Which states require AI impact assessments?
Answer
Connecticut has the most explicit AI impact assessment requirement through SB-1103. Minnesota HF-4757 requires data protection assessments that cover AI profiling. Note: Colorado previously required impact assessments under SB 24-205, but SB 26-189 (signed 2026-05-14) repealed that requirement — Colorado no longer belongs on this list.
Applicable Regulations
An Act Concerning Artificial Intelligence, Automated Decision-Making and Personal Data Privacy (Public Act 23-16)
Public Act 23-16 — the enacted form of Connecticut SB-1103 (2023 session). Signed by Governor Ned Lamont on June 7, 2023, making Connecticut among the first states to impose oversight on state agency use of AI. Government-only scope: does NOT directly regulate private-sector AI. Requires state agencies to complete impact assessments before deploying AI systems, publish a public AI inventory, and submit annual reports to the joint standing consumer-protection committee. Sections 1–3 effective July 1, 2023; Section 4 effective October 1, 2023; Section 5 effective upon passage.
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Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA)
Enacted May 24, 2024 as Chapter 121 of the 2024 Minnesota Session Laws, codified at Minnesota Statutes Chapter 325O. Effective July 31, 2025 with full enforcement (no cure period) from February 1, 2026. Applies to controllers and processors of personal data of Minnesota residents meeting the thresholds below. Grants consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and port personal data; to opt out of targeted advertising, data sales, and profiling; and — uniquely among state laws — to question the result of a profiling decision, receive the reason for that outcome, and request reevaluation if inaccurate data was used. Requires data protection assessments before processing personal data for targeted advertising, data sales, sensitive data, and profiling with heightened risk. Enforced exclusively by the Minnesota Attorney General; no private right of action.
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- Does Colorado require AI impact assessments? No longer. SB 26-189 (signed 2026-05-14) repealed and reenacted Colorado's AI Act, eliminating the impact-assessment requirement entirely. Colorado now instead requires deployers of automated decision-making technology (ADMT) to: give consumers clear interaction notice, disclose adverse consequential decisions within 30 days, allow correction of incorrect personal data, and provide meaningful human review and reconsideration. The statute formally takes effect 2026-08-12, but all compliance obligations — for deployers and developers alike — begin 2027-01-01.
- What are Connecticut's high-risk AI system requirements? Connecticut does not currently impose high-risk AI system requirements on private-sector businesses. Connecticut's enacted AI law — SB-1103 / Public Act 23-16 (signed June 7, 2023, effective July 1, 2023) — regulates state agencies only: it requires agencies to complete AI impact assessments before deployment, maintain publicly-accessible AI inventories (including vendor, purpose, start date, and the extent to which the system replaces human judgment), and submit annual reports to the Connecticut General Assembly's joint consumer-protection committee. Private-sector firms are not covered. Senator James Maroney has repeatedly introduced a comprehensive high-risk AI deployer bill (SB-2) in the 2024 and 2025 sessions — modeled on Colorado SB-24-205, with risk assessments, governance policies, and incident reporting — but SB-2 passed the Senate and died in the House both sessions. Until a successor bill is enacted, Connecticut businesses should look to federal rules, sector-specific guidance (e.g., for insurance or healthcare), and neighboring-state law (e.g., Colorado's AI Act, SB 26-189, whose obligations begin January 1, 2027, which uses a disclosure-and-notice model rather than a high-risk assessment framework) when designing AI governance programs.