Executive Summary California SB 574 passed the Assembly 75 to 0 on August 31, 2026, the Senate concurred the same day with no votes against, and the enrolled bill was presented to Governor Newsom on September 9, 2026. Because it passed before the September 1 cutoff in the California Constitution, the Governor must return it…
Executive Summary Colorado SB 26-189, signed May 14, 2026 and codified at C.R.S. 6-1-1701 through 6-1-1709, names “the lease or purchase of residential real estate in Colorado” as a covered domain. A landlord doing business in Colorado whose screening tool materially influences a consequential decision about Colorado housing becomes a regulated deployer on January 1,…
Executive Summary Illinois Public Act 104-0744, which the Act itself calls the Civil Rights Safeguard Act, makes it a civil rights violation for a financial institution to use “criteria or methods” that have the effect of subjecting people to unlawful discrimination, even with no intent to discriminate. Governor Pritzker approved it July 31, 2026. The…
Executive Summary The California Legislature passed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026, on August 31, 2026. The enrolled version was produced on September 4, 2026 and sits with Governor Newsom. Because the bill passed one day before the September 1 cutoff in the California Constitution, the Governor has to return it with…
Executive Summary Seven states now restrict artificial intelligence in mental and behavioral health care. Illinois and Nevada acted in 2025. Colorado, Maine, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont followed in 2026, and five of those seven took effect between June and August 2026. They converge on one principle and diverge on almost everything else. Illinois fines…
Executive Summary The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act required the Texas Attorney General to publish a public AI complaint mechanism no later than September 1, 2026. The office moved ahead of that deadline. The page is already live, and the complaint portal behind it accepts submissions in under 15 minutes. TRAIGA reaches far beyond…
Executive Summary On July 13, 2026, the Department of War suspended CMMC Phase II, scheduled to begin November 10, 2026, putting third party certification assessments on hold. DFARS clause 252.204-7012 was not suspended, amended, or paused. Contractors and subcontractors subject to it that process, store, or transmit covered defense information must still implement the 110…
Executive Summary NIH policy notice NOT-OD-25-132, effective September 25, 2025, states that NIH will not consider applications substantially developed by AI to be the original ideas of applicants. Discovery after an award can lead to referral to the Office of Research Integrity, disallowed costs, withheld awards, suspension, and possible termination. This is an NIH policy…
Executive Summary Only 12 percent of manufacturing leaders say they are confident their organization could pass an independent AI governance audit, compared with 22 percent across all industries, according to Grant Thornton’s 2026 AI Impact Survey. Just 7 percent have a defined and tested AI incident response playbook, the lowest rate of any sector surveyed….
Executive Summary The California AI Transparency Act became operative on August 2, 2026, after AB 853 moved the date back from January 1, 2026. As of publication no court has enjoined it, so treat it as enforceable. The law regulates generative AI providers with more than 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users, and its disclosure duties…
