Five AI trends in the 2026 US state legislative session
IAPP — AI Governance Center
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Companion-chatbot regulation has become the single most active area of state AI lawmaking in 2026, building on California and New York's 2025 laws.
Contributors:David BoteroFormer Westin FellowIAPPCobun Zweifel-KeeganCIPP/US, CIPMManaging Director, Washington D.C.IAPPThe newest legislative sessions in the U.S. have been the busiest yet when it comes to artificial intelligence governance proposals. Without concerted public action toward regulation at the federal level, state legislatures are taking center stage. In fact, these attempts are occurring even while the largely deregulatory AI executive order issued by President Donald Trump at the end of 2025 looms, including its creation of an AI litigation task force within the U.S. Department of Justice with a mandate to target state AI laws.At the macro level, state legislators are introducing more AI bills than ever before. Zooming in, we see a few new trends this year. In lieu of an…
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