AI Bill Tracker
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Pending bills (1,983)
- Indianapolis, IN — City-County Council Votes 23-1 to Establish Data Center Moratorium Through Dec. 31, 2027 (MDC Final Approval Pending Aug. 19)
Indianapolis, IN · proposed · proposed protection
The Metropolitan Economic Development Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council voted 10-3 on August 3, 2026 to recommend approval of a Zoning Ordinance Amendment imposing a… - Loudoun County, VA — Board of Supervisors Directs Staff to Prepare Data Center Moratorium Options (July 30, 2026)
Loudoun County, VA · proposed · limited protection
On July 30, 2026, the Loudoun County, Virginia Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 to direct county staff to prepare options for a temporary moratorium on new data center applications. If… - Columbus, OH City Council — Proposed Data Center Regulations: Water Use, Sewer Connections, and Decommissioning (July 2026)
Columbus, OH · proposed · proposed protection
Columbus City Council is advancing three proposed ordinances to regulate data centers in the city, focusing on water consumption, sewer infrastructure, and decommissioning obligations for… - United States — H.R. 9340, Ratepayer Protection Act (119th Congress)
United States · proposed · proposed protection
H.R. 9340 would amend section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) to add a federal ratemaking standard for 'large-load customers', requiring… - Spokane County, WA — County Commissioners Propose 9-Month Moratorium on Large-Load Data Centers in Unincorporated County
Spokane County, WA · proposed · proposed protection
Democratic Spokane County Commissioners Chris Jordan and Amber Waldref announced in July 2026 that they plan to propose a 9-month moratorium on new data centers with electricity demands of… - Catawissa Township, PA Proposed Ordinance 01-2026 — Data Center Overlay District
Catawissa Township, PA · proposed · proposed protection
Catawissa Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania has proposed Ordinance 01-2026, which would create a Data Center Overlay district — restricting where data centers can be sited in the… - Spring City, TN 2-Year Data Center Moratorium (First Reading)
Spring City, TN · proposed · proposed protection
Spring City, Tennessee (Rhea County, on Watts Bar Lake) is considering a two-year moratorium on data centers. Commissioners advanced the measure on first reading on July 16, 2026; a final… - New Mexico Environment Department — Project Jupiter Data Center Air Quality Permit Public Hearing (Oct. 2026)
NM · proposed · proposed protection
New Mexico's environmental regulator will hold a public hearing on October 19, 2026 before deciding whether to grant an air quality permit to Project Jupiter, a massive proposed data center… - Harrisonburg, VA City Council Pledge to End Flock Safety Contract (Proposed 2026)
Harrisonburg, VA · proposed · proposed protection
Harrisonburg, Virginia City Council members, including Mayor Deanna Reed, have pledged to end the city's contract with Flock Safety, whose license plate reader cameras operate in the city… - Prince William County, VA Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District Reform (DPA2026-00006)
Prince William County, VA · proposed · proposed protection
Prince William County's Planning Commission voted 5-2 on July 15, 2026 to recommend approval of DPA2026-00006, a comprehensive plan and zoning text amendment that would substantially reduce… - Leon County, FL 18-Month Data Center Moratorium (Pending Formalization)
Leon County, FL · proposed · proposed protection
Leon County, Florida (home of Tallahassee) commissioners voted on July 14, 2026 in favor of an 18-month moratorium on data centers. The moratorium is not final yet: public radio station… - Minneola, FL 1-Year Data Center Moratorium (Advanced; Final Reading July 21)
Minneola, FL · proposed · proposed protection
Minneola, Florida (Lake County, in the fast-growing area northwest of Orlando) has advanced a one-year moratorium on new data centers. The final reading is scheduled for July 21, 2026. Lake… - Fairfax, IA — City Council Ordinance Permanently Prohibiting High-Impact Data Centers (First Reading 3-1, July 14, 2026)
Fairfax, IA · proposed · proposed protection
The Fairfax, Iowa City Council voted 3-1 on July 14, 2026 to advance on first reading an ordinance that would permanently prohibit 'High-Impact Data Centers' within the city with no… - Indianapolis-Marion County Temporary Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (Proposed 2026)
Indianapolis/Marion County · proposed · proposed protection
The Indianapolis City-County Council's Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee voted 10-3 on July 13, 2026 to advance a temporary moratorium on approving new data centers through… - Binghamton, NY Proposed Legislation to Terminate Flock Safety Contract (2026)
Binghamton, NY · proposed · proposed protection
A Binghamton, New York city councilwoman has introduced legislation to terminate the city's contract with Flock Safety, whose license plate reader cameras operate in the city. The measure… - FTC Proposed Policy Statement on Suppression of Accuracy in Artificial Intelligence Systems
United States · proposed · limited protection
The Federal Trade Commission published a proposed policy statement in the Federal Register on July 7, 2026 warning that AI companies that steer outputs toward undisclosed ideological… - Greenwood County, SC Data Center Moratorium — Ordinance 2026-25 (Second Reading)
Greenwood County, SC · proposed · proposed protection
Greenwood County, South Carolina is two-thirds of the way to a data center moratorium. On July 7, 2026 the county council advanced Ordinance 2026-25 — a data center moratorium — on second… - Delta County, MI Proposed 12-Month Data Center and Crypto-Mining Moratorium (Planning Commission Resolution)
Delta County, MI · proposed · proposed protection
The Delta County, Michigan Planning Commission (Escanaba area, Upper Peninsula) voted on July 6, 2026 for a resolution recommending a 12-month moratorium on data centers and crypto-mining… - Indianapolis (Marion County) — Metropolitan Development Commission Data Center Special Zoning District Proposal (MDC 5-3, July 1, 2026)
Indianapolis, IN · proposed · proposed protection
Indianapolis's Metropolitan Development Commission voted 5-3 on July 1, 2026 to recommend creating a new special zoning class for data centers in Marion County. The proposed ordinance would… - New Jersey A4015 / S3413 — Age-Appropriate Design Code (NJ Kids Code Act)
NJ · proposed · proposed protection
New Jersey A4015/S3413, the NJ Kids Code Act, is an Age-Appropriate Design Code bill modeled on the UK ICO Children's Code and California AB 2273 (CAADCA). It requires online platforms and… - In powers and duties, further providing for definitions and providing for artificial intelligence. (HB2678)
PA · proposed · proposed protection
An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further providing for definitions and providing for… - Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6136'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26 (HB6137)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6136'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6138'26, HB… - Businesses: other; data center water usage requirements; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26 (HB6138)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Businesses: other; data center water usage requirements; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26 - Construction: permits; acoustic engineering report for data center; require to receive building permit. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by adding sec. 10a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26 (HB6139)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Construction: permits; acoustic engineering report for data center; require to receive building permit. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by adding sec. 10a. TIE BAR WITH: HB… - Public utilities: rates; large load commercial rates for data centers; establish. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26 (HB6135)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Public utilities: rates; large load commercial rates for data centers; establish. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB… - Public employees and officers: other; nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26 (HB6140)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Public employees and officers: other; nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB… - Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act. (SB1077)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act. - Providing for limitations on the use of user data in the creation of artificial intelligence simulations and for private right of action; and imposing penalties. (HB2666)
PA · proposed · proposed protection
An Act providing for limitations on the use of user data in the creation of artificial intelligence simulations and for private right of action; and imposing penalties. - Providing for employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other technological change; and imposing civil penalties. (HB2669)
PA · proposed · proposed protection
An Act providing for employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other technological change; and imposing civil penalties. - Cambridge, MA Policy Order Directing Draft Ordinance Banning Algorithmic Rent-Setting (Proposed 2026)
Cambridge, MA · proposed · proposed protection
The Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council voted unanimously in late June 2026 on a policy order directing city staff to draft an ordinance banning algorithmic rent-setting — software (such… - Federal Stop Spying Bosses Act (Proposed, 2026)
United States · proposed · proposed protection
The Stop Spying Bosses Act, introduced June 18, 2026 in the U.S. Senate by Senators Markey, Schatz, and Booker, would sharply limit what data employers can collect on workers and how they… - Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act. (SB1050)
MI · proposed · proposed protection
Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act. - Wausau, WI — Proposed Citywide Data Center Zoning Definition + Permit-Application Requirements (Plan Commission Hearing)
Wausau, WI · proposed · proposed protection
Wausau, Wisconsin's Plan Commission held its first public hearing June 16, 2026 on proactive zoning rules for data centers. The proposed amendment would define what counts as a data center… - Dodge County, WI Advisory Resolution Supporting a Data Center Moratorium (Non-Binding)
Dodge County, WI · proposed · proposed protection
The Dodge County, Wisconsin board voted 29-2 in mid-June 2026 for a resolution about a data center moratorium — but the vote was advisory only. No moratorium is actually in effect: the… - Nashville Metro Council — Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers
Nashville-Davidson County · proposed · proposed protection
Temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, approval and issuance of zoning, building or grading permits for data centers across Davidson County. Cites high electrical demand… - DeKalb County, GA Proposed Data Center Regulations + Moratorium Extension
DeKalb County, GA · proposed · proposed protection
DeKalb County, Georgia has frozen new data center applications while it writes permanent zoning rules for the industry. On June 9, 2026, commissioners voted 5-2 to extend the freeze through… - Fayetteville (NC) — Proposed Data Center Ordinance
Fayetteville, North Carolina · proposed · proposed protection
Proposed data center ordinance for Fayetteville. After an initial April 27 vote to delay 120 days, council voted 8-2 on June 8 to revive the draft and schedule a public hearing for August… - San Antonio TX — Data Center Water-Use Disclosure Proposal
San Antonio, TX · proposed · proposed protection
San Antonio council members proposed requiring data centers served by San Antonio Water System to publicly disclose annual water consumption. - An Act to Amend the General Business Law, in Relation to Imposing Liability for Damages Caused by a Chatbot Impersonating Certain Licensed Professionals
New York · proposed · proposed protection
This pending New York bill would make AI-chatbot operators legally responsible if their chatbot impersonates a licensed professional — like a doctor, lawyer, or nurse — in a way that would… - New York Responsible Data Center Development Act (S.10642 / A.11560) — One-Year Hyperscale Data Center Moratorium
New York · proposed · proposed protection
New York's legislature passed a bill that would put a one-year pause on permits for the largest new data centers (peak load over 20 megawatts), require a public hearing before any future… - Indianapolis-Marion County SU-47 Data Center Special Use District Ordinance (draft)
Indianapolis, IN · proposed · proposed protection
Indianapolis is writing a new rule book for data centers: a draft ordinance would create a special zoning district (SU-47) just for data centers, forcing every project through a rezoning… - Holmes County (FL) — Proposed One-Year Moratorium on AI Data Centers
Holmes County, Florida · proposed · proposed protection
Holmes County commissioners directed the county attorney to draft a one-year moratorium on AI data centers and a separate ordinance for a permanent ban; commission members noted no… - Indianapolis IN — Data Center Zoning Standards Proposed
Indianapolis, IN · proposed · proposed protection
Indianapolis's City-County Council introduced zoning standards requiring conditional approval, setbacks from residential zones, and noise studies for new data centers. - Charles County (MD) ZTA #25-187 — Proposed Data Center Zoning Text Amendment
Charles County, Maryland · proposed · proposed protection
Proposed Zoning Text Amendment that would define and permit (with conditions) a new land-use designation (7.01.130, Data Center) in the General Industrial (IG) and Heavy Industrial (IH)… - Illinois SB 343 — Ban on Algorithmic Residential Rental Price-Fixing
Illinois · proposed · proposed protection
Would amend the Illinois Antitrust Act to ban landlords from using shared rent-setting algorithms or third-party pricing software (such as RealPage) to coordinate residential rental prices… - Knox County, TN Proposed Data Centers Zoning District + Moratorium Resolution
Knox County, TN · proposed · proposed protection
Knox County commissioners are drafting a new zoning category just for data centers, requiring conditional-use approval for facilities over 10 megawatts or using more than 20,000 gallons of… - Puerto Rico P. del S. 731 — Law of Public Procurement with Artificial Intelligence
Puerto Rico · proposed · proposed protection
Puerto Rico Senate Bill 731 would create the 'Law of Public Procurement with Artificial Intelligence of Puerto Rico,' centralizing all government purchases and public auctions under the… - Franklin County, VA Draft Zoning Rewrite with Data Center Siting, Noise, and Water Restrictions
Franklin County, VA · proposed · proposed protection
Franklin County, Virginia is rewriting its zoning ordinance for the first time since 1988, and data centers are the flashpoint. The draft would bar future data centers from using private… - NYC Int 0919-2026 — Office of Artificial Intelligence Oversight
New York City · proposed · proposed protection
Would establish an Office of Artificial Intelligence Oversight within the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The office would investigate complaints about AI systems violating… - An Act Relating to the Protection of Certain Individuals Affected by Digital Media
Missouri · proposed · proposed protection
Would make it a felony to share or threaten to share AI-generated or digitally altered intimate depictions of a person without consent, with up to four years imprisonment for a first… - In general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards. (HB2516)
PA · proposed · proposed protection
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in… - Calipatria, CA City Council — Introduced Five-Year Data Center Moratorium (Ord. No. 26)
Calipatria, CA · proposed · proposed protection
Calipatria, California's City Council voted 4-0 on May 12, 2026 (one absent) to introduce a temporary five-year moratorium on new and expanded large-scale data centers, intended to give the… - Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed. (HF5125)
MN · proposed · proposed protection
Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed. - Calvert County (MD) — Data Center Text Amendments
Calvert County, Maryland · proposed · limited protection
Data center text amendments adopted by Calvert County BOCC. Amendments mandate closed-loop cooling systems, prohibit groundwater use for cooling, require developers to fund infrastructure… - Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal (SF5231)
MN · proposed · proposed protection
Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal - Enacts the "Shirley Myers White Right To Reconciliation and Digital Identity Repair Act"; establishes a right for individuals to have outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete public and digital narratives corrected once a legal matter is resolved; requires institutions to provide mechanisms for context, updates, and correction so that individuals are not permanently penalized by disproven or obsolete information in digital and automated systems. (A10909)
NY · proposed · proposed protection
Enacts the "Shirley Myers White Right To Reconciliation and Digital Identity Repair Act"; establishes a right for individuals to have outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete public and digital… - Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment, collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and penalties," in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions, for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax refund program, for notification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax exemption program and for notification and records. (HB2359)
PA · proposed · proposed protection
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing… - Puerto Rico P. del S. 760 — AI-Generated Intimate Images as Crime (Deepfake NCII)
Puerto Rico · proposed · proposed protection
Puerto Rico Senate bill amending the island's anti-revenge-pornography law (Law 21 of 2021) to make AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery (deepfake NCII) a crime. Unauthorized… - Exemption of data centers modification for sales and use tax (SF4203)
MN · proposed · proposed protection
Exemption of data centers modification for sales and use tax - AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
United States · proposed · proposed protection
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to create a new criminal offense for using a realistic digital impersonation in interstate or foreign communications with intent to defraud a person of… - AI Fraud Accountability Act
United States · proposed · proposed protection
House companion to S.3982; criminalizes the use of realistic digital impersonation tools in interstate or foreign communications with fraudulent intent. Includes extraterritorial… - NAIC AI Systems Evaluation Tool — 12-State Market Conduct Pilot Program (2026)
United States · proposed · limited protection
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners launched a 12-state pilot program in March 2026 to test a new 'AI Systems Evaluation Tool' — a standardized framework giving insurance… - NYC Int 0213-2026 — Ban on Biometric Recognition in Places of Public Accommodation
New York City · proposed · proposed protection
Would make it illegal for places of public accommodation (stores, restaurants, music venues, theaters, etc.) to use biometric recognition systems to verify or identify customers without… - NYC Int 0428-2026 — Limit on Facial Recognition in Residential Buildings
New York City · proposed · proposed protection
Would prohibit owners of multiple dwellings from installing or using biometric recognition systems that identify tenants or their guests. Modifies existing smart-access regulations and adds… - City of Manassas VA Data Center Zoning Text Amendment (Ordinance O-2026-455)
Manassas, VA · proposed · proposed protection
Manassas is amending its zoning ordinance (Ordinance O-2026-455) to add development standards for data centers and other large industrial uses in the city's I-1 light-industrial and I-2… - Milwaukee Police Department — Facial Recognition Use Halted (2026) Pending Operating Procedures
Milwaukee, WI · proposed · limited protection
After public pushback, the Milwaukee Police Department halted its use of facial recognition technology in February 2026. A city oversight body had found that MPD was using the technology… - An Act Protecting Minors from the Creation of Computer-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Visual Materials
Massachusetts · proposed · proposed protection
Would close a gap in Massachusetts law by criminalizing the creation and distribution of sexually explicit images of children that are technologically edited, collaged, morphed, or… - NYC Int 0287-2026 — Gendered Impact Assessment of Artificial Intelligence
New York City · proposed · proposed protection
Requires the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to conduct biennial assessments of whether algorithmic tools using gender data may create disparate impacts… - Counties, Municipal Corporations; local governments and political subdivisions from entering into nondisclosure agreements regarding electricity usage or water usage of any entity; prohibit (SB436)
GA · proposed · proposed protection
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and… - Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal (HB560)
MD · proposed · proposed protection
Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the… - Puerto Rico P. del S. 348 — AI as Instructional Tool in Public Schools
Puerto Rico · proposed · proposed protection
Bill (Sen. Brenda Pérez Soto) establishing an ethical framework for AI integration in PR Department of Education classrooms — including pilot programs in two schools per region and supports… - Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000. (HB2655)
WA · proposed · proposed protection
Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a… - Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act
United States · proposed · proposed protection
Prohibits using artificial intelligence to impersonate any person — family member, government official, or business — with intent to defraud. Codifies and expands the FTC's existing rule…
Enacted, not yet in effect (294)
- Illinois HB5511 — Children's Social Media Safety Act (algorithmic feed limits + age verification for minors)
Illinois · enacted · moderate protection
Illinois's Children's Social Media Safety Act, signed by Governor Pritzker on July 31, 2026, bans social media platforms from using algorithmic content recommendations for users they know… - New Jersey S3952 / A3929 — Fair Pricing and Transparency Act (Surveillance Grocery Pricing Ban)
NJ · enacted · moderate protection
Governor Meredith Sherrill signed New Jersey S3952/A3929, the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act, on July 23, 2026, making New Jersey the third state to ban surveillance-based grocery… - New Jersey — Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act (A3497/S451)
New Jersey · enacted · moderate protection
New Jersey Governor Sherrrill signed the Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act on July 20, 2026, making New Jersey the first state to ban landlords from using algorithmic… - New Jersey A3497/S451 — FAIR Act: Algorithmic Rent-Setting Prohibition
NJ · enacted · moderate protection
The New Jersey FAIR Act (A3497/S451) would prohibit landlords and property managers from using algorithmic rent-pricing software — programs that set or recommend rents using pooled… - Hawaii AI Disclosure and Safety Act (SB 3001, Act 248, 2026)
Hawaii · enacted · moderate protection
Hawaii enacted a law (Act 248, signed July 14, 2026) requiring AI companion chatbot operators to clearly disclose users are talking to AI, implement self-harm and suicidal-ideation… - Pennsylvania HB 1924 — Annual Data Center Water and Energy Use Reporting Mandate
PA · enacted · moderate protection
Pennsylvania now requires data centers to report their water and energy use every year. The mandate — House Bill 1924, signed July 12, 2026 as part of the state's 2026-27 budget — carries… - Illinois SB 3114 — Transparency in Downcoding Act (PA 104-0568, signed 2026)
Illinois · enacted · moderate protection
Illinois Senate Bill 3114, the Transparency in Downcoding Act (Public Act 104-0568), signed by Governor Pritzker on July 10, 2026, prohibits health insurers from using any automated… - New Jersey — S731/A796 — Data center ratepayer protection and grid-demand requirements
New Jersey · enacted · limited protection
New Jersey Governor Sherrill signed S731/A796 — the Data Center Fair Share Act — into law on July 7, 2026. The law requires large data centers (those with 100 megawatts or more of… - Illinois SB 315 — Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act
Illinois · enacted · moderate protection
Illinois is the first state to require independent third-party safety audits of the largest 'frontier' AI developers (companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind). Covered… - California AB 2148 — Public School Employees and Contractors Must Be Natural Persons
CA · enacted · limited protection
California AB 2148, signed by Governor Newsom on June 30, 2026, requires that all employees and independent contractors working directly with students in California public schools be… - Vermont H.211 (2026) — Data Brokers and Personal Information
Vermont · enacted · moderate protection
Vermont enacted a law tightening rules on data brokers — companies that buy and sell people's personal information, the same data that feeds profiling and AI systems. Signed by Gov. Phil… - AZ HB 2756 — Utilities; High Load Factor Customers (Data Center Ratepayer Cost Protection)
AZ · enacted · limited protection
AZ HB 2756 would require the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to establish cost-responsibility rules protecting residential and small-business ratepayers from electricity grid upgrade… - Missouri SB 1019 (2026) — Ban on AI Posing as a Therapist / Mental-Health Professional
Missouri · enacted · moderate protection
Missouri's 2026 health-care law bans companies and individuals from advertising or claiming that an AI chatbot can act as a mental-health professional or provide therapy services. Marketing… - South Carolina H 4591 — Stop HARM from Addictive Social Media Act
SC · enacted · moderate protection
South Carolina H 4591, the Stop HARM from Addictive Social Media Act, prohibits social media platforms from deploying addictive algorithmic design features to users under 18. Covered… - Maryland HB 1339 (2026): Automated Decision Systems — Employer Disclosure and Impact Assessment Requirements
Maryland · enacted · moderate protection
Maryland employers that use automated decision systems in hiring, promotion, or termination decisions must disclose to applicants and employees that an automated system is being used… - Oregon SB 1546 — AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act (2026)
Oregon · enacted · moderate protection
Oregon's AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act (SB 1546), signed March 31, 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, is the first U.S. chatbot law to include a direct private right of action. It… - Washington HB 2225 — AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act
Washington · enacted · moderate protection
Washington's AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act (HB 2225), signed March 24, 2026, requires operators of AI companion chatbots to clearly disclose to all users that they are interacting with… - Washington HB 1170 — AI-Generated Content Disclosure and Provenance Act
Washington · enacted · limited protection
Washington's HB 1170, signed March 24, 2026, requires covered AI providers — those with more than one million monthly active users — to embed metadata or watermarks (provenance data) in… - Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology Act (SB 26-189) — Replaces Colorado AI Act, Effective Jan. 1, 2027
Colorado · enacted · limited protection
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB 26-189 on May 14, 2026, repealing and replacing the original Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) before it could take effect. The replacement law creates a… - Georgia SB 544 — Human Review Required for AI-Assisted Health Insurance Adverse Determinations
Georgia · enacted · moderate protection
Georgia's SB 544, signed May 5, 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, lets health insurers use AI in the prior-authorization process to automate tasks and assist decision-making, but bars… - Utah SB 319 — Disclosure of AI Use in Prior Authorization; Independent Provider Judgment for Denials
Utah · enacted · moderate protection
Utah's SB 319, enacted March 19, 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, requires health insurers to disclose to the Utah Insurance Department, to providers, and to enrollees whether AI is used… - Delaware HB 191 — AI Cannot Be Licensed as a Nurse, Physician, or Physician Assistant
Delaware · enacted · moderate protection
Delaware's HB 191, signed April 23, 2026, prohibits any non-human entity — including an AI-powered agent — from being licensed or certified to practice as a professional nurse, advanced… - United States — FERC order directing PJM and other grid operators to reform tariffs on large-load (data center) transmission cost allocation (Docket RM26-4-000)
United States · enacted · limited protection
FERC ordered PJM and other regional grid operators to revise or defend their tariffs within 60 days to prevent existing ratepayers from being unlawfully charged for transmission upgrades… - Washington County — Washington County (MD) 12-month data center moratorium
Washington County · enacted · limited protection
The Washington County (Maryland) Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a 12-month moratorium temporarily halting new data center applications. - Santa Fe County — Santa Fe County 18-month data center moratorium
Santa Fe County · enacted · limited protection
The Santa Fe County Commission approved an 18-month moratorium pausing large-scale data center projects while the county develops land-use, energy, and water regulations. - Logan — Logan Ordinance 26-12 - Temporary Land Use Ordinance (data center moratorium)
Logan · enacted · limited protection
The Logan Municipal Council passed Ordinance 26-12, a temporary land use ordinance imposing a 180-day moratorium on data centers while the city drafts regulations. - Union County — Union County ordinance establishing a moratorium on data centers
Union County · enacted · limited protection
The Union County Quorum Court passed an ordinance during an emergency meeting establishing a moratorium that pauses approval of data center projects while the county reviews infrastructure… - Town of Clay — Town of Clay one-year data center moratorium and Battery Energy Storage System Law
Town of Clay · enacted · limited protection
The Clay Town Board approved a one-year moratorium halting applications for large-scale data centers, AI computing facilities, and cryptocurrency operations while the town develops… - City of Lynn Haven — City of Lynn Haven one-year AI data center moratorium
City of Lynn Haven · enacted · limited protection
The Lynn Haven City Commission enacted a one-year moratorium prohibiting city staff from accepting, processing, or approving any AI data center or data center development proposals. - Sherman Township, Huron County, Michigan — Sherman Township 12-Month Moratorium on Data Centers
Sherman Township, Huron County, Michigan · enacted · limited protection
Sherman Township approved a 12-month moratorium halting acceptance and approval of new data center development. - Somerville, Tennessee — Somerville 18-Month Data Center Moratorium
Somerville, Tennessee · enacted · limited protection
The Somerville Town Council approved an 18-month pause on data centers amid a dispute over a proposed bitcoin mining facility. - Lewisville, Texas — Lewisville Data Center Special-Use Permit Ordinance
Lewisville, Texas · enacted · limited protection
Lewisville unanimously approved an ordinance requiring AI data centers to obtain a special-use permit and prohibiting them in residential areas. - Westfield, Massachusetts — Westfield One-Year Data Center Moratorium
Westfield, Massachusetts · enacted · limited protection
The Westfield City Council made the moratorium official on July 6, 2026 with a unanimous second-reading vote, imposing a 12-month (365-day) ban on new data centers while it studies zoning… - Virginia — Virginia FY2026-2028 Biennial Budget: Data Center Electricity Tax, Water Cooling and Noise Provisions
Virginia · enacted · limited protection
Virginia's new two-year budget imposes a first-of-its-kind $0.011/kWh tax on data center electricity consumption effective July 1, 2026, and directs regulators to establish water-cooling… - Solon Township (Kent County) — Solon Township six-month moratorium on data center proposals
Solon Township (Kent County) · enacted · limited protection
The Solon Township Board unanimously enacted a six-month moratorium barring the township from accepting any data center proposals while it drafts a zoning ordinance regulating data centers'… - Morris County — Morris County resolution urging state oversight of data center power and water use
Morris County · enacted · limited protection
The Morris County Commissioners Court unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Governor, Texas Legislature, PUC, and ERCOT to require data center developers to disclose projected… - Berlin Township, Wayne County — Berlin Township Data Center Ordinance
Berlin Township, Wayne County · enacted · limited protection
Berlin Township in Wayne County, PA passed a data center ordinance setting mitigation limits on noise, water depletion, diesel backup generators, heat, light, and radiation for data center… - Burien — One-year moratorium on new data centers
Burien · enacted · limited protection
The Burien, WA City Council unanimously enacted an immediate one-year moratorium on new data centers to give staff time to study impacts and draft regulations. - Hazle Township, Luzerne County — 180-Day Curative Amendment Moratorium on Data Center Zoning
Hazle Township, Luzerne County · enacted · limited protection
Hazle Township supervisors unanimously enacted a 180-day curative amendment imposing a moratorium while officials draft new zoning rules specifically regulating data centers and data center… - Asheville — One-Year Moratorium on New Data Center Development
Asheville · enacted · limited protection
The Asheville City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new data center development so staff can define data centers in the city's development ordinance and create zoning… - Brookville Borough — 180-Day Moratorium on Data Center Development
Brookville Borough · enacted · limited protection
Brookville Borough Council (Jefferson County) unanimously passed a 180-day moratorium on data center development, pausing projects into December while the borough drafts regulations… - Cache County — Ordinance 2026-32 - 180-Day Moratorium on Data Center Developments
Cache County · enacted · limited protection
The Cache County Council voted 6-0 to enact Ordinance 2026-32, a 180-day moratorium halting acceptance and review of data center applications in unincorporated areas while it reviews zoning… - Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) — Algorithmic Discrimination and Consumer Deception
CO · enacted · moderate protection
Colorado was the first state to enact a comprehensive AI law regulating high-risk AI used to make consequential decisions about Coloradans — including credit, insurance, employment… - Akron, OH — Data Center Conditional-Use Review Process
Akron, OH · enacted · moderate protection
Akron City Council unanimously passed a new zoning process for data centers on July 27, 2026, after two public hearings the same day. Data centers are now a defined land use requiring… - Berkeley Heights, NJ — Ordinance 2026-13, Data Centers Prohibited in All Zones
Berkeley Heights, NJ · enacted · strong protection
The Township Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2026-13, which designates data centers as a prohibited use in every zoning district townwide. The council closed a public hearing… - Hardyston, NJ — Ordinance 2026-12, Data Centers Prohibited in All Zones
Hardyston Township, NJ · enacted · strong protection
The Township Council unanimously passed Ordinance 2026-12, banning data centers from being built anywhere in Hardyston Township, in every zoning district. Officials noted no developer had… - Final Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Promoting Patriotic Education (ED — Notice)
United States · enacted · limited protection
The Department of Education (Department) announces a final priority and definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the… - Final Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness (ED — Rule)
United States · enacted · limited protection
The Department of Education (Department) announces a final priority and definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the… - DOJ ADA Title II Final Rule — Web Accessibility for State and Local Governments
United States · enacted · moderate protection
DOJ final rule requiring state and local government web content and mobile apps (including AI-driven services) to meet WCAG 2.1 AA. Compliance dates extended to 2027/2028. - Minneapolis Six-Month Interim Moratorium on Large Data Centers
Minneapolis, MN · enacted · moderate protection
On May 22, 2026 the Minneapolis City Council voted 8–5 to impose a six-month moratorium on new large data centers while the city studies environmental and grid impacts and drafts zoning… - Indianapolis City-County Council Resolution Urging Pause on Data Center Approvals (Proposal No. 158)
Indianapolis, IN · enacted · limited protection
In May 2026 the Indianapolis City-County Council unanimously passed a resolution urging the Metropolitan Development Commission to stop approving new data centers until May 7, 2027 or until… - Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (HB 351)
Alabama · enacted · limited protection
Alabama's comprehensive consumer privacy law gives residents the right to tell businesses to stop using their personal data for profiling that drives automated decisions with major… - Idaho Conversational AI Safety Act (S1297)
Idaho · enacted · limited protection
Idaho's Conversational AI Safety Act requires operators of conversational AI services to clearly disclose that a user is interacting with AI whenever a reasonable person could be misled… - Iowa Senate File 2417 (2026) — Requirements and Guidelines for Conversational AI Services
Iowa · enacted · limited protection
Iowa requires operators of conversational AI services to clearly disclose that a user is interacting with artificial intelligence — through a persistent disclaimer or a notice repeated at… - Iowa House File 2635 (2026) — Health Insurance Trade Practices (AI Prior Authorization)
Iowa · enacted · moderate protection
Iowa lets a utilization review organization use an AI-based algorithm or system to conduct an initial review of a prior-authorization request, but forbids relying on AI as the sole basis to… - Maryland Protection From Predatory Pricing Act (HB 895)
Maryland · enacted · limited protection
This law bars food retailers and third-party delivery service providers from using a consumer's personal data or dynamic (surveillance) pricing to set a higher price for tax-exempt food for… - Maryland Criminal Law — Identity Fraud — Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations (SB 8)
Maryland · enacted · moderate protection
This law makes it a crime to intentionally use artificial intelligence or a deepfake representation to impersonate, falsely depict, or claim to represent another person, or to create or… - Nebraska LB 525 — Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act
Nebraska · enacted · limited protection
Nebraska's Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act regulates publicly available AI chatbots that simulate human conversation. When a reasonable person would be misled into… - Oklahoma Consumer Data Privacy Act (SB 546) - Profiling Opt-Out
Oklahoma · enacted · limited protection
Oklahoma's comprehensive consumer privacy law gives residents the right to tell a business to stop using their personal data for profiling that drives decisions carrying legal or similarly… - Utah House Bill 276 — Artificial Intelligence Modifications (Digital Content Provenance Standards Act)
Utah · enacted · limited protection
This part of Utah's AI Modifications law requires large generative-AI providers to embed a hidden (latent) disclosure in AI-generated or substantially AI-altered image, audio, and video… - Utah House Bill 276 — Artificial Intelligence Modifications (Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act)
Utah · enacted · limited protection
This part of Utah's AI Modifications law targets AI-generated counterfeit intimate images. An online 'generation service' that lets users create images and then distributes a counterfeit… - Utah Senate Bill 319 — Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments
Utah · enacted · limited protection
Utah requires health insurers that use AI in reviewing prior-authorization requests to be transparent about it. If applicable, an insurer must post a conspicuous notice on its public… - Utah Senate Bill 298 — Programmable Money Amendments
Utah · enacted · limited protection
Utah bars issuers of 'programmable money' from blocking or failing transactions based on a person's protected traits and lawful conduct — including political opinions or speech, religious… - Wisconsin Act 69 — Real Estate Advertising Enhanced by Technology (Wis. Stat. 452.136(1m))
Wisconsin · enacted · limited protection
Wisconsin will require licensed real estate professionals to disclose in their advertising whenever an ad has been altered or modified using technology, including AI, to add, remove, or… - Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology Law (SB 26-189, replacing the Colorado AI Act)
Colorado · enacted · limited protection
Colorado's replacement AI law focuses on transparency rather than broad anti-discrimination duties. Starting January 1, 2027, companies using automated decision-making technology to… - New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act
New York · enacted · limited protection
New York's frontier AI safety law requires the largest AI developers to publish safety protocols and report serious safety incidents to the state within 72 hours. It creates a new AI… - Connecticut AI Responsibility and Transparency Act (SB 5, Public Act 26-15)
Connecticut · enacted · limited protection
After years of failed attempts, Connecticut enacted a comprehensive AI law in 2026. It requires employers to disclose AI used in employment decisions, mandates disclosure when layoffs… - Oregon AI Chatbot Safety Law (SB 1546)
Oregon · enacted · limited protection
Oregon's chatbot safety law — the first major chatbot measure passed in 2026 — requires AI chatbot operators to tell users they're talking to AI, prevent outputs that could cause suicidal… - Georgia AI Chatbot Disclosure and Child Safety Act (SB 540)
Georgia · enacted · limited protection
Georgia — the first Republican-led state to do so — enacted a chatbot safety law. Operators must tell users they're talking to AI, verify ages, give parents controls, and follow crisis… - Georgia SB 444: No Insurance Coverage Denials Based Solely on AI
Georgia · enacted · limited protection
Health insurers in Georgia can't let AI alone decide your coverage. Decisions about insurance coverage for healthcare services cannot be based solely on AI systems or software tools — a… - Washington AI Companion Chatbot Act (HB 2225)
Washington · enacted · limited protection
Washington requires AI companion chatbots to clearly tell users they are talking to an AI, not a person. Operators must have crisis protocols — connecting distressed users to the 988… - Washington AI Content Provenance and Disclosure Act (E2SHB 1170)
Washington · enacted · limited protection
Large AI image, video, and audio generators must embed hard-to-remove provenance data — watermarks or tamper-resistant metadata — in every piece of synthetic content they create. This lets… - Hawaii HB 2137 — AI Digital Replica Protections (Act 247, 2026)
HI · enacted · moderate protection
Prohibits certain harmful uses of realistic digital imitations generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Establishes certain exemptions. Provides for civil actions and civil remedies for…
Blocked or challenged in litigation (58)
- Liu v. Willow Bridge Property Co. & RealPage, Inc. — Philadelphia Algorithmic Rent-Fixing Class Action
Philadelphia, PA · litigation · moderate protection
Three class-action lawsuits were filed in Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas on July 28, 2026 — the first known enforcement actions under Philadelphia's algorithmic rent-fixing ban (Bill… - ACLU-WV Mandamus Petition v. City of Huntington over Flock Safety Contract (Cabell County Circuit Court)
Huntington, WV · litigation · moderate protection
On July 16, 2026 — two days after the Huntington City Council approved a $2.1 million Flock Safety surveillance contract 6-4 — the ACLU of West Virginia filed a mandamus petition in Cabell… - X.AI LLC v. Bonta — First Amendment Challenge to California AB 2013 Training-Data Disclosure Law
California · litigation · moderate protection
X.AI LLC (Elon Musk's AI company) sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta to strike down AB 2013, California's law requiring developers of generative AI systems to publicly disclose… - xAI Corp. v. Terry Harwood — Civil Suit for AI-Generated NCII/CSAM Deepfakes (N.D. Tex. 2026)
United States · litigation · limited protection
xAI Corp. (the company behind the Grok AI chatbot, formerly operating as 'X.AI') filed a civil lawsuit on July 14, 2026 in the Northern District of Texas against Terry Harwood, a South… - Boulder City, NV Appeal of Federal BLM Approval of Townsite Data Center
Boulder City, NV · litigation · limited protection
Boulder City, Nevada is fighting a federally approved data center. On July 14, 2026 the city council voted to appeal the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Townsite data center… - Florida AG v. OpenAI LLC / Sam Altman — First State-Led AI Safety Lawsuit (S.D. Fla. after removal)
United States · litigation · limited protection
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed the first-in-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI on June 1, 2026, in Highlands County Circuit Court, alleging ChatGPT was deceptively… - Hachette Book Group et al. v. Google LLC — Gemini AI Training Copyright Class Action (S.D.N.Y. 2026)
United States · litigation · moderate protection
Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow filed a copyright class action against Google in the Southern District of New York on July 10, 2026 (No… - Memphis TN — Citizen Challenge to xAI Colossus Air Permits
Memphis, TN · litigation · limited protection
Memphis NAACP and community groups filed an administrative challenge to the air permits supporting xAI's Colossus data center, citing methane-gas-turbine emissions in South Memphis. - Pennsylvania AG Shapiro v. Character.AI — Chatbot Impersonating Licensed Psychiatrist (Commonwealth Court, May 2026)
Pennsylvania · litigation · moderate protection
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed suit in Commonwealth Court on May 1, 2026, alleging that Character.AI's companion chatbot 'Emilie' impersonated a licensed Pennsylvania… - NAACP v. xAI Corp / MZX Tech — AI Data Center Unpermitted Gas Turbines, Clean Air Act (N.D. Miss.)
N.D. Miss. · litigation · limited protection
The NAACP and local organizations sued xAI and its affiliate MZX Tech in April 2026, alleging 27 natural gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center in Southaven, Mississippi were operated… - United States — Chatrie v. United States (Fourth Amendment protection for location data / geofence warrants)
United States · litigation · limited protection
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people have a Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in smartphone location data, holding that government access to such data (including via geofence… - Frederick County — In re: Frederick Cnty. Data Center Referendum (No. 67, Sept. Term 2025)
Frederick County · litigation · limited protection
The Maryland Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling that zoning changes creating Frederick County's 2,600-acre data center development zone (Ordinance 26.01.001) are not subject to a… - California AB 2655 (2024) — Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act
CA · litigation · limited protection
California passed a law requiring large online platforms to label or remove materially deceptive AI-generated content related to elections, and authorized candidates and election officials… - Ostergaard v. Microsoft Corporation — Putative Class Action over AI Data Center Noise (E.D. Wis.)
Wisconsin · litigation · moderate protection
Three homeowners — Garret Ostergaard, David Wade and Joy Wade — filed a putative class action against Microsoft Corporation on 2026-07-01 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District… - Lorenzano-Nunez v. Roestenberg — §1983 Suit over Facial-Recognition Wrongful Arrest (D. Ariz.)
Arizona · litigation · moderate protection
Javier Lorenzano-Nunez sued Phoenix cold-case detective Dominick Roestenberg, the City of Phoenix, and two further individual defendants in the U.S. District Court for the District of… - Newsom v. ADS (Amazon Web Services affiliate) — Data Center Construction Nuisance Suit (W.D. Va.)
United States · litigation · limited protection
A Louisa County, Virginia homeowner sued an Amazon Web Services affiliate (ADS) over a nearby data center construction project, alleging brown tap water, dust, and loud noise since… - Frederick County, MD Data Center Zoning — Maryland Supreme Court Blocks Referendum
Frederick County, MD · litigation · moderate protection
The Maryland Supreme Court ruled June 30, 2026 that Frederick County's December 2025 approval of a 2,600-acre 'critical digital infrastructure overlay zone' for data centers is not subject… - Gagleard v. Perplexity AI, Inc. (3:26-cv-05949)
District Court, N.D. California · litigation
Gagleard v. Perplexity AI, Inc. — 360 P.I.: Other - Mobley v. Workday, Inc. — AI Hiring Tool Discrimination Collective Action (N.D. Cal.)
United States · litigation · limited protection
Derek Mobley's collective action suit in federal court alleges that Workday's AI hiring and screening tools systematically discriminated against Black, disabled, and older job applicants —… - California AB 2839 — Materially Deceptive Election Content (PRELIMINARILY ENJOINED)
CA · litigation · limited protection
California AB 2839 banned materially deceptive AI-generated election content within 120 days of an election. A federal court preliminarily enjoined enforcement on October 2, 2024 in Kohls… - California AB 2655 — Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act (PERMANENTLY ENJOINED)
CA · litigation · limited protection
California AB 2655 required large online platforms to block or label deceptive election deepfakes. Permanently enjoined on August 20, 2025 in Kohls v. Bonta (E.D. Cal.) on Section 230… - California SB 942 — AI Transparency Act (UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE)
CA · litigation · moderate protection
California SB 942 mandates AI-content disclosures and watermarking by large generative AI providers, effective August 2, 2026. A First Amendment challenge was filed by industry plaintiffs… - Minnesota HF 1370 — Election Deepfake Law (PORTIONS ENJOINED in Kohls v. Ellison)
MN · litigation · limited protection
Minnesota HF 1370 criminalized election deepfakes (it remains in effect for non-consensual intimate imagery). The election-deepfake portions were challenged in Kohls v. Ellison (D. Minn… - California AB 1836 — Digital Replicas of Deceased Personalities (UNDER MPA CHALLENGE)
CA · litigation · moderate protection
California AB 1836 extended postmortem right of publicity to AI digital replicas of deceased personalities. A First Amendment challenge filed by the Motion Picture Association is pending in… - The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp. & OpenAI — Copyright Infringement (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2023, alleging the companies copied millions of Times articles to train GPT models and that ChatGPT regurgitates Times content… - Authors Guild v. OpenAI — Class Action by Fiction Authors (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
The Authors Guild plus 17 prominent fiction authors (George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Connelly, and others) sued OpenAI alleging it copied their… - Tremblay v. OpenAI — Author Copyright Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad filed one of the first author copyright suits against OpenAI in the Northern District of California in June 2023, alleging ChatGPT was trained on their… - Silverman v. OpenAI — Author Copyright Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, along with Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey, sued OpenAI in July 2023 alleging ChatGPT was trained on their books via shadow-library datasets like… - Kadrey v. Meta Platforms — Author Copyright Class Action against Llama (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Authors Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden — later joined by Junot Díaz, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sean Greer and others — sued Meta in July 2023 over the use of pirated… - Chabon v. OpenAI — Author Copyright Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · limited protection
Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, David Henry Hwang, and other authors sued OpenAI in September 2023 alleging ChatGPT was trained on their copyrighted books. Consolidated with… - Chabon v. Meta Platforms — Author Copyright Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · limited protection
The same Chabon plaintiff group filed a parallel action against Meta for Llama training, later consolidated into the broader Kadrey v. Meta proceedings. - Andersen v. Stability AI — Visual Artist Class Action over Stable Diffusion (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Visual artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz brought the first major image-generator class action, alleging Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Runway trained… - Getty Images v. Stability AI — U.S. Copyright Action (D. Del.)
D. Del. · litigation · moderate protection
Getty Images sued Stability AI in Delaware in February 2023, alleging Stable Diffusion was trained on millions of Getty's copyrighted photos and that the model reproduces Getty's… - Doe v. GitHub / OpenAI / Microsoft — Copilot Code Scraping Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · limited protection
Anonymous software developers sued GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI in November 2022, alleging GitHub Copilot trained on their open-source code in violation of open-source licenses (which… - Concord Music Group v. Anthropic — Music Publisher Lyrics Suit (M.D. Tenn.)
M.D. Tenn. · litigation · moderate protection
Concord, Universal Music Publishing, ABKCO, and other major music publishers sued Anthropic in Tennessee in October 2023, alleging Claude was trained on copyrighted song lyrics and… - Center for Investigative Reporting v. OpenAI / Microsoft (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
The nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting (publisher of Mother Jones and Reveal) sued OpenAI and Microsoft in June 2024 over alleged use of its journalism for training. Joins the… - Daily News LP v. Microsoft / OpenAI — Newspaper Coalition Copyright Action (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
Eight Alden Global Capital newspapers (New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, St. Paul Pioneer… - Intercept Media v. OpenAI — DMCA-Only Newspaper Action (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · limited protection
The Intercept (and originally Raw Story and AlterNet, since voluntarily dismissed without prejudice) sued OpenAI on a DMCA-only theory — focusing on the alleged stripping of… - Disney & Universal v. Midjourney — Studio Copyright Action Against Image Generator (C.D. Cal.)
C.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Disney and Universal — the first major Hollywood studios to sue a generative-AI company — filed a copyright action against Midjourney in June 2025 alleging Midjourney is a 'bottomless pit… - UMG Recordings v. Suno — Music Label Suit Against AI Music Generator (D. Mass.)
D. Mass. · litigation · moderate protection
The three major record labels — UMG, Sony Music, Warner — sued AI music generator Suno in Boston in June 2024, alleging Suno trained on copyrighted recordings and produces output that… - UMG Recordings v. Udio (Uncharted Labs) — Music Label Suit Against AI Music Generator (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
Companion to the Suno suit. UMG, Sony, and Warner sued Uncharted Labs (Udio) the same day, alleging Udio's training corpus included copyrighted master recordings and that outputs reproduce… - Harper v. Sirius XM Radio — AI Hiring Discrimination Class Action (E.D. Mich.)
E.D. Mich. · litigation · limited protection
A private class action filed in August 2025 in the Eastern District of Michigan alleges that Sirius XM Radio's automated applicant-screening tools produced unlawful disparate impact against… - Lehrman v. Lovo — Voice Cloning Class Action (S.D.N.Y.)
S.D.N.Y. · litigation · moderate protection
Voice actors Paul Lehrman and Linnea Sage sued AI voice-cloning startup Lovo, alleging Lovo cloned their voices through deceptive Fiverr commissions and resold the clones without consent… - Young v. NeoCortext — Reface App Right-of-Publicity Action (C.D. Cal.)
C.D. Cal. · litigation · limited protection
Reality TV personality Kyland Young sued NeoCortext (developer of the Reface face-swap app) under California's right-of-publicity statute, alleging Reface used his image in its in-app… - Garcia & Multi-Plaintiff Wrongful Death / Injury Suits v. Character.AI (M.D. Fla. + N.D. Tex.)
M.D. Fla. + E.D. Tex. · litigation · moderate protection
Five plaintiffs across two jurisdictions sued Character.AI in 2024 alleging the companion chatbot service caused minors' suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, and severe mental injury. Garcia… - Raine v. OpenAI — ChatGPT Teen Suicide Wrongful Death Action (Cal. Super., San Francisco)
CA · litigation · moderate protection
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in August 2025, alleging ChatGPT provided their son with detailed information on suicide methods and encouraged him in… - In re Multifamily / RealPage Antitrust Litigation — Yardi Algorithmic Rent Action (W.D. Wash.)
W.D. Wash. · litigation · moderate protection
Renters brought a parallel class action against Yardi Systems — RealPage's main competitor in algorithmic rent-pricing — alleging it likewise coordinated multifamily rents across competing… - NetChoice v. Bonta — California SB 976 (Kids' Algorithmic Feeds) Preliminary Injunction (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
NetChoice (the tech-industry trade group) challenged California's SB 976 — which would have restricted addictive algorithmic feeds for minors — and won a preliminary injunction blocking key… - NetChoice v. Yost — Ohio Social Media Parental Notification Act Permanent Injunction (S.D. Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · litigation · strong protection
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then… - CCIA & NetChoice v. Paxton — Texas SCOPE Act Partial Preliminary Injunction (W.D. Tex.)
W.D. Tex. · litigation · moderate protection
The Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice partially enjoined Texas's SCOPE Act (HB 18), which restricts targeted advertising and algorithmic content curation for… - Huskey v. State Farm — Algorithmic Insurance Discrimination Class Action (N.D. Ill.)
N.D. Ill. · litigation · moderate protection
Black homeowners sued State Farm in 2022, alleging the insurer's claims-handling AI subjected them to greater scrutiny — more documentation requests, more delays, and higher denial rates —… - G.T. v. Cigna / IQVIA — AI Healthcare Coverage Denial Class Action (D. Conn.)
E.D. Cal. · litigation · moderate protection
Patients sued Cigna in 2023 alleging its 'PxDx' algorithm reviewed and denied roughly 300,000 claims in two months — averaging 1.2 seconds per denial — without genuine physician review… - Lokken v. UnitedHealth Group — nH Predict AI Medicare Advantage Class Action (D. Minn.)
D. Minn. · litigation · moderate protection
Families of deceased Medicare Advantage patients sued UnitedHealth in November 2023 over the 'nH Predict' algorithm, alleging the AI tool overrode physicians and prematurely terminated… - Warrenton, VA Amazon Data Center Special Use Permit and Citizen Litigation
Warrenton, VA · litigation · limited protection
Warrenton's zoning requires a special use permit for data centers; in February 2023 the Town Council narrowly approved one for an Amazon facility. Citizens for Fauquier County sued over… - Pima County Project Blue: Rezoning, Development Agreement, and Litigation
Pima County, AZ · litigation
Pima County's role in Project Blue is an approval, not a restriction: after Tucson rejected the project in August 2025, the county board voted 3–2 to rezone and sell roughly 290 acres of… - Prince William Digital Gateway Rezoning Voided (Oak Valley litigation)
Prince William County, VA · litigation
Courts voided Prince William County's December 2022 rezoning for the 2,100-acre Digital Gateway corridor of up to 37 data centers near Manassas Battlefield, finding the county violated… - Hawaii Election Deepfake Law (Act 191 of 2024) — PERMANENTLY ENJOINED
Hawaii · litigation · limited protection
Hawaii enacted a law in 2024 prohibiting materially deceptive AI-generated media of candidates near elections — but a federal court permanently enjoined it on January 30, 2026, finding it… - Elections: Deceptive AI Media in Advertisements (AB 2839) — BLOCKED BY COURTS
California · litigation · limited protection
This law banned knowingly distributing materially deceptive AI-generated deepfakes of candidates and election officials in the months around an election. Federal courts blocked it on First…
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