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This article tracks the legislative fate of Colorado's AI Act (SB 24-205), a landmark consumer protection law targeting algorithmic discrimination in high-stakes decisions like healthcare and employment. Despite being signed in May 2024, the law faced repeated attempts to delay or amend it, ultimately resulting in its effective date being pushed to June 30, 2026 via a special session in August 2025. The piece illustrates the political tension between AI consumer protection and concerns about innovation and implementation feasibility.
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- •Colorado's AI Act (SB 24-205) targets algorithmic discrimination in 'consequential decisions' including healthcare and employment, originally set to take effect February 1, 2026.
- •Governor Polis expressed reservations even as he signed the bill, urging stakeholders to 'fine tune' it over two years to protect innovation.
- •A proposed amendment bill (SB 25-318) was killed by its own sponsor, and a last-minute House delay attempt also failed before session ended.
- •A special session in August 2025 resulted in a formal delay of the law's effective date to June 30, 2026.
- •The law's trajectory reflects broader national tension between proactive AI regulation and political pressure to favor lighter-touch approaches.
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# Will Colorado’s Historic AI Law Go Live in 2026? Its Fate Hangs in the Balance in 2025
Health Law Advisor
May 13, 2025
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8 minute read
Categories: [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/category/artificial-intelligence)
[Nathaniel M. Glasser](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/author/nathaniel-m-glasser), [Eleanor T. Chung](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/author/eleanor-t-chung), [Adam S. Forman](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/author/adam-s-forman), [Rachel Snyder Good](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/author/rachel-snyder-good), [Alaap B. Shah](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/author/alaap-b-shah)
\[ **8/28/2025 UPDATE:** Following a [special session](https://governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/news/governor-polis-calls-special-session-address-budget-hole-created-federal-bill "Opens in a new window") called by Governor Jared Polis, the Colorado legislature passed [SB 25B-004](https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-205 "Opens in a new window") and it was signed by the governor on August 28, 2025. SB 25B-004 will delay the effective date for implementation of SB 24-205, the state’s historic artificial intelligence law, to June 30, 2026, instead of February 1, 2026.\]
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Colorado’s historic artificial intelligence (AI) consumer protection bill, SB 24-205, colloquially known as “Colorado’s AI Act” (“CAIA”), into law.
[As we noted at the time,](https://www.healthlawadvisor.com/colorado-sb-24-205-on-the-verge-of-addressing-ai-risk-with-sweeping-consumer-protection-law "Opens in a new window") CAIA aims to prevent algorithmic discrimination in AI decision-making that affects “consequential decisions”—including those with a material, legal, or similarly significant effect with respect to health care services and employment decision-making. The bill is scheduled to take effect February 1, 2026.
The same day he signed CAIA, however, Governor Polis addressed a “signing statement” letter to Colorado’s General Assembly articulating his reservations. He urged sponsors, stakeholders, industry leaders, and more to “fine tune” the measure over the next two years to sufficiently protect technology, competition, and innovation in the state.
As the local and national political climate steers toward a less restrictive AI policy, Governor Polis drafted another letter to the Colorado legislature. On May 5, 2025, Polis—along with [Attorney General Phil Weiser, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, and others](https://www.govtech.com/artificial-intelligence/colorado-house-fails-in-late-night-move-to-slow-ai-rules "Opens in a new window")—requested that CAIA’s effective date be delayed until January 2027.
“Over the past year, stakeholders and legislators together have worked to find the right path forward on Colorado’s first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence regulatory law,” the letter states, adding that the collaboration took “many months” and “brought many ideas, concerns, and prioritie
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