Law / United States / 
Colorado
SB 26-189 (2026), Automated Decision-Making Technology Act
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In force in 100 days, effective 1 January 2027.
An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.
As of 14 August 2026.
What it requires
- Give clear and conspicuous notice before using covered automated decision-making technology that materially influences a consequential decision
- A prominent public notice at the points where consumers interact with you satisfies that notice duty
- Where the technology produces an adverse outcome, within 30 days give a plain-language description of the decision and the technology's role in it, plus an explanation of the consumer's rights
- Consequential decisions here are education, employment, housing, financial or lending services, insurance, health care, and essential government services
- The consumer disclosure duty takes effect 2027-01-01
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Operator establishment, Place of effect, Data subject residence
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 6-1-1704 states the deployer's point-of-interaction notice and post-adverse-outcome disclosure duties toward a consumer. It states no duty for a deployer to create, keep, or produce a record of giving that notice. Deployer record-keeping for compliance with this Part 17, including this section's disclosures, is a separate duty stated at Section 6-1-1703, and a developer's parallel duty is stated at Section 6-1-1702(4); neither is part of this section's own text.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Prior to using a covered automated decision-making technology that materially influences a consequential decision (education, employment, housing, financial or lending services, insurance, health care, or essential government services), a deployer must provide a clear and conspicuous notice that it used or will use covered ADMT in that decision, satisfiable by a prominent public notice at points of consumer interaction.
If the ADMT produces an adverse outcome, the deployer must, within 30 days, provide a plain-language description of the decision and the technology's role, plus an explanation of the consumer's rights. Signed 14 May 2026; the consumer disclosure duty itself takes effect 1 January 2027, so it is enacted, not yet in force, as of the date shown. The Colorado General Assembly's own bill status page confirms the 14 May 2026 signature date.
When LexLint raises it
high_risk_decisions
Read the law
official enrolled act text, Colorado General Assembly
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