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AI compliance timeline
Every enforceable deadline across the EU AI Act, US state AI laws, and sector-specific rules. Dates verified against official texts.
Ahead
8 deadlines still to come
- January 1 2027Colorado — SB 26-189Colorado ADMT law takes effectDevelopers must document ADMT for deployers; deployers must give consumer notices, explain adverse outcomes within 30 days, and offer correction and human review where commercially reasonable. Colorado AG enforcement with a 60-day cure period until 2030.
- January 1 2027California — CCPA regulations (CPPA)ADMT requirements applyBusinesses already using automated decisionmaking technology for significant decisions must comply with the CPPA ADMT rules (regulations effective 1 January 2026).
- January 1 2027New York — RAISE Act (S.6953)Frontier model transparency requirementsRequires large frontier AI model developers operating in New York to publish safety and security protocols. Enforced by the AG.
- August 2 2027EU — AI Act — Article 111(3)Legacy general-purpose AI models must complyProviders of general-purpose AI models placed on the market before 2 August 2025 must comply with the GPAI obligations by this date.
- December 2 2027EU — AI Act — high-risk (Annex III)High-risk obligations apply to Annex III systemsStand-alone high-risk systems listed in Annex III (e.g. biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services, law enforcement, migration, justice) — deferred from 2 August 2026 by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
- August 2 2028EU — AI Act — high-risk (Annex I)High-risk obligations apply to AI in regulated productsAI systems that are safety components of products covered by Annex I Union harmonisation legislation — deferred from 2 August 2027 by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
- August 2 2030EU — AI Act — Article 111(2)Public-authority legacy high-risk systemsProviders and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended to be used by public authorities, already on the market before the high-risk rules applied, must comply by this date (original AI Act text).
- December 31 2030EU — AI Act — Article 111(1)Large-scale EU IT systems (Annex X)AI components of the large-scale IT systems listed in Annex X, placed on the market before 2 August 2027, must be brought into compliance.
Behind
10 deadlines already in effect
- July 5 2023New York City — Local Law 144AEDT bias audit rule enforcedNYC begins enforcing Local Law 144 requiring annual independent bias audits for automated employment decision tools used on NYC residents.
- August 1 2024EU — AI ActAI Act entered into forceRegulation (EU) 2024/1689 published in the Official Journal on July 12 2024; entered into force 20 days later. Application dates staggered by article.
- February 2 2025EU — AI Act — Chapter I & IIProhibited practices ban takes effectArticle 5 prohibitions (social scoring, real-time biometric ID with narrow exceptions, emotion recognition in schools/workplace, untargeted facial-image scraping, etc.) become enforceable. AI literacy obligation (Article 4) applies.
- August 2 2025EU — AI Act — Chapter VGPAI model obligations take effectGeneral-purpose AI model provider obligations become enforceable (Articles 51-56), including systemic risk classification, model documentation, and Code of Practice adherence.
- January 1 2026Texas — TRAIGA (HB 149)Texas Responsible AI Governance Act effectiveTexas AI law focused on prohibited high-risk uses in state government, biometric use restrictions, and certain private-sector duties. Enforced by the Texas AG.
- April 27 2026Colorado — Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205)Federal court order blocks enforcement of SB 24-205A federal court order blocked enforcement of SB 24-205 ahead of its 30 June 2026 effective date (which SB 25B-004 had already moved from 1 February 2026).
- May 14 2026Colorado — SB 26-189SB 24-205 repealed and replaced by SB 26-189Colorado enacted SB 26-189, replacing the Colorado AI Act with a notice-based law on automated decision-making technology in consequential decisions. Takes effect 1 January 2027.
- July 27 2026EU — Digital Omnibus on AI (Reg. (EU) 2026/1744)AI Act amendments enter into forcePublished in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026. Defers the high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 (Annex III) and 2 August 2028 (Annex I); Article 50 transparency still applies from 2 August 2026.
- August 2 2026EU — AI Act — Article 50Transparency obligations applyArticle 50 duties apply: telling people they are interacting with an AI system, and marking AI-generated or manipulated content. Systems placed on the market before this date have until 2 December 2026 for the Article 50(2) marking duty.
- August 2 2026California — AI Transparency Act (SB 942)SB 942 operative (delayed by AB 853)Covered generative AI providers must offer a free AI-detection tool and include disclosures in AI-generated image, video and audio content. AB 853 moved the start date from 1 January 2026.
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