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AI Laws in Denver, Colorado
As of 2026-06-17, AI Laws USA tracks 23 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Denver, Colorado: 10+ federal protections, 10 Colorado state-level rules, and 3 local Denver ordinances. Coverage is strongest on automated decision-making, consumer protection, AI hiring and employment, and AI disclosure and transparency. 8 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Denver local AI rules (and Denver County)
3 local AI rules specific to Denver, Colorado or Denver County.
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In effect Limited protection
Denver Public Schools AI Handbook
Denver, CO · Effective 2025-04-01 · Denver Public Schools AI Handbook (2025-04-01)
Effective April 2025, DPS authorized MagicSchool, Gemini, and NotebookLM on district devices with output monitoring and data safeguards; 1,200 teachers trained; launching a student AI advisory council.
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In effect Moderate protection
Denver EO 153 / AI Policy
Denver, CO · Effective 2024-03-01 · Denver Exec. Order No. 153 (2024)
Denver Mayor's executive order establishing a citywide AI Governance Framework requiring inventory, risk assessment, and human review of high-impact AI uses by city agencies.
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Proposed / pending Proposed or pending
Denver Data Center Zoning (proposed)
Denver, CO · Denver Council Bill 24-1234 (proposed)
Proposed Denver council bill amending the zoning code to require special use permits and additional review for large data centers above defined power thresholds.
Colorado-level AI rules most relevant to Denver
10 Colorado state rules apply to residents and businesses in Denver. Showing the 8 most relevant to Denver's local picture; 2 more are on the Colorado jurisdiction page.
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Repealed / replaced Limited protection
Colorado AI Act (repealed)
Colorado · Enacted 2024-05-17 · SB 24-205, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-1701 et seq. (repealed/replaced 2026)
The first comprehensive US state AI law would have required developers and deployers of 'high-risk' AI systems to use reasonable care to prevent algorithmic discrimination in decisions about jobs, housing, lending, insurance, education, and healthcare. After repeated delays, it was repealed and replaced in May 2026 by a narrower transparency-focused law (SB 26-189) before it ever took effect.
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Enacted (not yet in effect) Limited protection
SB 26-189 (Colorado ADMT Law)
Colorado · Effective 2027-01-01 · SB 26-189 (Colo. 2026)
Colorado's replacement AI law focuses on transparency rather than broad anti-discrimination duties. Starting January 1, 2027, companies using automated decision-making technology to materially influence consequential decisions (employment, housing, lending, insurance, healthcare) must notify consumers before use and provide post-decision disclosures; developers must give deployers technical documentation.
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Enacted (not yet in effect) Moderate protection
CO AI Act (SB 24-205)
CO · Effective 2026-08-01 · Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1701 to 6-1-1707; SB 24-205 (2024)
Colorado was the first state to enact a comprehensive AI law regulating high-risk AI used to make consequential decisions about Coloradans — including credit, insurance, employment, housing, healthcare, and government services. It requires risk management, bias audits, and consumer disclosure; deceptive AI practices are deemed unfair under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.
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In effect Moderate protection
CO SB 17-213 (AV statute)
Colorado · Effective 2017-06-01 · Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-242
Colorado authorized automated driving systems, allowing AVs that can comply with all traffic laws to operate without a separate state authorization — but if the ADS cannot fully comply, the operator must coordinate with CDOT and the State Patrol before deployment.
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Repealed / replaced Unknown
CO SB24-205 (original)
CO · Effective 2026-02-01 · Colo. SB 24-205 (2024) — substantially superseded by SB 26-189 (May 14, 2026)
Colorado SB24-205 was the first U.S. comprehensive high-risk AI statute (2024). The original framework was substantially rewritten by SB 26-189 after the 2026 special session — this entry is the historical record of the original law.
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In effect Moderate protection
CO AG Weiser
CO · Effective 2026-04-27 · CO AG Weiser — Suspension of Colorado AI Act Rulemaking and Enforcement (x.AI v. Weiser) (2026-04-27)
Joint federal filing in which AG agreed to neither promulgate rules nor enforce SB24-205 until legislative resolution (SB26-189, signed May 14, 2026). Enforcement stayed pending rulemaking by Dec 31, 2026.
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In effect Limited protection
CO Insurance Algorithmic Discrimination Law
Colorado · Effective 2021-07-06 · Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 10-3-1104.9 (SB 21-169)
Colorado prohibits insurers from using outside consumer data, algorithms, or predictive models in ways that unfairly discriminate against people based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity. The law directs the state Insurance Commissioner to write rules that require insurers to test their data and models and show they do not produce discriminatory outcomes. Insurers must also maintain a risk-management framework to monitor for unfair discrimination. Coverage was later expanded to additional lines such as private passenger auto and health benefit plans.
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In effect Limited protection
Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)
Colorado · Effective 2023-07-01 · Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 6-1-1301 et seq. (SB 21-190)
The Colorado Privacy Act gives state residents the right to opt out of having their personal data used for profiling when that profiling drives decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, such as decisions about credit, housing, employment, or services. Businesses that engage in higher-risk processing, including certain profiling, must conduct and document a data protection assessment weighing the benefits against the risks. The Colorado Attorney General enforces the law, and since January 1, 2025 may bring actions without first offering a chance to cure.
Federal AI rules that apply in Denver, Colorado
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Denver, Colorado. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup issued a split ruling: training on lawfully purchased books was fair use, but ingesting pirated copies from LibGen was not. In September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement — the largest AI copyright recovery to date.
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In effect Stronger protection
Banner v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Banner v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The verdict awarded $243M (later reduced to ~$220M) — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is constitutional and dispositive. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 3d 467 (D. Del. 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. The 2023 jury trial verdict had been deadlocked; the 2025 ruling resolved liability.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2024-04-30 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2024)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was permanently enjoined as unconstitutional in April 2024.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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