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AI Laws USA tracks 56 entries for Washington: 17 statewide and 39 from counties and cities. Federal rules apply on top of these; see the federal page . Each entry links to its official source.
50 In effect 4 Enacted, not yet in effect 1 Proposed 1 No longer in effect 0 Blocked in court
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Statewide
Statewide AI rules and bills in Washington
Rule Status Takes or took effect
Washington SHB 1672 (employee monitoring notice, ADS restrictions, emotion AI ban) In effect July 1, 2026 WA SB 5982 (Data Center / Clean Energy) In effect June 11, 2026 Washington SB 5395 (limits AI in health-insurance prior-auth denials) In effect June 11, 2026 SSB 5886 (WA Digital Likeness Rights) In effect June 11, 2026 Human-Centered AI Guidance for K-12 Public Schools In effect July 1, 2024 Washington HB 1999 (criminalizes AI/fabricated CSAM and nonconsensual fake intimate images) In effect June 6, 2024 WA DOI AI Bulletin In effect April 22, 2024 My Health My Data Act In effect March 31, 2024 WA EO 24-01 In effect January 30, 2024 Interim Guidelines for Purposeful and Responsible Use of Gen In effect August 8, 2023 SB 5152 (Election Synthetic Media) In effect July 23, 2023 WA SB 6280 (2020, first-in-nation state FR-government law) In effect July 1, 2021 WA Biometric Identifiers Act (2017) In effect July 23, 2017 Plateau Peoples TK/BC Labels In effect January 1, 2015 HB 1170 (WA AI Content Disclosure) Enacted, not yet in effect February 1, 2027 HB 2225 (WA Chatbot Safety) Enacted, not yet in effect January 1, 2027
Counties and cities
County and city AI rules and bills in Washington
Rule Where Status Takes or took effect
Ellensburg WA 6-month emergency data center moratorium Ellensburg In effect October 5, 2026 Elma WA temporary ALPR moratorium (2026) Elma In effect September 8, 2026 Lincoln County WA 6-month data center/BESS emergency moratorium Lincoln County In effect September 8, 2026 Spokane County WA 4-month data center moratorium (Aug 2026) Spokane County In effect August 18, 2026 Renton WA one-year data center moratorium (2026) Renton In effect August 17, 2026 Cle Elum WA Data Center Moratorium (2026) Cle Elum In effect July 31, 2026 Cle Elum WA emergency data center moratorium (2026) Cle Elum In effect July 31, 2026 La Conner WA data center moratorium (2026) La Conner In effect July 29, 2026 Federal Way WA Data Center Moratorium (2026) Federal Way In effect July 7, 2026 Chewelah WA emergency data center moratorium (2026) Chewelah In effect July 1, 2026 Snohomish County WA six-month data center moratorium (2026) Snohomish County In effect June 24, 2026 One-year citywide data-center moratorium (Spokane) Spokane In effect June 22, 2026 Spokane Data Center Moratorium (1 year) Spokane In effect June 22, 2026 Seattle Data Center Moratorium Seattle In effect June 9, 2026 Emergency 365-day moratorium on new data centers (>20 MVA) Seattle In effect June 9, 2026 Resolution setting Seattle data-center impact-study framework Seattle In effect June 9, 2026 Grant County PUD WA Unbundled Rate Restructure + Data Center Load Caps Grant County In effect April 1, 2026 Ordinance outlawing algorithmic rent price fixing in unincor King County In effect September 23, 2025 Seattle algorithmic rent-fixing ban (Ord. 127241 / SMC 7.34, July 2025) Seattle In effect July 31, 2025 Council Bill 121000 - Ban on algorithmic rent fixing (SMC 7. Seattle In effect June 24, 2025 Seattle Public Schools AI Handbook + Superintendent Procedure 2022SP Seattle In effect February 1, 2025 Real-Time Crime Center Surveillance Impact Report and Crime Seattle In effect October 1, 2024 King County GenAI Guidelines King County In effect September 27, 2024 Olympia WA Olympia In effect September 24, 2024 Vancouver Public Schools Gaggle Safety Management Student Mo Vancouver Public Schools In effect August 1, 2024 Seattle Generative AI Policy Seattle In effect November 1, 2023 Peninsula School District AI Guidance (Principles and Belief Peninsula School District In effect July 15, 2023 SPD FR Policy Seattle In effect July 1, 2023 Spokane County Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) surveillance us Spokane County, WA (Spokane County Sheriff's Office) In effect April 1, 2023 Bellingham Initiative 2 Bellingham In effect November 2, 2021 King County FR Ban King County In effect Not yet set Ordinance prohibiting King County government and Sheriff use King County In effect June 1, 2021 King County Facial Recognition Technology Ban (Ordinance 202 King County, WA (home to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) In effect June 1, 2021 Seattle Surveillance Ordinance Seattle In effect September 1, 2017 Seattle Surveillance Ordinance (SMC 14.18) Seattle In effect August 2, 2017 Port Angeles WA six-month data center moratorium (2026) Port Angeles In effect Not yet set Seattle CB 121267 grocery surveillance pricing ban (2026) Seattle Enacted, not yet in effect September 1, 2027 One-year moratorium on new data centers Burien Enacted, not yet in effect Not yet set Bellingham Initiative 26-01 to Ban Algorithmic Rental Price- Bellingham Proposed Not yet set
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