Colorado moves to redo AI law
Colorado officials are pushing to repeal and replace the Colorado AI Act, signaling an active state‑level rethink of AI regulation that could ripple to startups and Big Tech compliance strategies. The proposal underscores mounting political pressure for clearer operational rules around AI deployment. (insideglobaltech.com)
The Colorado AI Policy Work Group released a proposed “ADMT” framework on March 17, 2026 and Gov. Jared Polis publicly backed the rewrite as an alternative to the 2024 Colorado AI Act. (mayerbrown.com) (mayerbrown.com ) The draft substitutes the Act’s terminology with “covered ADMT” and limits legal obligations to systems that “materially influence” consequential decisions, a higher threshold than the Act’s prior “substantial factor” standard. (mayerbrown.com) (mayerbrown.com ) The working‑group draft expressly carves out certain tools — including summarization tools, chatbots governed by acceptable‑use policies, and technologies that do not rely on machine learning — and adds exceptions for low‑stakes decisions and advertising, search, recommendations, and content moderation. (insideglobaltech.com) (insideglobaltech.com ) The proposal would eliminate the Act’s mandatory bias‑audit and impact‑assessment regime in favor of a streamlined transparency, notice, correction‑rights and human‑review framework, according to the work group’s release. (fisherphillips.com) (fisherphillips.com ) If adopted, the Proposed ADMT Framework would take effect January 1, 2027 (giving covered entities through the end of 2026 to adjust), whereas a prior legislative step (SB25B‑004) had already pushed the original Act’s operative date from February 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026. (mayerbrown.com) (mayerbrown.com bakerbotts.com ) Palantir announced a relocation of its headquarters from Denver to the Miami area on February 17, 2026, and its public filings referenced Colorado’s AI regulations as “difficult, onerous, and costly,” a factor cited by analysts as part of the company’s rationale. (richardcyoung.com) (richardcyoung.com denver7.com )
