The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA), which will go into effect on February 1, 2026, adopts a risk-based approach to AI regulation that shares some similarities with the EU AI Act., Colorado made history on May 17, 2024 when Governor Polis signed into law the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (“CAIAâ€), the first law in the United States to comprehensively regulate the development and deployment of high-risk artificial intelligence (“AIâ€) systems., On May 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 205) ("CAIA"), a measure passed out of the legislature on May 8 and now scheduled to become effective February 1, 2026., Colorado enacts the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA), effective February 1, 2026, addressing algorithmic discrimination with strict compliance, transparency, and risk management for high-risk AI systems., On May 6, 2025, the day before the legislative session in Colorado ended, House Democrats made an eleventh-hour attempt to postpone the effective date of CAIA by inserting the delay into another unrelated bill, but that attempt also failed., On May 17, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205) (CAIA), regulating the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Colorado is the first state to enact comprehensive AI legislation. The law becomes effective February 1, 2026..