10 AI policy moves you should know about — week of June 15, 2026

By AI Laws USA · 2026-06-15

Data-center moratoriums went mainstream, Washington enacted a deepfake civil law, and NYC built the first municipal AI oversight office.

AI Laws USA tracks every U.S. federal, state, county, and city AI law on a single live map at ailawsusa.com. Here are the ten policy moves we added or updated this week, with sources and links to each entry's full detail page.

1. PROPOSED

   1. New York Responsible Data Center Development Act (S.10642 / A.11560)

   New York (state) · Passed both chambers June 4 — awaiting Gov. Hochul

   A first-in-the-nation one-year statewide moratorium on data centers over 20 MW, plus DEC impact study, host-community standards, and labor requirements. The bill was paired with new ratepayer-class rules.

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2. VETOED

   2. Maine LD 307 (statewide data center moratorium) — VETOED

   Maine (state) · Vetoed by Gov. Mills, April 24

   Maine's attempt at a statewide moratorium was vetoed; AI Laws USA indexes this as an 'honest gap' so users in Maine can see the proposal failed and federal protections still apply.

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3. NEW LAW

   3. Monterey Park, CA — voters approve permanent data center ban (Measure NDC)

   Monterey Park, CA · Voter-approved, June 2

   Monterey Park residents passed Measure NDC, amending the Municipal Code to permanently prohibit data centers anywhere in the city. The ban followed a 45-day urgency moratorium adopted in January 2026.

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4. MORATORIUM

   4. Coachella, CA — 45-day moratorium + Stronghold agreement terminated

   Coachella, CA · Adopted unanimously June 4

   Coachella's City Council voted unanimously for a 45-day moratorium on new data center applications and ended its development agreement with Stronghold Power Systems for a 400+ acre 'Coachella Valley Technology Campus.'

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5. MORATORIUM

   5. Bangor, ME — 180-day data center moratorium (9-0)

   Bangor, ME · Enacted April 13

   Bangor City Council unanimously imposed a 180-day moratorium on data center applications while it studies zoning and energy-use rules.

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6. NEW LAW

   6. Washington — SSB 5886 (digital likeness / AI deepfake civil law) takes effect

   Washington (state) · Effective June 11, 2026

   Washington's amended personality-rights law now covers 'forged digital likeness' — AI-generated audio or video of a real person without consent. Civil penalty raised to $3,000 per infringement plus noneconomic damages and injunctive relief.

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7. NEW LAW

   7. Washington — HB 2225 (AI Companion Chatbot Act) signed

   Washington (state) · Enacted March 24 (effective Jan 1, 2027)

   Operators of AI companion chatbots must disclose AI nature to users (every 3 hours; hourly for minors), connect distressed users to 988 crisis resources, and accept a private right of action under the Consumer Protection Act with treble damages up to $25k.

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8. NEW LAW

   8. NYC GUARD Act — the first municipal AI oversight office

   New York City, NY · Council passed unanimously Nov 25, 2025

   Intros 199 / 926 / 1024 create an independent Office of Algorithmic Data Accountability, set mandatory citywide fairness-testing and transparency standards for all agency AI tools, and require a public registry of every AI system pre-deployment-assessed by the new office.

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9. COURT

   9. Mobley v. Workday — AI-hiring discrimination case proceeds

   United States (federal court) · Court certified collective; March 7 opt-in deadline closed

   Plaintiff Derek Mobley's federal class action against Workday's AI hiring tools survived dismissal again. The court rejected Workday's argument that older workers cannot be 'applicants' under the ADEA. Now in discovery — potential landmark on AI vendor liability under federal civil-rights law.

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10. COURT

    10. US v. RealPage — DOJ + 10 state AGs consent decree advances

    United States (M.D.N.C.) · Consent decree motion filed May 14, 2026

    RealPage will be barred from feeding its rental-pricing algorithms current forward-looking competitor data; a 7-year court-appointed monitor takes over compliance; the company cooperates as a government witness in DOJ cases against landlords. Settles a Sherman Act 1 & 2 claim alleging algorithmic rent coordination.

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Every entry above is updated as status changes — see the live map at ailawsusa.com and search any U.S. address to see which of these (plus federal + state baselines) apply to a specific location. New posts every Monday.

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