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Virginia for defense AI workflows

Virginia in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceNarrow AI laws; comprehensive bill vetoed; executive AI task force

SectorDefense

Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Virginia's AI laws

Law	Status	What it covers
High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act	Vetoed	Would have required developers and deployers of high-risk AI used in consequential decisions to prevent algorithmic discrimination, with Attorney General enforcement; vetoed March 24, 2025, and the House sustained the veto.
AI tools in criminal justice decisions	In force	Bars an AI-based tool's recommendation or prediction from being the sole basis for a criminal justice decision; the final decision must be made by a human.
AI in K-12 instruction	In force	Requires the Department of Education to publish guidance on safe, ethical use of AI in instruction, requires school boards to adopt matching policies, and sets up an AI innovation pilot program.
Study of independent AI verification organizations	In force	Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to assess a framework for independent organizations that verify AI models' adherence to safety best practices; report due November 1, 2026.
Disseminating fabricated intimate images	In force	Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to disseminate or sell nude or sexual images, including images created or altered to depict an actual person, with intent to coerce, harass or intimidate.
Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act	Pending	Would require chatbot operators to disclose non-human status, run safety processes, notify emergency services of imminent risk and report incidents to the Attorney General; passed the Senate and was carried over to 2027.

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

Virginia's legislature passed a Colorado-style high-risk AI act (HB 2094) in 2025, but Governor Youngkin vetoed it; enacted AI law is limited to human final decisions on criminal-justice AI tools, AI guidance for schools, a study of independent AI verification bodies and coverage of fabricated intimate images. In September 2026 Governor Spanberger's Executive Order 22 created a rapid-response AI Task Force and rescinded Executive Order 30, while 2026 chatbot, health-insurer AI and election synthetic-media bills were carried over to 2027.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

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NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

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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.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

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.

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