The landscape
Every state is writing these rules.
1,561 AI-related bills were introduced in 45 states this session (multistate.ai, Mar 2026), far more than one site can track reliably. The multistate.ai tracker is the live source of truth for everything moving right now. Below is a short, hand-checked list of what's already real.
| State | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | HB 178 already requires human review of AI-driven decisions made by state agencies, the closest existing precedent to what this movement is asking cities and counties to adopt. (Epstein Becker Green) | Aug 2026 |
| Colorado | An amended AI Act, effective January 1, 2027, preserves a right to "meaningful human review of adverse automated decisions" for consequential decisions in employment, housing, lending, healthcare, and similar. Not yet in effect. (Hunton Andrews Kurth) | Aug 2026 |
This table is short on purpose. Every row here is a promise we keep checking. See our correction policy for how that works, or the multistate.ai tracker for the fuller, faster-moving picture.
Don't see your state? That's the point. It isn't decided yet.