New state laws taking effect in 2027
Enacted state laws on AI, data privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, children's online safety and cannabis whose effective date falls in 2027, grouped by practice area, each with its date and a link to the legislature's text.
56 laws dated so far. Dates come from each bill's own text or, for California, from its default rule: 1 January after 90 days from enactment.
States whose 2026 enactments in these practice areas state no date we can read yet, with the count enacted: Virginia (19), Louisiana (15), Maine (14), Connecticut (11), Delaware (8), South Dakota (8), Vermont (7), Idaho (6), Iowa (5), Mississippi (5), New Hampshire (5), Oregon (5), Kansas (3), Minnesota (3), Missouri (3), Nebraska (3), West Virginia (3), Arizona (2), District of Columbia (2), Indiana (2), Ohio (2), Wisconsin (2), Wyoming (2), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), New Mexico (1), VI (1). Missing, not quiet.
AI laws taking effect in 2027
AI Legislation TrackerCalifornia AB 1159: Student personal information.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California AB 1405: Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1609: Customer service chatbots.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1651: State Bar of California: artificial intelligence.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California AB 1883: Workplace surveillance tools.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1979: Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2392: Public postsecondary education: generative artificial intelligence systems: procurement standards: training.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2504: Community colleges: artificial intelligence: pilot program.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California AB 2713: California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California SB 1050: False advertising: synthetic performers.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1111: Digital replicas.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1119: Companion chatbots: children's safety.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1159: Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1246: Autonomous vehicles.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 503: Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 574: Attorneys, arbitrators, judicial officers, and alternative resolution providers.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 813: Independent verification organizations.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California SB 867: Toys: companion chatbots.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 947: Employment: automated decision systems.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 951: Employment: technological displacement: notice.
Date from California’s default rule.
Colorado SB 189: Automated Decision-Making Technology
Earliest of several dates in this act.
Georgia SB 444: Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide
Rhode Island HB 7350: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS
Tennessee SB 1700: Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.
Utah HB 276: Artificial Intelligence Modifications
Utah SB 319: Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments
Vermont S 69: An act relating to an age-appropriate design code
Washington HB 2225: Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
Georgia SB 540: Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
Data Privacy laws taking effect in 2027
Data Privacy Legislation TrackerCalifornia AB 1159: Student personal information.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California AB 1331: Workplace surveillance.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1798: Genetic testing for life and disability insurance.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1883: Workplace surveillance tools.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2448: Medical information: confidentiality.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2561: Operating systems and applications: privacy settings.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 883: Data brokers: accessible deletion mechanism: deletion of personal information of elected officials and judges.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California SB 1114: Data collection: sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status: disclosure.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 354: Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California SB 923: Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 930: Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act: end-to-end encryption.
Date from California’s default rule.
South Carolina H 4591: Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media
Utah HB 357: Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy
Vermont S 69: An act relating to an age-appropriate design code
Georgia SB 540: Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
Illinois HB 5295: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRIVACY
Kentucky HB 692: AN ACT relating to data privacy.
Utah HB 408: Data Sharing Amendments
Cybersecurity laws taking effect in 2027
Cybersecurity Legislation TrackerIntellectual Property laws taking effect in 2027
Intellectual Property Legislation TrackerChildren's Online Safety laws taking effect in 2027
Children's Online Safety Legislation TrackerCalifornia AB 1159: Student personal information.
Date from California’s default rule. The text names an operative date, so some duties may start later.
California AB 1709: Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 1856: Age verification signals: software applications.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2: Injuries to children: civil penalties.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2246: Online service, product, or feature: access by children.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1119: Companion chatbots: children's safety.
Date from California’s default rule.
California SB 1247: Social media platforms: child influencers.
Date from California’s default rule.
South Carolina H 4591: Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media
Tennessee SB 1700: Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.
Vermont S 69: An act relating to an age-appropriate design code
Washington HB 2225: Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
Georgia SB 540: Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
Cannabis laws taking effect in 2027
Cannabis Legislation TrackerAlaska SB 208: An Act relating to industrial hemp; relating to the sale and lease of state land for agricultural uses; designating the O-S Cross cabbage, commonly known as 'giant green cabbage,' as the official state vegetable; and providing for an effective date.
California AB 1965: Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2249: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2250: Cannabis: cannabinoids.
Date from California’s default rule.
California AB 2532: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising.
Date from California’s default rule.
Questions
When do most new California laws take effect in 2027?
On 1 January 2027. A California statute from a regular session takes effect on the 1 January after 90 days from enactment (Cal. Const. art. IV, sec. 8(c)(1); Gov. Code sec. 9600), unless it is an urgency statute, a tax levy, an appropriation for usual current expenses or calls an election, which take effect immediately. Some acts make sections operative later; those are flagged below.
Why is my state missing from this list?
Most states never write an absolute date into a bill: they rely on a default rule, or say "upon becoming law" or "ninety days after adjournment". This page lists only dates read from the bill itself or, for California, from its default rule. States whose 2026 enactments in these practice areas carry no date yet: Virginia, Louisiana, Maine, Connecticut, Delaware, South Dakota, Vermont, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oregon, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arizona, District of Columbia, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, VI.
Is this legal advice, or reviewed by an attorney?
Neither. Dates are extracted from bill text and from California’s statutory default by software, and each row links to the legislature’s own record. Check the text before relying on a date. LawSignals does not give legal advice.
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