In 2024, the Colorado General Assembly passed and Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 24-205 (“the “Automated Decision-Making Technology Act” or “ADMT Act”), which created consumer protections from algorithmic discrimination in consequential decisions made by high-risk artificial intelligence systems. Senate Bill 26-189 was signed into law May 2026 and repeals and reenacts those provisions with new requirements regarding the use of automated decision-making technology in consequential decisions.
The law defines an ‘automated decision-making technology’ (ADMT) and creates certain requirements for both developers of ADMT that is used to materially influence a consequential decision and deployers who use ADMT. It also gives consumers the right to request and correct inaccurate personal data used by ADMT. This new law and its provisions go into effect January 1, 2027. A link to the new Automated Decision-Making Technology Law can be found on the Colorado General Assembly’s website (opens new tab).
In May 2026, the Colorado legislature passed House Bill 26-1263 (“Chatbot Safety Act”), and Governor Polis signed it into law. The Chatbot Safety Act amends section 17 to add protections for users of conversational AI services, including requirements for chatbot operators to estimate the age of users, disclose that users are interacting with AI and not humans, safeguard teen users against sexually explicit content and simulated emotional dependence, and implement privacy/account-management tools for minor users. The Chatbot Safety Act also requires chatbot operators to create suicide and self-harm response protocols and prohibits chatbot outputs from being represented as equivalent to licensed professional services.
The Chatbot Safety Act further requires chatbot operators to submit an annual report to the Office of the Attorney General including “any additional metrics necessary to determine the efficacy and reliability of implemented safeguards or detection, removal, and response protocols, as determined by the attorney general,” but does not provide further explanation or details on the content of these reports.
House Bill 26-1263 was signed into law on July 1, 2026 and goes effect January 1, 2027. A link to the new Chatbot Safety Law can be found on the Colorado General Assembly’s website (opens new tab).
Rulemaking
The ADMT Act requires the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to adopt rules to clarify and implement specific provisions of the law before January 1, 2027. While the Chatbot Safety Act does not require rulemaking, the Attorney General believes rulemaking would help ensure compliance obligations, including the content of the annual report, are clear.
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office believes it will produce better rules if it receives strong, diverse input from interested people and organizations. The Colorado Department of Law seeks input from interested persons to inform the drafting of effective rules that are consistent with the intent of the ADMT Act and Chatbot Safety Act. In the Pre-Rulemaking phase, we welcomed informal input from all members of the public about any aspect of the Department’s upcoming rulemaking regarding the Automated Decision-Making Technology and Chatbot Safety Acts. We also provided a considerations paper (PDF) with additional background and questions to help guide pre-rulemaking comments. Feedback was collected through a publicly available comment form through July 13, 2026.
On August 11, 2026, the DOL filed the Automated Decision-Making Technology & Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service rules (docx) (the “ADMT and Chatbot Safety Rules”) with the Secretary of State. The purpose of these proposed draft rules is to clarify and implement Senate Bill 26-189 and House Bill 26-1263.
The proposed draft rules were filed along with the notice of rulemaking and statement of basis, authority and purpose.
Read the notice of rulemaking hearing (docx), and the statement of basis, authority, and purpose (docx).
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office now invites formal rulemaking comments from all members of the public regarding the proposed draft ADMT and Chatbot Safety Rules. You may submit written comments through the comment form below between August 11, 2026, and October 26, 2026. If the formal rulemaking hearing continues beyond October 26, 2026, the comment period will continue through the last day of the formal rulemaking hearing.
Please submit written comments by September 4, 2026 to be considered in a revised proposed rulemaking draft that will be circulated no later than September 23, 2026. Additionally, please submit comments by October 5, 2026 to be considered for any proposed revisions to be presented at the rulemaking hearing. In drafting the final set of rules, the Office will consider all written comments received on or before October 26, 2026 at 11:59 P.M. MST, or if the formal rulemaking hearing continues beyond October 26, 2026, before 11:50 P.M. MST on the last day of the formal rulemaking hearing.
To promote timely sharing of information among all stakeholders, the Department strongly encourages stakeholders to submit written comments early in the process.
As soon as possible after receipt, written comments will be posted online at the ADMT and Chatbot Safety Rulemaking Comment website. All written comments will be added to the official rulemaking record.
Cost Benefit Analysis
Pursuant to section 24-4-103(2.5), C.R.S., anyone can request a cost-benefit analysis on proposed rules within five days of publication in the Colorado Register. There are two ways that a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) can be requested. You can either complete the “Request a Cost-Benefit Analysis” form, or email COPRRR directly.