The Long Road to Colorado’s Current AI Law

Policy debates over Colorado's comprehensive AI law have played out like an epic over the last two years—with working groups, competing proposals, volleying amendments, and now, SB 26-189, a much narrower replacement for the first-of-its-kind AI consumer protection passed in 2024. Tune in as Brownstein's Sarah Mercer, Jack Hobaugh, Josh Weiss and Sloane Whelan take a deep dive into the history of the state law and how we got to this point, what the replacement bill actually does, and how companies should engage in the policy process and balance compliance and liability before the bill takes effect in January 2027.