Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation

Lawmakers are increasingly addressing AI through legislation

As AI technologies have burst on the scene, state lawmakers have responded by addressing concerns with this ubiquitous technology through public policy. In 2023, we saw less than 200 bills introduced across state legislatures addressing the issue of AI. But that shifted in 2024 when MultiState tracked over 600 AI-related bills with nearly 100 enacted into law.

We expect 2025 to be a big year for AI legislation. Keep an eye on the bills we’re tracking with the state-by-state bill tracking map below. For a comprehensive view of current state laws related to AI, see our state-by-state AI policy overviews.

A note on methodology: MultiState tracks hundreds of thousands of bills throughout the legislative process for hundreds of clients on a vast variety of topics. Each client has a different perspective on why they care about certain bills, and we customize our tracking and analysis for each client. Our tracking of “AI-related” bills below is an amalgamation of many different perspectives on “artificial intelligence” organized internally into dozens of AI subtopics. For this purpose, “AI-related” is defined broadly, and includes legislation relating to generative AI, forming task forces and committees to study AI policy, “right to compute” and AI regulatory sandboxes, budget items to incentise AI-related investment in a state or boost education on using AI, as well as legislation related to other “AI” related technologies such as autonomous vehicles and facial recognition systems. The growing number of bills introduced on the topic of AI is an indication of the high level of interest from policymakers in this emerging technology, but note that less than 15% of bills introduced by state lawmakers actually become law on average.