AI governance
Complementary Law 205 of 2025, State Policy to Foster Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
Lei Complementar nº 205, de 19 de maio de 2025Text of Lei Complementar nº 205/2025 as compiled on LEGISLA GOIÁS, the Casa Civil legislation database of the State of Goiás
In force since . Binds public and private bodies.
What this law does
Complementary Law 205 of 2025 institutes the state policy to stimulate the development of innovation in artificial intelligence in Goiás. In automated decisions, people have a right not to be discriminated against unlawfully and to prior, free, accessible and easily understood information about the use of the system, its purpose and the automated character of the interaction.
Article 8 does not apply to systems used solely for security, cyberdefense or military purposes, to systems that take no part in decisions or take none that affect the legal sphere of third parties, or where a human takes the final decision. The Law forbids developing, implementing or using an AI system whose purpose is contrary to fundamental rights, public order, the guiding principles of the democratic rule of law or the security of public institutions.
Outside experimental contexts, autonomous AI agents must meet minimum mandatory requirements: transparency about their artificial nature and autonomous decision-making capacity, effective mandatory human supervision, and, when they operate under that supervision, periodic technical audits by independent accredited third parties.
Developers, operators and distributors of embedded (edge) AI must meet five mandatory requirements: transparency to end users, reinforced cybersecurity, periodic independent audits for devices in critical areas, human supervision and intervention with remote shutdown where technically feasible, and clear technical documentation. Users of AI in state public services have rights to a reasoned decision, to contest and obtain review of it, and to human review on appeal.
Complementary Law 215 of moved the Núcleo de Ética e Inovação em Inteligência Artificial into the administrative structure of the Secretariat of State for Science, Technology and Innovation (SECTI), which now chairs it.
What it requires