Question · Colorado AI Act
Will federal law preempt state AI laws?
Colorado's 2024 AI Act, the first comprehensive US state AI statute, was delayed twice and then repealed and reenacted in May 2026 as a narrower notice-and-transparency law for automated decision-making technology (ADMT).
01 / The answer
The short answer
Not through the executive order alone. Executive Order 14365, signed on 11 December 2025, sets up a Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws, asks Commerce to list 'onerous' state laws, ties some broadband funds to state AI policy, and calls for a federal framework that would preempt conflicting state laws. An executive order cannot itself preempt state law; that takes an Act of Congress, a valid federal rule or a court ruling. Until one of those applies, state AI laws remain enforceable.
02 / The rule
What Colorado AI Act requires
Colorado's 2024 AI Act, the first comprehensive US state AI statute, was delayed twice and then repealed and reenacted in May 2026 as a narrower notice-and-transparency law for automated decision-making technology (ADMT). The original risk-management programs and annual impact assessments are gone; the new duties apply from 1 January 2027, with Attorney General rules still in draft.
- 01Developers: give deployers documentation on intended uses, training-data categories, known limitations, and instructions for appropriate use and human review.
- 02Developers: notify deployers of material updates or modifications to covered ADMT.
- 03Deployers: give consumers clear, conspicuous notice at the point of interaction with covered ADMT.
- 04Deployers: within 30 days of an adverse consequential decision, give a plain-language description of the ADMT's role.
03 / Records
Records to keep
- 01Developer technical documentation package delivered to each deployer
- 02Point-of-interaction consumer notice text and placement records
- 03Adverse-decision explanations sent, with dates within 30 days
- 04Human review and data-correction request logs, kept three years
Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits
Keep a record anyone can check
When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.
A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.
The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.
Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.
A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.
SOURCES
Go back to the source
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado Department of Law
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