State AI Law · Colorado · 1 statute on the books

AI Laws in Colorado

Every AI-related law currently on the books or recently enacted in Colorado. Each entry below shows the effective date, regulated scope, key triggers, enforcement authority, and penalty exposure — plus a link to the statute text.

Laws at a glance

Colorado's AI statutes cover: algorithmic discrimination, consequential decision, education, employment, financial services, healthcare, high-risk AI, housing, insurance. Details for each law follow below. Note that individual statutes frequently have phased effective dates — pay close attention to which provisions apply when for your entity.

Each law, in detail

Effective 2026-02-01

CO AI Act (SB 24-205)

Scope: Imposes duties of care on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems making consequential decisions affecting consumers in employment, housing, healthcare, financial services, education, legal services, government services, and insurance.

Key triggers / concepts

consequential decisionhigh-risk AIemploymenthousinghealthcarefinancial serviceseducationinsurancealgorithmic discrimination

Enforcement authority

Colorado Attorney General

Penalties

Up to $20,000 per violation under Colorado Consumer Protection Act; exclusive AG enforcement, no private right of action

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