other national regimes — as a versioned, source-linked JSON API, with an MCP server for agents. Free self-serve key, no account, no card.

32REST endpoints
4data scopes
25MCP tools
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GET /v1/laws
curl https://ai-law-tracker.com/api/v1/laws?jurisdiction=california \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALT_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "ca-sb-942",
      "title": "California AI Transparency Act",
      "jurisdiction": "california",
      "scope": "state",
      "status": "Enacted",
      "in_force": false,
      "effective_date": "2026-08-02",
      "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/…SB942"
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "count": 1, "source_linked": true }
}