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This Minnesota bill modifies existing rules and requirements that govern how data centers are built and operated in the state. The changes could affect where data centers can be located, how they interact with local communities, and the economic conditions surrounding their development.
This Georgia bill prohibits health insurance companies from using artificial intelligence alone to make coverage decisions for healthcare services. Human review must be part of any such decision-making process.
This Nebraska bill establishes new rules for large electricity customers like data centers and crypto miners, addressing how they connect to and impact the power grid. It also covers energy storage regulation, taxation, and eminent domain powers related to energy storage resources.
This bill establishes privacy protections for agricultural data and sets safety requirements for conversational AI systems in Nebraska. It creates rules around how AI chatbots and similar tools must operate, likely including disclosure and transparency obligations.
This bill requires Alabama's Public Service Commission to review contracts between electric utilities and large data centers that draw significant amounts of power. The goal is to ensure that these high-energy deals don't negatively impact grid stability or raise electricity costs for other customers.
This bill extends and modifies Alabama's tax break program for data processing centers, limiting how long the exemptions last and adding a new sunset date. It offers financial incentives to attract data centers while requiring taxes to be collected on certain purchases.
This bill sets rules for how health insurance companies can use artificial intelligence when deciding whether to approve or deny medical coverage. It aims to ensure AI-driven coverage decisions are fair, transparent, and subject to human oversight.
This bill renames juvenile crisis intervention centers, changes how juveniles are processed and detained, and adjusts criminal penalties for juvenile offenders. It has no relevance to AI or data-center policy.
This Maine bill would regulate or ban children's access to AI chatbots that mimic human conversation and AI social companions. It aims to protect minors from potentially harmful interactions with human-like AI systems.
This bill allows Maryland's student and workforce data system to share data with third-party data centers for multistate reporting, subject to written agreements and compliance requirements. It establishes oversight by requiring reports to legislative committees whenever such data-sharing agreements are entered into.
This bill allows Maryland's student and workforce data system to share data with third-party data centers for multistate reporting, subject to written agreements and compliance requirements. It raises data privacy considerations by enabling sensitive student and workforce information to flow to external organizations under regulated but permissive conditions.
This Arkansas bill would change the rules governing where and how cryptocurrency mining businesses can operate, including adjusting what local governments can and cannot regulate about these operations. It affects siting requirements and local authority over digital asset mining facilities, which often resemble data centers in their energy and land use impacts.
This bill authorizes changes to Arkansas's existing Data Centers Act of 2023, likely to update rules or incentives governing data center operations in the state. It also touches on money services regulations, suggesting updates to financial service rules alongside data center policy.
This bill directs a Virginia legislative commission to study whether the state should create a framework for independent organizations that verify AI systems meet safety standards. The commission must report its findings and recommendations by November 2026, but no regulations are enacted yet.
Announced 7 April 2026 with Invest Ontario, Microsoft's expansion of its Azure Canada Central region includes two new York Region data centres as part of its $19 billion Canadian commitment. Projects will create ~1,000 construction and 250 permanent jobs, tied to a Community-First approach emphasising workforce training and digital sovereignty.
This bill updates Alabama's tax abatement and incentive programs to reflect the latest industry classification codes (NAICS), keeping existing tax benefits aligned with current business terminology. It is a technical update that maintains favorable tax treatment for qualifying industries, which may include data centers.
This bill creates a housing bond fund to preserve affordable housing and requires a state agency to report on housing barriers. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This Oregon bill adjusts state borrowing authority and bond issuance for various public projects including a sports arena and a university recreation center. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Arkansas Senate Resolution authorizes the introduction of a bill to update the state's Data Centers Act of 2023 and related money services law. It is a procedural step to allow amendments to existing data center policy rather than enacting any changes directly.
This bill creates a home retrofitting grant program in Mississippi to help homeowners strengthen their homes against hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill reorganizes Oregon's emergency medical services system by creating a new fund, renaming a committee, and setting education requirements for EMS providers. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill requires companies that operate AI companion software to clearly disclose to users that they are interacting with AI and not a human, and to have safety protocols in place to detect and prevent content that could encourage suicidal or self-harm thoughts. It also includes special protections for minors and mandates annual public reports on safety referrals.
This Oregon bill changes how the state sets payment rates for coordinated care organizations under Medicaid and adds public review steps before new rules are adopted. It has no relevance to AI or data-center policy.
This Oregon bill makes changes to mental health and substance use disorder treatment rules, telehealth reimbursement, and coordinated care organization oversight. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill authorizes Oregon's Department of Administrative Services to own and operate the Moda Center arena in Portland, funded by a dedicated tax revenue fund. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill adjusts how Medicaid pays emergency medical services providers for certain services. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This Oregon bill creates a fast-track permitting program for economic development projects while specifically restricting data centers from using the state's enterprise zone tax incentive program. It also adjusts job-creation tax credits and requires state agencies to publish lists of available permits.
This bill makes various administrative changes to Oregon's education laws, including rules about school board stipends, university governance, and farmworker labor studies. It has no relevance to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill allows Commonwealth attorneys to request court records with identifying information like names and partial Social Security numbers for official duties. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill allows Virginia's Criminal Sentencing Commission to share data about adults charged with criminal offenses with a statewide education data system, while keeping personal information confidential. It is primarily a data-sharing and record-keeping measure, not an AI or data-center policy bill.
This bill allows a Virginia criminal sentencing body to share its collected data on adults charged with crimes into a statewide longitudinal data system, while keeping personal information confidential. It is primarily a data-sharing and record-keeping measure, not an AI or data-center policy bill.
This Arkansas bill would change the rules for cryptocurrency mining businesses and adjust how much authority local governments have to regulate them. It could expand or restrict local oversight of these energy-intensive facilities, which often share infrastructure concerns with data centers.
This bill dissolves an advisory board related to the Business Intelligence Center in Colorado based on a state agency review recommendation. It is an administrative sunset action and is not directly related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates a public service pathways program within Colorado's Department of Personnel. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill sets limits on how much water data centers in Idaho can use for cooling purposes. It places enforceable restrictions on water consumption to reduce the impact data centers have on local water supplies.
This bill is a routine state budget appropriation from Idaho's Millennium Income Fund for fiscal year 2027. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill is a standard state budget appropriation for several University of Arkansas Medical Sciences programs for fiscal year 2026-2027. It has no direct connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill is a routine funding appropriation for Arkansas State University Mid-South for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It has no direct connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill is a routine budget appropriation for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill is a routine budget appropriation for Arkansas's Career and Technical Education division for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill is a routine state budget appropriation for Arkansas's Department of Human Services division covering aging, adult, and behavioral health services. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill sets the budget appropriation for the University of Arkansas at Monticello for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It is a routine funding bill and is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill sets the budget appropriation for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It is a standard funding bill and is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill is a routine state budget appropriation for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration for fiscal year 2026-2027. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill moves a school mapping data program to the Kentucky 911 Services Board and clarifies who is responsible for keeping that mapping data accurate. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill creates a statewide health data system in Kentucky that collects and shares health information from various participants, governed by a board and operated by a consortium of public health colleges. It establishes rules for how health data is submitted, shared, and protected, with enforcement powers for non-compliance.
This South Carolina bill sets new rules for commercial data centers, including requirements to report water usage, file decommissioning plans, and meet specific electric service terms, while also restricting certain sales tax exemptions for data centers after May 2026. It also strengthens public oversight of energy infrastructure projects, including mandatory public comment periods and landowner notification when eminent domain may be used.
This bill would eliminate an existing sales tax exemption that data centers currently receive when replacing equipment. Removing this tax break makes it more expensive to operate and upgrade data centers in Washington state.
Under Articles 16 and 24 of Italy's AI Law, the government must issue one or more legislative decrees by October 10, 2026, defining a comprehensive 'organic framework' for data, algorithms, and AI training methodologies including rights, civil remedies, and sanctions, as well as specifying enforcement and market-surveillance powers for ACN and AgID. These decrees will also introduce new criminal offenses related to AI misuse and update civil procedure rules for AI-related disputes, but must remain strictly within the boundaries of the EU AI Act.
A long-anticipated comprehensive overhaul of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Digital India Act remains in pre-legislative consultation as of April 2026, with no draft tabled in Parliament. It is expected to introduce risk-based platform classifications, enhanced intermediary obligations, algorithmic transparency requirements, and specific provisions for AI-generated content and deepfakes, but MeitY has signaled it will leverage existing frameworks rather than rush a standalone AI law.
This resolution creates a Georgia Senate committee to study the effects and implications of artificial intelligence. The committee will examine AI's impact and report findings, but does not impose any restrictions or regulations on its own.
This bill establishes safety requirements for conversational AI systems, likely including disclosure and protective standards for users. It sets rules that AI chatbot and virtual assistant providers must follow to ensure safe interactions, potentially with special protections for vulnerable users like children.
This Louisiana bill requires data centers to obtain permits and report on how much water they use. It creates new regulatory requirements aimed at tracking and managing the significant water consumption associated with data center cooling systems.
This Louisiana bill makes it illegal to create or share AI-generated images of real people without their consent. It establishes criminal penalties for those who use artificial intelligence to produce unauthorized or harmful depictions of individuals.
This bill bans Louisiana government agencies from signing contracts with companies owned or controlled by foreign adversaries to provide AI technology. It is designed to protect state systems from potential foreign influence or security risks through AI tools.
This bill bans government agencies and private companies from selling sensitive personal data to data brokers or other private entities for profit. Certain permitted uses would still be allowed, but the general commercial sale of sensitive personal information would be prohibited.
This Vermont bill sets sustainability requirements for new data centers, addressing their environmental footprint including energy use, water consumption, and carbon emissions. It likely imposes mandatory reviews or standards that data center operators must meet before or during deployment.
Pursuant to the CRU's LEU decision, EirGrid and ESB Networks published their dedicated engagement and connection process for data-centre applicants by 31 March 2026, standardising how projects demonstrate dispatchable generation, storage, and SEM participation ahead of grid offers.
Adopted by the Council of Ministers on 31 March 2026, the draft creates the Commission for the Development and Safety of Artificial Intelligence (KRiBSI) as Poland's single national market-surveillance authority under the EU AI Act — a uniquely centralised model. KRiBSI's collegiate structure embeds competition, financial, broadcasting and telecoms regulators, and introduces binding individual opinions for upfront legal certainty.
KRiBSI is designed as a collegiate body including representatives of UOKiK (competition), KNF (financial supervision), KRRiT (broadcasting) and UKE (telecoms) — an explicit compromise to give Poland's single horizontal AI authority sectoral depth. The draft grants KRiBSI enforcement tools beyond the AI Act, including binding individual opinions, guidance and best-practice issuance.
This bill creates a fund and committee focused on rural health transformation in Idaho. It does not address AI, data centers, or related technology policy.
This bill aims to protect South Dakota residents from higher utility bills and power shortages that could result from data center electricity demand. It also clarifies which government authorities have the power to regulate data centers and their utility usage.
This bill would allow South Dakota's Public Utilities Commission to charge data centers the real costs they impose on the power grid, rather than standard utility rates. It aims to ensure that large data center electricity consumers pay their fair share of grid infrastructure expenses.
This bill regulates when law enforcement officers can wear physical face coverings (like masks) while on duty, with limited exceptions. It has no connection to AI policy, facial recognition technology, or data-center regulation.
This bill updates Virginia's mental health and substance abuse insurance coverage rules, including network adequacy standards and federal parity law compliance requirements. It has no connection to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill sets network adequacy standards for mental health and substance abuse treatment coverage under health insurance plans in Virginia. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a Prescription Drug Affordability Advisory Panel to study and recommend policies on drug pricing, and caps certain drug prices at federally set maximum fair prices. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates a board to study and limit prescription drug prices in Virginia, requiring price transparency from drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
Requires security assessments, content labeling, and licensed providers for public-facing generative AI services.
Establishes a UK AI Authority with cross-sectoral coordination duties and a statutory duty to consult on high-risk model evaluations.
Requires PUE ≤ 1.2 for new data centers, 50% waste-heat reuse, and 100% renewable energy by 2027.
This bill deals with funding and appropriations for government capital construction information technology projects. It is a budget/appropriations measure and is not substantively about AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill deals with state agency fees and internal service fund appropriations, which is standard government budgeting and finance. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Provides tax incentives for data centers sited in regions with surplus renewable generation and grid capacity headroom.
This federal bill would require data center operators to report their energy and water usage to state governments and federal agencies like the EPA and Department of Energy. The goal is to increase transparency about the environmental footprint of data centers across the country.
Requires AI companies to implement privacy and safety safeguards in chatbots used by minors, including age-appropriate design, parental disclosure of data practices, and prohibitions on targeted advertising to children based on AI-derived profiles.
This Georgia law requires that performers give their consent before their likeness can be used to create a digital replica through AI. Performers who have their likeness used without permission can sue for violations.
This bill is a routine government budget appropriation for Idaho's Constitutional Officers for fiscal year 2027. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill updates reporting requirements for Maine's juvenile justice system and directs state agencies to study changes to the Long Creek Youth Development Center. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill requires school districts to publicly disclose how they spend instructional funds and to post information about bond proposals on their websites. It has no substantive connection to AI or data-center policy.
Framework establishing high-impact AI categories, regulatory sandbox provisions, and a national AI safety institute.
Poland's national implementing law for the EU AI Act, establishing the Commission for AI Development and Security (KRiBSI) as the country's sole AI market surveillance authority housed within the Ministry of Digital Affairs. The law provides for regulatory sandboxes, binding individual compliance opinions for businesses, public lists of penalized AI systems, and a civic advisory council on AI.
This bill would restrict lawsuits that could slow down or block the environmental permitting process for building data centers and related infrastructure. It is designed to make it easier and faster to get data centers approved by limiting legal challenges during the environmental review process.
This bill bans the use of AI to generate child sexual abuse material. Violations are subject to criminal prohibition under Louisiana law.
This bill requires data centers in Ohio to report their water usage on a monthly and annual basis to state authorities. It also prevents data centers from using nondisclosure agreements to hide water consumption information from local governments.
This Oklahoma bill requires the development of guidance for how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies should be used in schools. It establishes a framework for responsible AI use in educational settings without imposing strict bans or mandates.
This bill creates consumer protection rules for data centers under Oklahoma's Corporation Commission, likely addressing how data centers interact with the energy grid and utility customers. It aims to protect regular electricity customers from costs or impacts associated with large data center energy demands.
This Pennsylvania bill requires commercial data centers to meet clean energy standards, file contracts with state regulators, and follow rules on backup generation and grid management. It also creates special accounts to help low-income households with energy costs and funds energy independence efforts, with penalties for non-compliance.
This bill appears to address general workforce development in Utah, not specifically AI or data-center policy. Without specific AI or data-center provisions, it falls outside the scope of AI regulation or data-center policy tracking.
This bill updates Idaho's tax exemptions for data center equipment and large capital investments, making it easier for data centers to receive sales and property tax breaks. It is designed to encourage data center construction and investment in the state.
This bill creates a statewide AI partnership within the University of Maryland system to coordinate AI initiatives, establish a public service fellowship, and set up an incubation lab to help state agencies adopt AI. It is designed to promote and advance AI development and use across Maryland's public sector and economy.
This bill requires Maryland's Center for School Safety to create an anonymous tip reporting system for school safety concerns. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill creates a licensing system for organizations that independently verify AI systems, sets up an advisory council to guide oversight, and requires regular reporting on AI compliance. It establishes a formal regulatory framework for third-party AI auditing in Minnesota.
This bill modifies existing exemptions and rules that apply specifically to data centers, likely making it easier or more financially advantageous for data centers to operate in Minnesota. It appears to adjust tax, energy, or regulatory provisions to benefit the data center industry.
This bill would require data center owners and operators in New Jersey to report their water and energy usage to the Board of Public Utilities twice a year. The goal is to increase transparency around how much resources data centers consume.
This bill requires data centers in Utah to report on their water usage, increasing transparency around how much water these facilities consume. It aims to give the public and regulators better insight into the environmental impact of data center operations on local water resources.
This bill strengthens transparency and accountability requirements for the prior authorization process used by health insurers to approve or deny medical treatments. It likely targets the use of automated or AI-driven systems that make coverage decisions, requiring greater oversight and fairness in those determinations.
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This bill defines the legal status of artificial intelligence in Wisconsin, establishing rules about how AI systems are recognized and treated under state law. It creates a new section of statutes specifically addressing AI's legal standing, which could affect how AI-related responsibilities and liabilities are assigned.
This bill defines the legal status of artificial intelligence under Wisconsin law, establishing how AI systems are recognized and treated legally. It creates new statutes governing AI's role and responsibilities, which could significantly affect how AI is developed and deployed in the state.
This Wisconsin bill creates new legal penalties for the unauthorized creation or use of synthetic digital representations — such as AI-generated likenesses or voice clones — of real people. It amends existing privacy and racketeering statutes to cover these digital replicas and establishes criminal consequences for violations.
This Wisconsin bill creates new rules and penalties around synthetic digital representations — AI-generated or manipulated images, audio, or video of real people. It adds these protections to existing privacy and crime statutes, making unauthorized use of someone's synthetic likeness a punishable offense.
This bill bans Wisconsin state agencies and local governments from using facial recognition technology or any data it produces. It is a broad prohibition that applies across all government uses, not just law enforcement.
This Wisconsin bill imposes new fees on large energy customers, creates a special utility rate class for very large users like data centers, establishes renewable energy tariff requirements, sets building standards for data centers, regulates their water usage, and requires prevailing wage pay rates on large-scale data center construction projects. It places significant new regulatory and financial obligations on data center operators in the state.
This bill places a moratorium on data centers in Wisconsin, temporarily halting new data center construction or establishment. It is a direct ban that restricts where and whether data centers can be built in the state.
This bill establishes a moratorium on data centers in Wisconsin, temporarily halting new data center construction or operations. It directly restricts where and whether data centers can be built in the state.
This Wisconsin bill establishes new requirements for data centers, likely covering energy use, grid impact, and water consumption reporting or standards. It creates new statutory sections addressing utility and environmental oversight of data center operations.
This Wisconsin bill establishes specific requirements for data centers, likely covering energy use, grid impact, and water consumption reporting or standards. It creates new statutory provisions that impose obligations on data center operators related to utilities and environmental compliance.
This Wisconsin bill would ban nondisclosure agreements that hide information about data centers from the public. It aims to ensure communities and local governments have access to details about data center projects in their area.
Released on 23 March 2026 as part of the National AI Plan, these federal expectations set out five core requirements for new or expanded hyperscale and large-scale AI compute developments: alignment with national interest, support for the clean energy transition, responsible water use, investment in local jobs, and strengthening Australian innovation capacity. While not amending existing law, data centre proposals that do not align with the expectations will be deprioritised in Commonwealth regulatory assessments, giving the framework significant practical weight.
Mandates water consumption disclosure for data centers exceeding 5 MW under expanded environmental reporting authority.
Voluntary risk management framework for AI developers and deployers, aligned with international interoperability principles.
This bill aims to protect American households from the strain that large data centers place on the electric grid, likely by imposing requirements or restrictions on data center energy use. It focuses on preventing data centers from causing higher electricity costs or reliability problems for everyday consumers.
This bill amends Delaware's health data laws, likely relating to standardization or reporting of health information. It does not appear to directly address AI or data-center policy.
This bill sets rules for how generative AI tools can be used in Idaho's public schools. It establishes specific guidelines and requirements governing AI in educational settings.
This bill creates a new law in Michigan specifically protecting the privacy of consumers' reproductive health data. It places restrictions on how companies can collect, use, and share personal information related to reproductive health.
This bill would require data centers in Ohio to get approval from the Public Utilities Commission before connecting to the electrical grid. It adds regulatory oversight to how data centers access electricity infrastructure, potentially slowing or limiting large-scale connections.
This bill appears to address general public education policy in Utah. Without specific AI or data-center provisions, it does not substantively relate to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill appears to address school safety measures in Utah. It does not seem to be substantively related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill sets standards for school security personnel in Utah schools. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This resolution creates a state House study committee to examine how artificial intelligence should be used responsibly in Georgia. The committee will research and report on AI policy without imposing any immediate restrictions or requirements.
This bill creates a commission to study data centers in Ohio and their impacts. No restrictions or incentives are imposed — the commission will gather information and likely make future policy recommendations.
This bill requires large data centers in Tennessee to register with the state and mandates that their fuel, electricity, and water suppliers report usage and rates to the government. The state would then compile and publish this information, creating a public record of data center resource consumption.
This bill proposes changes to how technology is used in Utah classrooms, likely setting rules or restrictions around student use of devices and digital tools. It may address concerns about protecting children from harmful content or inappropriate technology use in schools.
This Vermont bill sets rules for how artificial intelligence can be used when providing mental health services to patients. It aims to ensure AI tools used in mental health care meet safety and transparency standards to protect patients.
This Vermont bill establishes protections for people's neurological data and mental privacy, while regulating how AI can be used in health and human services decisions. It creates rights around brain data and imposes requirements on AI systems that affect health or social services.
To authorize the Department of Commerce to carry out a study on challenges faced by United States small artificial intelligence businesses, and for other purposes.
This bill creates protections against real estate title fraud in Alabama. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires Alabama's Public Service Commission to review electricity contracts between utilities and large power consumers, such as data centers. It adds oversight to ensure these large-load deals don't negatively impact grid stability or rates for other customers.
This bill requires Idaho to use artificial intelligence to review state administrative rules on an annual basis. It aims to use AI as a tool to streamline and modernize the government's regulatory review process.
This bill reorganizes responsibilities related to Oklahoma's State Data Center, transferring certain duties to the Legislative Service Bureau. It deals with government IT infrastructure management rather than AI policy or data-center construction/energy issues.
This bill establishes a committee to help ensure a complete count during the 2030 Census and assigns related duties to the State Data Center. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center infrastructure policy.
This bill amends Utah's privacy and cybersecurity laws, likely adding new requirements for how organizations collect, store, or protect personal data. It may include provisions related to consumer data rights and transparency about how data is used.
This bill makes changes to rules governing critical infrastructure, which likely includes data centers and related facilities in Utah. It may affect where and how such infrastructure can be built or operated.
This bill modifies Utah's consumer protection laws, likely updating rules around how businesses collect, use, or share personal data. It aims to strengthen protections for consumers in the digital marketplace.
This bill addresses the use of AI systems to perform tasks that normally require a professional license, such as legal, medical, or financial services. It likely establishes rules or restrictions to ensure AI-provided services meet professional standards and protect consumers.
This bill requires data center owners and operators in New Jersey to regularly report their water and energy usage to the Board of Public Utilities. It creates mandatory transparency and oversight around how much power and water data centers consume.
This bill regulates how much water data centers can withdraw and consume in Ohio, establishing rules and oversight for data center water use. It creates new legal requirements and penalties related to water withdrawal by data centers.
The AI Implementation Act designating Dutch supervisors and sanction competencies under the EU AI Act is expected to be laid before the House of Representatives in Q4 2026. It operationalises the coordinating role of the AP and RDI and sectoral regulators under a single national framework.
This bill updates school safety mapping requirements to include colleges and universities alongside K-12 schools. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This Florida bill allows insurance companies and HMOs to use AI to help process claims, but prohibits AI from being the sole reason a claim is denied or reduced. A qualified human professional must make the final call on any claim denial or payment reduction.
This Florida bill reforms how police conduct eyewitness identification procedures, including placing limits on when facial recognition technology can be used. It sets strict documentation, recording, and procedural requirements for lineups and other identification methods.
This bill updates eyewitness identification rules for law enforcement, including restrictions on using facial recognition technology — if it's used to identify a suspect, additional conditions must be met before a lineup can proceed. It aims to improve the reliability of identifications and reduce wrongful convictions by regulating how facial recognition fits into the investigation process.
This Florida bill gives local governments control over zoning and land-use rules for large data centers, sets utility service requirements for big power customers, and blocks water-use permits for large-scale data centers under certain conditions. It also requires a study on the impacts of building and operating large-scale data centers in the state.
This bill requires data centers in Florida to disclose detailed information about their operations (such as energy and water use) to the state Department of Environmental Protection, which must post it publicly. It penalizes non-compliance and bars companies from using tax credits or exemptions to shield this information from disclosure.
This is Florida's general state budget bill covering government salaries, expenses, and capital projects for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It is not specifically focused on AI or data-center policy.
This bill makes administrative changes to Florida's nursing education programs, including fee waivers and grant reporting requirements. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill restricts Florida government agencies from contracting with AI vendors unless specific requirements are met, and requires parental consent before minors can use companion chatbot platforms. It also mandates that chatbot operators periodically remind users they are interacting with a bot.
Ofgem consultation on new connection queue rules for sub-50 MW data center loads following grid congestion in West London.
This bill extends the sunset date for tax abatements given to data processing centers in Alabama while also placing new limits on the exemption period and requiring collection of certain taxes on purchases. It is a mixed measure that continues financial incentives for data centers but adds some new requirements.
This bill deals with law enforcement agencies using the federal ATF's gun tracing system to track firearms. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill makes it easier for data centers to get water use approvals, exempts them from sales tax on electricity, and excludes their electricity use from calculations that determine how much solar energy utilities must provide. Overall, it reduces regulatory and financial burdens on data centers operating in Minnesota.
This bill updates definitions and modifies exemptions that apply specifically to data centers, likely related to tax or energy regulations. It appears to preserve or adjust favorable treatment for data center operators under existing state rules.
Risk-based regulation prohibiting unacceptable AI uses, requiring conformity assessments for high-risk systems, and transparency obligations for general-purpose AI models.
This bill requires Kentucky government agencies to report data on fines and fees they collect to a state statistics office, with annual legislative summaries. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill would stop Ohio from granting any new sales tax exemptions to data centers, eliminating a financial incentive that has historically encouraged data center construction in the state. It effectively makes building data centers in Ohio less financially attractive by removing a key tax break.
Mandates grid impact assessments and curtailment agreements for data centers exceeding 200 MW.
This government proposal moves data centers from the lower electricity tax Category II (0.05 cents/kWh) to the general Category I (2.24 cents/kWh), effective July 1, 2026, raising operating costs roughly 40-fold and generating ~€47 million annually in new revenue. To offset the impact, the government is developing a replacement incentive scheme targeting 'value-added' data centers, expected to enter force in autumn 2026, though its final form remains undecided.
This bill extends existing oversight requirements for county jails to also cover municipal jails. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Establishes works council co-determination rights over AI systems used in hiring, performance review, and dismissal decisions.
The Government of Aragón approved the Plan of General Interest ('PIGA') for Microsoft's three-campus data-centre complex spanning La Muela, Villamayor de Gállego and Zaragoza — 283.79 ha total, with first-phase construction of €582 million starting in 2026. The approval mirrors similar 2026 DIGA grants to Azora/Tillion and Blackstone's 8-DC programme (Q2 2026).
Indian entities are navigating the phased rollout of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act rules issued in 2025, with full applicability by 13 May 2027. Phase 1 obligations in 2026 cover breach notification, children's data, consent architecture and Significant Data Fiduciary designations — directly impacting AI training data pipelines.
This bill would ban the construction or operation of new large data centers in Kansas counties that have experienced a drought emergency in the past three years. It aims to protect water resources in drought-stressed areas from the heavy water demands of large data center facilities.
This bill modifies existing sales and use tax exemptions that apply to data centers in Minnesota. It is designed to make data center construction or operation more financially attractive by reducing the tax burden on qualifying facilities.
National plan directing eastern data center workloads to renewable-rich western provinces, with mandatory PUE caps in eastern hubs.
This Wyoming bill makes it a crime to use AI or synthetic media to create sexual content involving children, promote self-harm, or censor political speech. It also clarifies that using AI to commit a crime is not a legal defense, while providing some immunity for AI developers.
This bill modifies Colorado election laws, likely including rules around the use of AI-generated or synthetic media in political campaigns. It addresses how deepfakes or digitally altered content may be used or disclosed in election-related communications.
This bill addresses fees charged by health care facilities and is not related to AI or data-center policy. It does not involve artificial intelligence, automated systems, or data infrastructure.
Oregon is creating a state commission on artificial intelligence to monitor how AI is used in government and advise lawmakers on policy. The state will also hire a dedicated officer to develop a strategic vision for privacy, data protection, and AI.
This bill changes how Oregon determines which health services are covered under Medicaid by requiring the Oregon Health Authority to define medical necessity and having the Health Evidence Review Commission develop coverage policies. It has no substantive connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill modifies teacher or educational leadership pay supplements in Utah and is not related to AI or data-center policy. It does not address artificial intelligence, data centers, or related technology topics.
This bill limits what health insurance payment data can be shared from Virginia's statewide medical claims database. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill directs the U.S. Secretary of Energy to study how data centers affect communities of color and low-income communities. It is a research and fact-finding effort without imposing any new restrictions or regulations on data centers.
This bill directs Connecticut's economic development agency to create a plan for a program that helps small businesses adopt and use artificial intelligence. It is focused on supporting small business growth through AI, making it a pro-business, permissive measure.
This bill makes general updates and revisions to Connecticut's public health laws. It does not appear to specifically address AI or data-center policy.
This bill creates a task force to study how artificial intelligence is affecting skilled trades workers. It also directs the Commissioner of Public Health to look into expanding certified nursing assistant training programs.
This bill sets rules for how employers in Connecticut can use automated systems and AI when making decisions about workers, such as hiring, firing, or promotions. It requires transparency and establishes protections to ensure employees are treated fairly when AI is involved in workplace decisions.
This bill establishes a Title IX Coordinator within the Delaware Department of Education to handle gender equity and civil rights compliance. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill amends Delaware's Diabetes Wellness Pilot Program to study diabetic well care. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill covers a range of Indiana fiscal and administrative matters, including fiscal impact analysis of executive orders, rulemaking cost thresholds, mental health center funding, and child care vouchers. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Kentucky bill requires data centers to obtain electricity only through special contracts that protect other utility customers from bearing the costs of new infrastructure built to serve data centers. It establishes a formal application and review process to ensure data center power demands don't raise rates or hurt service quality for residential and other customers.
Establishes a national framework for sovereign cloud certification and data center siting near low-carbon power sources.
This bill updates Idaho's tax exemptions for data center equipment and property, making it easier and cheaper for data centers to invest in the state. It is a pro-industry measure designed to attract or retain data center capital investment through tax relief.
This Indiana bill regulates how hospitals and insurers handle health insurance claims, including a ban on using automated systems to submit claims without human review by the provider. It also sets rules around payment assistance disclosures, overpayment recoupment timelines, and retroactive reimbursement rate reductions.
This bill makes various updates to Indiana's public health laws, including changes to smoking cessation orders, hospital reporting, infectious waste handling, and child fatality review processes. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill makes a wide variety of administrative and procedural changes to Indiana's education laws, covering topics like school accounting, teacher contracts, graduation requirements, and school safety. It does not substantively address AI or data-center policy.
This bill requires data centers to be built on land already zoned for industrial or manufacturing use (or unzoned) as of July 1, 2025, in order to qualify for a sales tax exemption. It effectively restricts where data centers can be located to receive tax benefits, steering them away from residential or commercial zones.
This bill requires large data centers in Rhode Island to pay for the electrical infrastructure upgrades needed to support their high power demands. It shifts the cost of grid improvements from ratepayers or utilities onto the data centers themselves.
This bill creates a school mapping data program within the State Law Enforcement Division to help emergency responders navigate college campuses more efficiently. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill sets requirements for how school mapping data must be maintained and made accessible. It does not relate to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires data centers in Kentucky to complete a water feasibility study before opening and submit annual reports on their water usage to the state's Energy and Environment Cabinet. It introduces mandatory oversight of how much water data centers consume, adding regulatory hurdles before operations can begin.
This bill creates a statewide system for hospitals, doctors, and insurers in Mississippi to securely share patient health information electronically in real time. It does not involve AI or data-center policy specifically, but establishes rules for who can access patient data and how the system is funded and administered.
This Mississippi bill requires political advertisements that use AI-generated content to clearly disclose that fact to the public. Campaigns or individuals who fail to include the required disclosure face civil penalties and can be sued by affected parties or the state attorney general.
This bill creates a committee to study consolidating Mississippi's occupational licensing boards into a single department. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates a Parkinson's disease patient registry in Mississippi to track the incidence and prevalence of the disease for research purposes. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill is a procedural 'bring forward' measure that makes only technical, nonsubstantive changes to Mississippi's Department of Information Technology Services code sections. It does not substantively address AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill requires Mississippi to build a single website where residents can log in and access any state government service or program. While it involves government technology and data sharing, it is not specifically about AI or data-center policy.
This bill protects government agencies and businesses from lawsuits related to cybersecurity breaches if they have adopted recognized cybersecurity standards. It creates a legal presumption that entities following established security frameworks are not liable when a cyber incident occurs.
This bill requires large data centers in Tennessee to register with the state's public utilities commission and mandates that electric and water utilities report usage data and rates for those facilities. The commission would then compile and publish that information, creating greater transparency around data center resource consumption.
This Wyoming bill creates a legal cause of action against foreign governments and international organizations that impose censorship laws conflicting with U.S. constitutional rights. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Submitted to the Riksdag in March 2026, this proposition proposes authorizing Swedish police to deploy AI-driven real-time biometric identification in public spaces for serious crimes such as human trafficking and murder, making Sweden one of the first EU member states to explicitly legislate live biometric surveillance by law enforcement. The bill, referred to the Committee on Justice, is designed to operationalize the narrow EU AI Act exceptions for law enforcement while including legal safeguards for personal privacy.
Expected to lead to the launch of Singapore's Online Safety Commission in 2026, the Bill expands government powers to regulate AI-generated content on social media and messaging platforms, including new victim-relief mechanisms and accountability duties on platforms for synthetic harms.
This bill sets rules requiring that AI systems purchased by Idaho state government be unbiased. It establishes standards and provisions to ensure fairness in AI tools used by state agencies.
This Kentucky bill requires data centers built on agricultural land to file a decommissioning plan and post a financial bond before operating, ensuring cleanup costs are covered when a facility closes. It also requires data centers receiving state tax exemptions to work with local governments on improving energy and water efficiency.
This Kentucky bill prevents government agencies from signing secrecy agreements with data center companies that go beyond what state law already allows, and ensures the public has access to information about data center projects and their impacts. It also stops contracts from overriding Kentucky's open records and open meetings laws, and protects local officials' ability to discuss data center effects with the public.
From 2 August 2026, high-risk AI systems used in hiring, credit, law enforcement and critical infrastructure must comply with the EU AI Act's documentation, transparency, risk-management and human-oversight requirements. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and RDI act as Dutch coordinating supervisors, with AFM and DNB covering financial services.
Mandatory reporting and efficiency standards for data centers above 500 kW, including PUE disclosure and waste-heat reuse requirements.
Indonesia's Presidential Regulation on AI Ethics — reported ~90% complete and awaiting President Prabowo's signature as of Q1 2026 — formalises the Stranas KA 2020–2045 as binding, introduces AI-content labelling, risk-tier safeguards and priority-sector obligations (health, education, food, mobility, public administration). Detailed enforcement will follow through sectoral regulations.
Companion Presidential Regulation elevating Indonesia's AI Roadmap (2020–2045) into binding national policy, setting priority sectors, workforce targets and sovereign-infrastructure ambitions. After publication, ministries must draft their own sectoral AI guidelines within an implementation window.
The Commission d'accès à l'information signalled in early 2026 that routine compliance audits under Law 25 §70 would increase, especially around AI-driven automated decision-making (§12.1, §14) and cross-border transfers outside Quebec (§17). Penalties reach C$10 million or 2% of worldwide turnover, with repeat offences up to C$25 million.
This Louisiana law bans the creation or use of AI-generated fake images or videos (deepfakes) targeting K-12 students. It establishes enforceable protections for minors in schools against synthetic media abuse.
This bill addresses utility rate increases for certain customers in Louisiana. It does not appear to be specifically focused on AI or data-center policy, though utility rates can affect both sectors.
This bill requires lead hazard risk assessments in child care facilities and prekindergarten programs. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a Center for Safe Schools within Louisiana's law enforcement commission. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill sets rules for how information can be shared within Louisiana's LA FIRST research and data integration system. It focuses on data sharing protocols for a state-run system aimed at transforming how Louisiana collects and uses public data.
This bill establishes a set of consumer rights related to artificial intelligence, giving people protections around how AI systems can affect them. It likely includes requirements for transparency, fairness, and accountability when businesses use AI to make decisions about consumers.
This bill requires political campaigns to disclose when artificial intelligence is used to create or assist in telephone communications. Voters must be informed when AI-generated content is used in campaign calls.
Announced February 27, 2026, the Québec government committed $36 million CAD to Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute to strengthen its university excellence network, accelerate AI adoption in business, and attract global AI talent to the province. This investment reflects the provincial government's strategy to position Québec as an ethical and responsible AI leader globally, complementing Mila's concurrent $100M USD venture fund with Inovia Capital.
This bill requires Alabama state agencies to use AI tools every three months to review their existing rules and regulations. It is an exploratory measure focused on using AI to improve government efficiency rather than imposing strict restrictions.
This bill sets rules for how Arizona state agencies can use artificial intelligence, likely requiring oversight, transparency, or accountability measures. It aims to ensure government AI use follows consistent standards to protect the public.
This bill relates to driver's license rules, specifically around enhanced and mobile license formats. It does not address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill appears to address requirements for statewide assessments in written form, likely related to standardized testing. It does not appear to be substantively about AI or data-center policy.
This bill makes administrative updates to Connecticut's commerce and economic development statutes, such as renaming programs and updating board memberships. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Louisiana bill sets rules for health insurance companies that use AI or automated systems to make coverage and claims decisions. It aims to ensure these systems are transparent, accountable, and don't unfairly deny or limit patient benefits.
This bill addresses how New Hampshire municipalities can regulate the siting and zoning of data centers within their jurisdictions. It deals with local government authority over where data centers can be built or operated.
This South Carolina bill would create consumer protection rules around high-risk AI systems, specifically banning algorithmic discrimination that harms people based on protected characteristics. It establishes a comprehensive framework requiring businesses to prevent biased or unfair outcomes when using AI to make important decisions affecting consumers.
This bill requires Alabama state agencies to use artificial intelligence to review their existing rules every three months. The goal is to use AI as a tool to help governments regularly assess and update their regulations.
This bill would require data centers, web search companies, and nuclear power facilities to make contributions to Iowa public universities in order to keep their current sales and use tax exemptions. Businesses that don't contribute to higher education could lose their tax breaks.
This bill adds data center water use regulations to Pennsylvania's state water planning framework, requiring covered data centers to comply with water resource rules. It establishes new oversight and likely reporting or permitting requirements for how data centers consume water.
To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop resources for small businesses in utilizing artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
This bill makes revisions to the statewide student assessment testing window. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill regulates how insurance companies use modeling and data organizations to set rates or make decisions, adding oversight to algorithmic and data-driven insurance practices. It aims to increase accountability and transparency in how insurers collect and apply data in their models.
This Kentucky bill restricts how licensed therapists and psychotherapists can use AI tools during therapy sessions, including banning AI from assisting when sessions are recorded. It also prohibits advertising therapy services unless delivered by a licensed human professional.
This Michigan bill would prohibit employers from using electronic monitoring or automated decision-making tools in the workplace except for specific allowed purposes. It creates new workplace protections against algorithmic surveillance and automated employment decisions.
This Missouri bill establishes new rules governing where and how data centers can be built in the state. It likely sets siting requirements, zoning standards, or review processes that developers must follow before constructing new facilities.
This Ohio bill would ban public funding or support for new data centers and place limits on their construction. It aims to restrict the growth of data center infrastructure across the state.
This bill creates a state apprenticeship office and advisory council to oversee apprenticeship programs in Alaska. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill proposes renaming Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend and making related changes to the dividend program for state residents. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates a grant program to support career and technical education, pre-apprenticeships, and work-based learning for high school students. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Iowa bill requires data centers to report their water and energy usage and subjects them to specific utility tariff requirements. It imposes new oversight obligations on data centers related to their consumption of water and electricity resources.
This bill adjusts the investment thresholds that data center businesses must meet to qualify for sales tax exemptions and refunds in Iowa. It is designed to encourage data center development by clarifying or modifying the financial requirements tied to these tax benefits.
This bill bans Wyoming government agencies from using AI to assign social scores to individuals or to identify people through biometric data and image collection. It places hard prohibitions on these government AI uses, with some defined exceptions.
This bill requires Wyoming's state engineer to study consumptive water use and submit a report on findings. It is likely aimed at understanding water demands from large water users, potentially including data centers, but takes no restrictive or regulatory action.
Adopted by the Council of Ministers on 20 February 2026, Law Decree 21/2026 recognises data centres as strategic infrastructure and consolidates all permits (environmental, construction, grid-connection of any voltage) into a single authorisation under the Italian Environmental Code with a hard 10-month timeline (extendable by up to 3 months). Must be converted into law by 21 April 2026.
This bill requires data centers in California to report their water usage and incorporates data center water consumption into local water supply planning processes. It aims to ensure that water agencies account for the significant water demands of data centers when planning future water resources.
This bill creates new rules in Idaho law governing how biometric identifiers — such as fingerprints, facial scans, or iris patterns — can be collected and used. It establishes legal protections and likely requires consent or disclosure before capturing someone's biometric data.
Article 16 of Italy's AI Law 132/2025 mandates one or more implementing decrees by October 2026 to define the organic framework for data, algorithms and AI-training methods — including rights, remedies and sanctions. Article 24 delegates government power to designate enforcement authorities (ACN as market-surveillance, AgID as notifying) and harmonise sectoral law with the EU AI Act.
Articles 11–12 of Law 132/2025, reinforced through early-2026 guidance, require employers using AI for workforce decisions to inform workers and trade unions, with fines up to €1,500 per employee plus monthly increases and additional penalties for failure to consult. The rules frontload compliance before EU AI Act high-risk employment-system deadlines in August 2026.
Notified on February 10, 2026 and effective February 20, 2026, these rules bring AI-generated 'synthetically generated information' (SGI) — including deepfakes, cloned audio, and fabricated documents — under formal intermediary due diligence obligations. Platforms must deploy automated detection tools, label all SGI with provenance metadata, and act within three hours of a government takedown order or face loss of safe-harbor protections under Section 79 of the IT Act.
Notified 10 February 2026 and in force from 20 February 2026, the IT Rules Amendment requires intermediaries to label Synthetically Generated Information (SGI), take down AI deepfakes within 3 hours (2 hours for non-consensual intimate imagery), and impose enhanced duties on Significant Social Media Intermediaries. Platforms lose safe-harbour immunity for failure to comply.
Hydro-Québec filed a new electricity-rate structure for data centres at the Régie de l'énergie setting ~13¢/kWh — roughly double current large-power tariffs — for facilities consuming more than 5 MW per year. The tariff is expected to take effect in the second half of 2026 and applies to all new data-centre customers, alongside continued ministerial authorisation under Bill 69.
This bill updates Alabama's tax abatement and incentive programs to use the latest industry classification codes and terminology. While not exclusively about data centers, such updates often affect eligibility for tax breaks that data centers and tech facilities rely on.
This bill sets rules for companies that operate AI chatbot or conversational AI services, requiring them to meet certain transparency and safety standards. It likely includes protections for users, particularly around disclosure that they are interacting with an AI and safeguards for vulnerable users such as children.
This bill is about funding a quality metrics program for nursing homes in Connecticut. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill would remove existing tax breaks and incentives that data centers currently receive in Connecticut. Eliminating these incentives would make the state less financially attractive for data center investment and development.
This Georgia bill would use property tax revenue collected from data centers to fund a statewide homestead exemption, reducing property taxes for homeowners. It essentially links data center tax contributions to direct financial relief for residential property owners across the state.
This bill requires large electricity users, including data centers, to register with Maryland's Public Service Commission before connecting to the grid and participate in a demand response program that can curtail their power use. Data centers must meet certain conditions to qualify for a tax exemption, and the Commission gains new authority to manage grid impacts from these large power consumers.
This bill modifies provisions related to abortion law in Missouri. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill imposes civil fines on political campaigns that use AI-generated deepfakes to misrepresent candidates in advertisements. It targets fabricated or manipulated media used in elections to deceive voters about what a candidate said or did.
This bill requires data center owners and operators in New Jersey to report their water and energy usage to the Board of Public Utilities every six months. It creates mandatory transparency around how much power and water data centers consume, without outright banning or limiting their operations.
This bill updates cybersecurity requirements for Utah schools to better protect student data and school systems from digital threats. It puts stricter rules in place for how schools handle and secure sensitive information.
This Alaska bill establishes rules for how data centers connect to and receive utility services, likely streamlining the process for data centers to obtain power. It addresses the relationship between data centers and utilities, potentially affecting energy rates and grid capacity.
This bill relates to an integrated data system for early childhood learning and care programs in California. It does not appear to directly address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill focuses on improving reading instruction and support for students in grades 4-9 who are below proficient in reading. It has no connection to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This is Florida's general state budget bill covering government salaries and expenses for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It is not specifically about AI or data-center policy.
This bill would require new data centers in Georgia to operate as 'hybrid power data centers,' meaning they must use a combination of power sources, and be certified by the Public Service Commission. It aims to reduce the strain that large data centers place on the electrical grid by mandating diversified energy use.
This bill requires Georgia electric utilities to shield residential and retail customers from bearing the costs tied to data center construction and operation. It mandates specific contract terms to ensure that data centers, not everyday ratepayers, cover the expenses their energy demands place on the grid.
This Ohio bill establishes minimum requirements and protections for customers who use data center services in the state. It creates a new chapter of law governing the relationship between data centers and their customers, likely covering data handling, access, and accountability standards.
This bill requires data centers in Iowa to report on their water and energy usage and establishes specific tariff rules related to those resources. It creates new regulatory obligations around how data centers consume water and electricity, with potential cost implications for operators.
This Iowa bill requires high schools to include computer science and artificial intelligence in their curricula and graduation requirements, and updates teacher preparation programs to cover these topics. It aims to ensure students and educators are equipped with AI and computer science knowledge.
This bill ties Virginia's existing data center sales tax exemption to new clean energy requirements, including phased bans on carbon-emitting generators and mandates to source energy from clean resources. Data centers that don't meet these environmental and efficiency standards will lose their tax break starting in 2027.
This bill is about protecting state-issued IDs that do not comply with federal REAL ID standards. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill sets rules for how data centers can be built or managed in West Virginia counties where the ground is mostly made of karst geology — a porous limestone terrain that is especially vulnerable to groundwater contamination and sinkholes. It appears to impose specific oversight or restrictions on data center siting in these environmentally sensitive areas.
This bill allows Maryland counties and Baltimore City to create a special lower property tax rate for qualified data centers, giving local governments the flexibility to offer tax incentives to attract data center investment. The new tax rules would take effect starting in the 2027 tax year.
From 2 August 2026, Polish public-sector deployers and entities providing essential private services using high-risk AI must complete a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment prior to deployment under Article 27 of the EU AI Act. KRiBSI will supervise the obligation once operational.
MeitY's AI Governance Guidelines — finalised in early 2026 — formalise India's preferred approach of regulating AI through existing frameworks (DPDP Act, IT Act, IP law) rather than a standalone AI law. They align with the RBI AI-in-FS framework, CCI AI market study and DPIIT copyright-AI report to form a coherent cross-sector playbook.
This bill relates to collecting data on students in higher education who are also parents. It does not appear to address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill establishes rules for large energy-consuming facilities, such as data centers, addressing how they connect to and impact the electrical grid. It likely imposes review requirements and restrictions to manage the strain these facilities place on energy infrastructure and rates.
This Kentucky bill sets rules for companies offering AI-powered mental health chatbots, requiring them to clearly disclose that users are interacting with AI, protect users' personal health information, and avoid deceptive advertising. The Attorney General would have authority to enforce these requirements.
This Maryland bill requires large data center operators to file detailed disclosure reports with state and local agencies, and mandates that larger localities create formal data center planning rules by 2027. It increases oversight and transparency around where and how large data centers are built and operated.
This bill sets operational and siting standards for data centers in Maryland, including noise and vibration limits, backup power generation rules, and a ban on building data centers on certain agricultural land. It also requires applicants to submit reports to local authorities under specific conditions.
This bill creates a new staff position in the New Hampshire Department of Education focused on analyzing academic performance data. It does not relate to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill bans the sale of personal data belonging to children in New Hampshire. It aims to protect minors from having their private information sold by companies or other parties.
This bill bans the manufacture, sale, and possession of kratom, a plant-based substance, in Wyoming. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Wyoming bill bans government agencies from using biometric data (like facial recognition), geolocation tracking, and automatic license plate readers to identify people or vehicles. It also prohibits governments from hiring outside vendors to perform these functions and gives citizens the right to sue if the rules are violated.
This bill requires Wyoming hospitals to publicly list prices for medical items and services and includes transparency rules for prescription drug pricing. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This California bill would regulate how employers can use surveillance tools to monitor workers, including AI-driven monitoring systems. It adds new rules to the Labor Code aimed at protecting employees from invasive workplace surveillance.
This bill bans the use of someone's personal identifying features — such as their face, voice, or likeness — without their permission. It aims to protect individuals from unauthorized digital reproduction or impersonation of their identity.
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens confirmed the Netherlands' EU AI Act regulatory sandbox will become operational by 2 August 2026, providing supervised test environments for high-risk and GPAI systems with legal-certainty benefits for SMEs and public-sector developers.
This bill requires data centers to meet specific obligations to protect residential electricity customers from bearing the cost burden of data center power demands. It prioritizes everyday ratepayers over data center operators when it comes to grid access and energy pricing.
This bill establishes accountability measures for large-scale data centers in Colorado, likely including requirements around energy use, grid impact, and reporting. It aims to ensure that data centers consuming significant amounts of power are subject to oversight and transparency obligations.
This bill places restrictions on how artificial intelligence can be used in psychotherapy services in Colorado. It aims to protect patients by limiting or regulating AI's role in mental health treatment.
This bill adjusts the investment thresholds that data center businesses must meet in order to qualify for sales tax exemptions and refunds in Iowa. It is designed to encourage data center development by setting clear financial requirements for companies seeking these tax benefits.
This bill offers property, tangible, and sales tax exemptions to attract data centers to Rhode Island. It is designed to encourage companies to build and locate data center facilities in the state by reducing their tax burden.
Adopted by the Swedish Government in February 2026, the first comprehensive national AI Strategy aligns Sweden with EU AI Act implementation while prioritising competitiveness, public-sector adoption, and workforce re-skilling. The Swedish Post- and Telecoms Authority (PTS) is proposed as the coordinating market-surveillance authority.
This bill creates a Kentucky Health Command within the state's technology office to develop and oversee an AI-assisted virtual health platform for rural healthcare providers. The platform can provide health information and services but is prohibited from practicing medicine or diagnosing and treating conditions.
This bill establishes new rules for how warehouse distribution centers can manage and monitor their workers, likely targeting automated or algorithm-driven work quota and tracking systems. It aims to protect employees from unfair treatment driven by automated performance monitoring in warehouse settings.
This bill designates a day to celebrate New Mexico's aviation and aerospace industry. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires data centers in South Carolina to obtain a certificate from the Public Service Commission before operating, with reviews covering energy efficiency, water use, environmental impact, infrastructure adequacy, and grid cost allocation. It establishes ongoing compliance standards and reporting requirements, creating a comprehensive regulatory framework for data center development in the state.
This bill updates program provisions for the Washington State Office of Homeless Youth. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Australia's first substantive overhaul of the Privacy Act 1988 since 2012, introducing a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy (effective June 2025), mandatory disclosure of substantially automated decision-making in privacy policies (effective December 2026), a Children's Online Privacy Code, enhanced OAIC enforcement powers, and new anti-doxxing criminal offences. A second, more comprehensive tranche of reforms — covering expanded definitions of personal information, a fair-and-reasonable test, and removal of the small-business exemption — is under active government consultation as of early 2026.
This Arizona bill sets rules for how businesses must handle consumers' personal data, giving people rights over their information and placing obligations on companies that collect or process it. It establishes requirements around data use, consumer consent, and transparency for organizations controlling personal data.
This Arizona bill sets rules for how businesses must handle people's personal data, including requirements around collection, use, and transparency. It places obligations on companies to protect consumer data rights and limits how personal information can be gathered and processed.
This bill updates Idaho's tax breaks for data centers by revising existing sales tax exemptions on equipment and property tax exemptions for certain capital investments. It is designed to make Idaho more attractive for data center development by reducing the tax burden on these facilities.
This bill would halt all new data center construction permits in New York while requiring regulators to take action to protect residents, businesses, and industries from higher electricity and gas bills caused by data centers. It aims to pause data center growth until the impact on utility rates can be addressed.
This Virginia bill requires social media platforms and AI system operators to build open interfaces so users can move their personal connection data and AI-related data to other services. It places significant technical and compliance obligations on covered platforms, taking effect in 2027.
This bill repeals the Wyoming Business Council and transfers its economic development functions to other state agencies. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill would require companies that handle large amounts of Illinois residents' personal data to give consumers rights to access, correct, and delete their information, and to know who their data has been shared with. It also requires data brokers to register with the state and creates a portal for consumers to request deletion of their data across all registered brokers.
This bill updates Kansas criminal law to ban the creation and distribution of AI-generated or digitally altered sexual images of children, even when no real child was directly involved in making them. It also prohibits sharing realistic fake explicit images of identifiable real people without their consent.
This bill would halt all new data center construction permits in New York while requiring state regulators to take action to protect residents, businesses, and industries from rising electricity and gas costs caused by data centers. It directly targets the rapid growth of data centers and their strain on the energy grid.
This South Carolina bill requires social media platforms to use reasonable care with minors' personal data, limits how much personal information can be collected from children, and mandates parental controls. It also requires annual reporting and sets up enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance.
This bill updates the rules for how Arizona's commerce authority certifies businesses for tax incentives. It likely streamlines or expands eligibility for tax breaks related to economic development, potentially including data centers or tech facilities.
This bill establishes additional protections for warehouse workers, likely including rules around automated monitoring and work-quota systems driven by algorithms. It aims to safeguard workers from the negative effects of automated tracking and productivity management tools.
This bill establishes a framework for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in Connecticut, addressing safety, transparency, and accountability requirements. It implements the Governor's budget recommendations related to AI innovation and oversight.
This Illinois bill sets rules for how police can use facial recognition technology, banning its use for real-time surveillance, politically motivated monitoring, or profiling based on race or protected characteristics. It also requires compliance audits, state reporting on accuracy, and standardized training for law enforcement agencies.
This Illinois bill creates a comprehensive consumer data privacy law giving residents the right to opt out of targeted advertising, data sales, and automated profiling that affects their lives. It establishes rules for businesses handling personal data and imposes civil penalties for violations, taking effect in 2027.
This bill would eliminate Pennsylvania's existing tax incentive program for computer data center equipment. By repealing these provisions, data centers would lose special tax breaks they currently receive for equipment purchases.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is finalising binding Guidelines on AI Risk Management for financial institutions, expected in early 2026. The guidance will set a regional benchmark for central-bank oversight of AI — covering model governance, explainability, third-party risk and monitoring.
A binding Presidential Regulation on AI under development by Komdigi, intended to formalize Indonesia's National AI Roadmap and ethics guidelines into law; the draft covered AI safety, ethical use, sector-specific applications, and a Sovereign AI Fund framework. As of early 2026, the regulation had been submitted to the State Secretariat for harmonization but had not yet been enacted.
This wide-ranging Connecticut bill creates a comprehensive AI regulatory framework including a new AI Policy Office, disclosure requirements for AI providers, rules on synthetic media detectability, and restrictions on automated hiring tools. It also establishes workforce training programs and a health AI initiative while imposing obligations on developers of powerful 'frontier' AI models.
This Connecticut bill strengthens consumer privacy protections by regulating data brokers, restricting the use of facial recognition technology, limiting sharing of precise location data, and requiring businesses to disclose when they use algorithms to set personalized prices. It also expands workers' rights by removing exemptions that allowed employment-related data processing decisions to go unchecked.
This Kentucky bill gives consumers rights over their personal data held by social media companies and AI systems, and requires those companies to allow users to move their data to other platforms. It also sets rules for how social media and AI companies can share data with each other, with enforcement by the Attorney General.
This bill allows police in Maryland to use facial recognition technology when investigating certain crimes, specifically when the image analyzed was taken inside a home. It expands law enforcement's ability to use this surveillance tool in residential settings, raising privacy concerns.
This bill places a temporary ban on new data center construction in South Dakota while addressing the financial and grid strain that large data centers place on electricity systems. It aims to protect other electricity users from higher costs and reliability risks caused by the heavy power demands of data centers.
This South Dakota bill aims to shield residents from higher utility bills and power shortages caused by data centers by giving regulators clearer authority to oversee them. It also updates rules around what goods and services data centers are allowed to purchase.
Modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations.
This bill places a one-year ban on building or expanding large-scale data centers in South Dakota. During the pause, the state would have time to evaluate the impacts of hyperscale facilities before allowing new construction to proceed.
Published in February 2026, this General Scheme gives full domestic effect to EU Regulation 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act) by establishing the legislative and institutional architecture for national supervision and enforcement. It proposes creating a new statutory independent body — the AI Office of Ireland (Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann) — under the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, to serve as the central coordinating authority, operate a regulatory sandbox, and act as Ireland's Single Point of Contact with the European Commission, with the Office required to be operational by 2 August 2026.
This Illinois bill requires AI companies to embed provenance labels in all AI-generated images, video, and audio content, and to provide free tools for people to read those labels. It also places compliance obligations on online platforms, device manufacturers, and hosting services, with civil penalties for violations.
This bill sets new rules for data centers in Indiana, requiring them to contribute at least 1% of their tax savings to local governments before receiving sales tax exemptions on equipment purchases. It also addresses land use on agricultural soils, battery energy storage systems, and requires emergency response documentation for large energy storage facilities.
This bill creates a framework allowing private companies to develop dedicated energy campuses that generate and supply electricity directly to businesses on-site, bypassing traditional utility arrangements. It is designed to attract large power-hungry industrial and tech facilities, such as data centers, by enabling customized energy services.
This Kentucky bill requires large data centers using more than 100 megawatts of electricity to get Public Service Commission approval before receiving utility service, ensuring the data center pays for the new infrastructure it needs. The law is designed to prevent ordinary utility customers from bearing the costs of expanding the grid for massive data center operations.
This bill would create a Mississippi consumer privacy law giving residents the right to access, correct, delete, or opt out of the sale of their personal data held by large businesses. Companies collecting such data would face new requirements around transparency, security practices, and data protection assessments.
This bill requires all Mississippi state agencies to use the state's Department of Information Technology Services for their technology needs, eliminating exemptions that previously allowed some agencies to contract independently. It is primarily an IT procurement and consolidation measure, not directly related to AI or data-center policy.
This Mississippi bill requires app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent before minors can download apps or make purchases. It also restricts how app stores and developers can handle minors' data and contracts, and gives parents the right to sue if these rules are violated.
This bill creates a State Security Operations Center within Mississippi's Department of Information Technology Services to coordinate cybersecurity monitoring and incident response across state agencies. It is focused on general cybersecurity infrastructure rather than AI or data-center policy specifically.
This bill appears to be a house memorial about the importance of water resources in Taos, New Mexico. It does not substantively address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates rules to protect people's historical location data from police surveillance by limiting how law enforcement can access and use it. It aims to prevent excessive government tracking of individuals' movements.
This Tennessee bill establishes a formal impact review process that data centers must go through before being built, examining effects on local infrastructure, utilities, and communities. It creates new regulatory hurdles for data center development across multiple areas of state law.
This bill addresses legal defenses available in civil lawsuits when someone is harmed by an artificial intelligence system. It likely sets rules for when AI developers or deployers can or cannot escape liability for damages caused by their systems.
This bill is about tracking health outcomes related to wildfire smoke exposure. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill creates rules requiring data centers in Oklahoma to be properly decommissioned when they shut down, overseen by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. It also requires data center operators to provide financial assurance, meaning they must set aside funds to cover the costs of proper closure.
This bill creates a directory of large-scale data centers in Oklahoma, tracked by the state's Corporation Commission along with utilities and water providers. It appears to be a data-collection and transparency measure to help the state monitor the infrastructure demands of hyperscale data centers.
This bill requires the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to maintain electronic records using the Oklahoma State Data Center and census geography standards. It is an administrative record-keeping measure with no substantive connection to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill prohibits Oklahoma municipalities from entering into nondisclosure agreements that hide information from the public, with some exceptions. It promotes transparency in local government dealings, which can affect data center and economic development negotiations.
This bill makes a funding appropriation to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and identifies the source of those funds. It does not appear to be related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill bans the distribution of AI-generated fake media depicting candidates or political parties within 90 days of an election if the creator knows or should know it is deceptively fraudulent. Violators face civil penalties, with limited exceptions allowed.
This Tennessee bill bans the distribution of AI-generated fake depictions of candidates or political parties within 90 days of an election if the content is deceptively fraudulent. Violators face civil penalties, with some exceptions allowed.
This bill establishes rules for how law enforcement can access and use historical location data, aiming to limit excessive police surveillance. It creates protections for people's location history and restricts when and how that data can be obtained or used.
This Tennessee bill establishes a formal impact review process for data centers, requiring assessment of their effects on local communities and infrastructure before they can be built or expanded. It introduces oversight mechanisms covering areas like energy, water, and land use to evaluate data center projects across the state.
This bill creates a West Virginia law protecting genetic and biometric data by requiring companies to tell consumers how their genetic information is collected and used, and banning the sale or transfer of that data to foreign adversaries. It also gives individuals the right to sue if their genetic privacy rights are violated.
Launched 30 January 2026, BC Hydro's competitive allocation process reserves 300 MW for AI projects and 100 MW for conventional data centres over a two-year window, with successful applicants notified by September 2026. Projects are scored on price plus economic, community, data-sovereignty and environmental benefits, operationalising the Energy Statutes Amendment Act.
Published April 25, 2025 by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, this proposal establishes national regulatory test environments (sandboxes) allowing organizations to develop and test AI systems under supervisory oversight, fulfilling Finland's EU AI Act obligation to operate at least one sandbox by August 2, 2026. Rules on AI sandboxes are expected to enter into force by February 1, 2026, and may be established in cooperation with other EU member states.
The rules establishing Finland's national AI regulatory sandbox entered into force on 1 February 2026, with full operational readiness required by 2 August 2026 under the EU AI Act. The sandbox allows AI developers — particularly SMEs — to test high-risk and innovative systems under supervisory guidance with legal-certainty benefits.
Announced 25 November 2025 with AUD 29.9 million in funding, the AI Safety Institute launched in early 2026 to monitor, evaluate and coordinate regulatory responses to frontier AI risks. It works directly with privacy, consumer, competition, online-safety and sector regulators and partners with international AI Safety Institutes, acting as Australia's central hub for AI safety science rather than a dedicated AI law.
This bill lets Maryland counties and Baltimore City create a special lower property tax rate specifically for data center equipment, giving local governments flexibility to attract data center investment. The new tax rules would take effect starting in the 2027 tax year.
This bill requires that employers who self-fund their health benefit plans be given access to their own claims data. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill addresses prison rape elimination standards in New Mexico correctional facilities. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill offers property, tangible, and sales tax exemptions to attract data centers to Rhode Island. It is designed to incentivize companies to choose Rhode Island as a location for their data center operations.
This bill would eliminate an existing tax exemption that data centers currently use when replacing their equipment. Removing this tax break would increase operating costs for data centers in Washington state.
Implemented by BC Hydro under Bill 31 authority, this framework launched a formal competitive call for demand on January 30, 2026, requiring AI and data center projects of 10 MW or larger to apply and be evaluated on economic benefits, job creation, data sovereignty, and environmental criteria. Successful applicants are expected to be notified in September 2026, with a total target of 400 MW over two years (300 MW for AI, 100 MW for conventional data centers).
This bill establishes rules governing how law enforcement agencies in Michigan can use license plate reader systems to track and record vehicle information. It sets guidelines intended to regulate the collection, storage, and use of that data by police.
This bill creates a comprehensive permitting and oversight system for data centers in South Carolina, requiring siting permits, environmental impact assessments, water and energy efficiency standards, and noise/vibration controls before a data center can be built or operated. It also establishes a new government office and advisory committee to oversee data center development and sets rules for how utility costs are allocated.
This bill requires health insurance companies in South Dakota to follow specific rules when using AI systems to make decisions about covering or providing health care services. It aims to ensure AI-driven coverage determinations are fair, transparent, and accountable.
This bill sets rules on how chatbots can be used by minors in South Dakota. It likely requires safeguards or restrictions to protect children interacting with AI-powered chat tools.
This Vermont bill establishes rules and oversight for the use of artificial intelligence, likely including transparency and safety requirements for AI systems. It aims to regulate how AI is developed or deployed to protect residents from potential harms.
This bill requires data centers in West Virginia to be built at least 500 feet away from any home, school, or house of worship. It creates a mandatory setback rule that would restrict where new data centers can be located.
This bill gives counties and municipalities in West Virginia more say over where and how data centers and microgrid projects are built in their communities. It shifts oversight authority away from the state level and back to local governments.
This bill regulates how law enforcement agencies in Colorado can use surveillance technologies, with the goal of protecting citizens' rights. It likely requires oversight, transparency, or restrictions on tools like facial recognition or other monitoring systems used by police.
This bill would temporarily ban the construction of new data centers in Georgia while a state commission studies their impact on utilities, the environment, and communities. It establishes a formal review body to assess how data centers affect power grids, water use, and other public resources before development can resume.
This bill deals with abortion-related drug regulations, reporting requirements, and liability rules. It has no relevance to AI policy or data-center policy.
This bill would make it illegal to train AI systems to encourage suicide or violence, form emotional bonds with users, pose as healthcare professionals, or simulate human relationships. It broadly restricts AI from providing emotional support or encouraging social isolation.
This bill would eliminate existing sales tax and property tax breaks that data centers in Maryland currently enjoy. Removing these incentives makes operating data centers more expensive and less financially attractive in the state.
This bill creates new rules governing how automobile dealers collect and handle customer data. It establishes requirements around what data can be gathered and how it must be managed, aiming to protect consumer privacy in car dealership transactions.
This bill requires large data centers to pay for the electrical infrastructure upgrades needed to support their high energy demands, rather than passing those costs to other ratepayers. It places a direct financial obligation on data center operators to fund grid improvements tied to their facilities.
This bill requires warehouse employers in Rhode Island to give workers written notice of any performance quotas and the consequences of not meeting them when they are hired. It aims to protect warehouse workers from being penalized by productivity tracking systems without clear, upfront disclosure.
This Rhode Island bill establishes regulations governing how artificial intelligence can be used in mental health care treatments. It sets oversight requirements intended to ensure AI tools used in behavioral health settings meet safety and transparency standards.
This bill requires AI companion apps to include safety features that detect and respond to users expressing suicidal thoughts, potential harm to themselves or others, or financial harm. It also mandates that these apps clearly disclose to users that the AI does not have real human emotions.
This bill establishes legal liability rules for companies that build or use AI systems in Vermont. It would hold AI developers and deployers responsible when their systems cause harm to people.
This bill would ban West Virginia state and local governments from providing any financial subsidies to data centers. It effectively removes public financial support such as tax breaks or grants that data centers might otherwise receive.
This federal bill creates a coordinated government strategy to combat identity fraud and theft across the financial services industry. It aims to protect consumers from having their personal and financial information stolen or misused.
This bill establishes a California AI Standards and Safety Commission and creates a framework for independent organizations to verify that AI systems meet safety and standards requirements. It introduces mandatory oversight and verification processes for AI, representing significant regulation of the AI industry in California.
This bill amends existing California law on police body-worn camera policies. It does not appear to address AI, automated decision-making, or data-center infrastructure.
This bill would require data centers in Kansas to use closed-loop cooling systems, which recirculate water rather than continuously drawing fresh water. The goal is to reduce the amount of water data centers consume from local supplies.
This Maine bill would ban health insurance companies from using artificial intelligence to deny claims, requiring human decision-making in coverage denials. It aims to protect patients from automated rejections of their health insurance claims.
This bill appears to be a state memorial addressing the importance of water resources to the Taos, New Mexico community. It does not relate to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill establishes safety requirements for chatbots, likely including disclosure rules and protections for users—especially children—interacting with AI-powered conversational systems. It aims to ensure people know when they are talking to an AI and that certain safeguards are in place to prevent harm.
This bill bans the use of artificial intelligence in providing therapy and psychotherapy services in South Dakota. Violations would result in a penalty, effectively preventing AI systems from delivering mental health counseling to patients.
This bill regulates how artificial intelligence can be used by health insurers when making coverage decisions, such as approving or denying medical treatments. It likely requires transparency and human oversight to ensure AI tools don't unfairly deny patients the care they need.
To amend the Small Business Act to help small business concerns critically evaluate artificial intelligence tools, and for other purposes.
To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
This bill places limits on nuisances created by data centers, such as noise and other disturbances that can affect nearby residents. It aims to regulate how data centers operate to reduce their negative impact on surrounding communities.
This bill establishes a taskforce to examine how artificial intelligence systems affect South Dakota. The group would study AI's impacts and likely report findings to inform future policy decisions.
This bill offers a sales and use tax exemption for building and equipping new data centers in a specific large county in eastern Washington that borders another state. It is designed to attract data center investment to that region through financial incentives.
This bill requires large data centers in West Virginia to report their water usage to the state environmental agency, which can then restrict or ban their water withdrawals if harm to water resources is detected. It also directs the agency to analyze the impact of high-impact data centers on the state's public waterways.
This bill creates rules governing how artificial intelligence can be used in mental health care treatments in Rhode Island. It establishes oversight requirements to ensure AI tools used in mental health settings are subject to regulatory standards.
This bill requires AI companion apps to have safety features that detect and respond to users expressing suicidal thoughts, potential harm to others, or financial harm. It also mandates that these apps disclose to users that the AI does not have real human emotions.
This bill limits how artificial intelligence can be used to deliver mental health care in West Virginia, allowing AI only for administrative tasks rather than direct patient care. It sets rules to ensure that mental health treatment decisions remain in the hands of licensed human professionals rather than AI systems.
To create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.
This Alabama bill requires chatbots to verify users' ages and follow safety protocols, with special rules for AI-powered therapy chatbots. It gives people the right to sue if these requirements are violated.
This Iowa bill would require high schools to include computer science and AI education in their curricula and graduation requirements, while also affecting teacher preparation programs and college admissions. It establishes mandatory standards for how AI and computer science are taught across the state.
This bill establishes rules and oversight requirements for how New Mexico state government agencies can use artificial intelligence systems. It aims to ensure transparency and accountability when AI tools are used in public sector decision-making.
This bill establishes accountability requirements for artificial intelligence systems used in New Mexico, likely including risk assessments, transparency obligations, and oversight mechanisms. It aims to ensure AI tools are used responsibly and that people are protected from harmful or biased automated decisions.
This bill requires large data centers in Tennessee to register with the state and mandates that their fuel, electricity, and water suppliers report usage and rates to the government. The state would then compile and publish that information, increasing public transparency about data center resource consumption.
This Washington state bill establishes consumer protections related to artificial intelligence systems, likely requiring transparency and accountability from AI developers and deployers. It aims to safeguard residents from potential harms caused by AI-driven decisions affecting their lives.
Finalised in May 2024 by IMDA and the AI Verify Foundation, this framework extends Singapore's original 2019 Model AI Governance Framework to address generative AI risks—including hallucination, bias, intellectual property, and systemic risk—across nine governance dimensions. In January 2026 IMDA further extended the suite with a world-first Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, covering autonomous AI systems capable of independent reasoning and action.
Unveiled by IMDA on 22 January 2026 at the World Economic Forum, this world-first framework covers agentic AI systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning and action. It guides deployers on technical and non-technical mitigations, with humans ultimately accountable — complementing the 2024 Generative AI framework.
This bill bans police in Hawaii from using biometric surveillance technology (such as facial recognition) unless specific conditions are satisfied. It places strict limits on how and when law enforcement can deploy these tools.
This bill establishes safety requirements for conversational AI systems, such as chatbots and virtual assistants, operating in Nebraska. It likely mandates disclosures, safeguards, and oversight measures to protect users from potential harms.
This bill requires health insurers in Rhode Island to be transparent and accountable when using AI systems to make decisions about coverage and claims. It aims to ensure patients and regulators can understand and challenge AI-driven insurance decisions.
This Tennessee bill requires data center owners and operators to pay the full cost of any infrastructure needed to connect their facilities to the electric grid, preventing those costs from being spread to other utility customers. It aims to ensure that communities and existing ratepayers are not burdened with the infrastructure expenses generated by large data centers.
This bill establishes rules for cost responsibility agreements specifically for data centers, likely requiring data centers to pay for or share the costs of grid upgrades and infrastructure needed to support their large energy demands. It aims to ensure that data centers bear a fair share of the utility and grid costs their operations create, rather than spreading those costs to other ratepayers.
This bill sets rules for chatbots that collect or use personal data, requiring them to meet specific requirements around transparency and data handling. It aims to protect users by regulating how AI-powered chat systems interact with and store personal information.
This bill provides a sales tax exemption for purchases made by a specific organization called Radical Life Inc. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill appears to address private equity ownership of infrastructure assets, which is not directly related to AI regulation or data-center policy. Without more specific content tying it to AI or data centers, it falls outside the scope of this tracker.
This bill establishes transparency requirements for artificial intelligence systems used in New Mexico, requiring developers or deployers to disclose when AI is being used and how it makes decisions. It aims to ensure people know when AI is affecting them and have access to information about how those systems work.
This bill prohibits the distribution of intimate deepfake images — realistic AI-generated or manipulated photos or videos of real people in sexual contexts — without their consent. It establishes legal penalties for sharing such content, with likely enhanced protections for minors.
This bill helps Pennsylvania municipalities develop local ordinances for regulating data centers by providing guidance and assistance. It aims to make it easier for local governments to establish rules around data center construction and operation in their communities.
This bill requires data centers in Pennsylvania to submit annual reports on how much energy and water they use, with penalties for non-compliance. It increases transparency around data center resource consumption but does not impose caps or bans on usage.
This bill updates voter list information provided through the Secretary of State's subscription service to include change audit data. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill bans online platforms from showing pornographic content to minors and requires strict age verification systems to prevent access. Platforms that fail to comply face serious penalties.
This bill would create a comprehensive data privacy law in Illinois, giving consumers rights to access, correct, and understand how their personal data is used by businesses. It applies to companies handling data of 100,000 or more Illinois residents or those that earn significant revenue from selling personal data, with enforcement by the Attorney General.
This bill deals with driver's licenses and state ID cards, including rules about physical identification and federal compliance. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Nebraska bill requires data centers to submit annual energy load reports to the state Power Review Board and gives public utilities new authority to regulate data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations. It establishes oversight mechanisms aimed at managing the significant electricity demand these facilities place on the grid.
In January 2026 Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner and Human Rights Commission jointly released six principles for responsible public-sector AI use, covering transparency, accountability, non-discrimination, privacy, explainability and human oversight. The principles guide implementation of Ontario's Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act.
This bill would require utilities to create separate waiting lists and special electricity rate categories specifically for data centers, so that their massive power demands don't drive up costs for regular consumers. It aims to protect households and businesses from bearing the financial burden of data centers connecting to the electric grid.
Requires every federal agency that uses, funds, or oversees AI to maintain an office of civil rights focused on detecting and mitigating algorithmic bias. Reintroduced with Rep. Summer Lee.
This Nebraska bill would require organizations using AI systems to follow risk management and transparency standards, creating new oversight rules for how AI is developed and used. It also establishes a related fund and updates public records laws to account for AI-related information.
This bill requires Rhode Island to create a complete inventory of all state agencies using AI and sets up a permanent 13-member commission to oversee and make policy recommendations about how the government uses AI. It focuses on monitoring and accountability rather than imposing outright restrictions.
This bill would remove certain sales and use tax exemptions that have historically benefited data centers in Washington state. By eliminating these tax breaks, it could significantly increase the cost of building and operating data centers in the state.
This pending national implementation law will formally designate the Dutch supervisory authorities for the EU AI Act, including the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) and the Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI) as lead market surveillance bodies, alongside sector-specific authorities ACM, AFM, and DNB. As of early 2026 the Minister of Economic Affairs indicated the bill is expected to be laid before the Tweede Kamer in Q4 2026, meaning the Netherlands will miss the August 2025 EU designation deadline; in the interim, a regulatory sandbox proposal was published in March 2025.
Taiwan's 2026 draft budget includes over NT$30 billion (US$950 million) for the '10 major AI projects' industrial plan, with total potential multi-year investment over NT$100 billion (US$3.2 billion). The programme operationalises the AI Basic Act's compute-infrastructure mandate alongside TSMC-anchored semiconductor support.
Enacted June 2025 and operationalised through 2026, Bill 69 requires the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy to authorise any new electricity load of 5 MW or more — directly capturing AI data centres. Combined with Hydro-Québec's proposed doubled tariff, it effectively halts speculative data-centre build-out unless projects deliver clear economic benefit.
On 15 January 2026 the Government of Canada opened a call for proposals to build sovereign, large-scale AI data centres above 100 MW, with MOU-based support packages that BC operators can access alongside provincial competitive process. The federal program complements BC's ESAA by prioritising sovereign Canadian compute.
This bill sets up a framework to guide how data centers are built and powered in Colorado, requiring them to support clean energy, grid modernization, and environmental protections. It aims to balance the rapid growth of data centers with the needs of utility customers and the environment.
This bill deals with driver's licenses and state ID cards, including their physical format and federal compliance requirements. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill places a statewide ban on new data center construction, preventing both private builders and government bodies from proceeding with new projects. The moratorium would automatically end if Maryland passes separate legislation specifically addressing data centers built alongside natural gas, nuclear, or small modular reactor power facilities.
This bill establishes community air monitoring programs in West Virginia and defines how the collected air quality data will be used. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Enacted December 23, 2025 and promulgated January 14, 2026, this 20-clause principles-based law designates the National Science and Technology Council as the central AI authority and mandates the Ministry of Digital Affairs to develop a risk-classification framework aligned with international standards. It enshrines seven core principles — sustainability, human autonomy, privacy and data governance, cybersecurity, transparency, fairness, and accountability — and requires public-sector AI risk assessments and labor-displacement safeguards, while imposing no direct obligations on the private sector.
This bill requires that content created by artificial intelligence be clearly labeled or disclosed to viewers. It includes enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with the disclosure requirement.
This Iowa bill requires data centers to use water-efficient cooling technologies and encourages the use of recycled or non-drinking water sources. Data centers that fail to comply would face civil penalties.
This bill addresses who legally owns the content created by AI systems and the AI models themselves after they have been trained. It establishes rules around intellectual property rights for AI-generated outputs and trained AI systems.
This New Jersey bill creates an apprenticeship program to train workers in artificial intelligence and offers tax credits to businesses that participate in training apprentices. It aims to build an AI-skilled workforce through employer incentives and structured on-the-job learning.
This bill directs New Jersey's Attorney General to study how law enforcement agencies use facial recognition technology and produce a report recommending a statewide policy. It is an exploratory measure with no immediate restrictions or mandates on the technology's use.
This bill creates privacy protections for consumer health data held by healthcare providers, setting rules around how that data can be collected, used, and shared. It places significant obligations on entities handling health information to safeguard patient privacy.
This bill creates privacy protections for consumer health data held by health care providers and other entities in New Jersey. It sets rules around how health data can be collected, used, and shared, giving patients more control over their personal health information.
This bill requires car manufacturers to give vehicle owners real-time access to their vehicle's data. While it involves data rights, it is not substantively related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires car manufacturers to give vehicle owners real-time access to their vehicle's data. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires companies that buy and sell personal data to register with the state and bans the sale of certain health records. It aims to protect consumers by limiting how their sensitive health information can be traded by data brokers.
This bill requires data center owners and operators in New Jersey to submit reports on their water and energy usage to the Board of Public Utilities. It creates mandatory disclosure obligations aimed at tracking the resource consumption of data centers in the state.
This bill regulates commercial data centers in South Carolina by requiring water usage reporting, mandating public comment periods for energy infrastructure permits, and limiting existing sales tax exemptions for data center equipment to companies that acted before May 30, 2025. It also adds new rules around electric service terms for data centers and strengthens landowner notice requirements when utilities plan construction that could involve eminent domain.
This bill requires large commercial data centers in South Carolina that use 3 million or more gallons of water per month to report their water usage annually to the state Department of Environmental Services. Data centers that fail to comply with the reporting requirement would face penalties.
This bill establishes rules requiring data centers in South Carolina to operate responsibly and sustainably, likely including environmental and energy standards. It aims to prevent data centers from shifting their costs or burdens onto taxpayers.
This bill exempts data center equipment and services from South Dakota sales and use taxes. It is designed to attract data center businesses to the state by reducing their operating costs.
Approved by Cabinet on 13 January 2026 and jointly published by the Ministers for Enterprise and Climate, this 17-action government strategy sets a plan-led framework for siting very large energy users — including data centres, semiconductors, and pharma — near indigenous renewable energy sources, particularly offshore wind on Ireland's west coast. It identifies 'green energy park' locations for co-location of hyperscale facilities with renewables, aiming to redirect investment away from congested Dublin-area grid nodes toward unconstrained regional sites and signals intent to legislate for private wire connections in 2026.
Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition is finalizing a 2025–2030 grid development plan that will allocate an additional 3.8 GW of capacity specifically for data centers, addressing the severe grid congestion that has become a bottleneck for Madrid and Aragón hyperscale expansion. The plan is expected to introduce new transmission-node auction rules, though critics warn that Madrid's data center pipeline already exceeds guaranteed grid capacity by more than four times.
This bill sets a deadline for applications related to computer data center programs in Arizona, likely concerning tax incentives or permitting. It streamlines the process for data centers seeking state benefits by establishing clear application timelines.
This bill reorganizes Florida's state technology operations by moving the Florida Digital Service into a new division called DIGIT within the Governor's office. DIGIT would be responsible for setting IT standards, strategy, and oversight across state agencies.
This bill requires large data centers in Tennessee to register with the state public utilities commission and mandates that electric and water utilities report how much energy and water those data centers use and at what rates. The commission must then compile and publicly publish this usage and rate information.
This bill shields information about plans to build or locate data centers from public records requests in Florida. It keeps site selection details confidential, which can help companies avoid competitors learning their expansion plans but reduces public visibility into where data centers may be built.
This Nebraska bill establishes rules protecting people's biometric data — such as fingerprints, face scans, and iris patterns — by requiring consent before collection and limiting how companies can use or share that information. It creates legal rights and remedies for residents whose biometric privacy is violated.
This bill requires health insurance companies to be open about how they use AI when deciding on coverage and handling claims. It sets rules to ensure AI-driven decisions are transparent and that insurers can be held accountable for how those systems affect patients.
This federal bill requires data centers to report on how they affect air quality, water quality, and electricity use. It focuses on gathering information rather than imposing restrictions or bans.
This bill repeals rules about an Infection Control Advisory Panel, which is a healthcare regulatory body. It has no relevance to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill changes rules about how hospitals qualify as trauma centers in Missouri, removing distance-based restrictions. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes rules for AI chatbots, likely requiring disclosures and safety measures around their use. It appears to set standards for transparency and potentially protections for vulnerable users such as children.
This bill requires Missouri's health department to stop using distance from other trauma centers as a reason to deny a hospital trauma center status. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill modifies public health program provisions in Missouri. It does not appear to substantively address AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes environmental accountability requirements for AI data centers in Missouri, likely including reporting and compliance standards around energy use, water consumption, and environmental impact. It aims to hold data center operators responsible for their environmental footprint as these facilities expand.
This bill requires age verification for companion chatbot services to prevent minors from accessing them. It establishes rules to ensure these AI-powered conversational tools are not used by children without appropriate safeguards.
This Missouri bill establishes new rules and requirements around the use of artificial intelligence. It likely includes oversight, transparency, or risk management provisions aimed at regulating how AI systems are developed or deployed.
This Missouri bill lets people sue if someone publishes AI-generated or AI-modified content without disclosing that AI was used to create or alter it. It creates a legal remedy for individuals harmed by undisclosed AI-generated content.
This bill allows New York's Office of Renewable Energy Siting to issue permits for battery energy storage systems used by data centers, even when not paired with renewable energy. It also requires data centers to submit plans showing how they will reduce their carbon emissions.
This act implements Phase 1 of Finland's national obligations under the EU AI Act, designating Traficom as the central contact point and establishing a multi-member National Sanctions Board with powers to impose administrative fines up to EU AI Act maximums. It entered into force on January 1, 2026 following presidential approval, with Phase 2 provisions on regulatory sandboxes and a high-risk AI systems register expected by August 2, 2026.
This bill would temporarily ban the construction of new AI data centers in Vermont while the state studies their impacts. The moratorium pauses new projects until lawmakers can review effects on energy, water, and the environment.
This bill places significant restrictions on large data centers in Florida, including banning the use of fresh water (requiring reclaimed water instead), giving local governments control over data center land-use planning, and requiring energy and grid impact studies before construction permits are issued. It also prohibits state agencies from signing nondisclosure agreements that hide data center-related information from the public.
This Indiana bill requires social media companies to get parental consent before creating accounts for children under 14 and mandates age verification, parental controls, and strict data handling rules. Companies that violate these rules can be sued by the affected minor or their parent.
This bill deals with child care licensing, child welfare procedures, and family court matters. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Indiana bill bans the use of AI systems to impersonate or replace licensed mental health professionals, while also setting rules around insurance reimbursement and network adequacy for mental health services. The AI-specific provision is an outright prohibition, making it restrictive in that regard.
Effective January 2026, Taiwan Power Company implemented tiered electricity tariffs that reward data centers achieving a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) below 1.3 and impose surcharges above 20% on inefficient operators, while discouraging large-scale northern campuses due to transformer shortages and urging operators to relocate to central and southern Taiwan. The utility is simultaneously drafting broader guidelines on grid stability safeguards as AI data center electricity demand is projected to grow 50% or more, and a 2025 moratorium on new connections over 5 MW north of Taoyuan is extending commissioning schedules by 6–12 months.
Received Royal Assent March 21, 2024, with AI-disclosure provisions taking effect January 1, 2026. Ontario employers with 25 or more employees must now disclose in all publicly advertised job postings whether artificial intelligence is used to screen, assess, or select applicants.
Effective 1 January 2026, Ontario employers with 25+ employees must disclose in publicly advertised job postings if they use AI to screen, assess or select applicants. The provision builds on the Working for Workers Four Act and aligns with the province's January 2026 joint IPC/OHRC principles for responsible AI use.
On 23 December 2025 Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed the AI Basic Act, establishing a national risk-based governance framework. Clause 13 mandates government development of hyperscaler data centres and cloud platforms to make Taiwan a top-three Asian compute hub, supported by budgets, subsidies, investment and tax incentives for AI R&D and infrastructure.
Blocks the Trump executive order that prohibits states from enacting their own AI regulations. Affirms state authority to legislate AI consumer protection, civil-rights guardrails, and sector-specific rules independently of federal preemption.
This bill would ban companion chatbots from being made available to minors in Michigan. It creates a new law specifically targeting AI-powered social or emotional companion apps that children could access.
This bill creates the Michigan Kids Code Act, which establishes online safety protections for children by regulating how internet services collect data and deliver content to minors. It imposes restrictions on platforms to limit harmful algorithmic recommendations and data practices targeting kids.
This bill addresses energy infrastructure, economic development, and workforce training specifically for large-scale data centers in New Hampshire. It appears designed to support and encourage data center growth by improving related energy systems and building a skilled workforce.
This bill sets rules for how websites and data brokers can collect, use, and share people's personal information. It aims to give consumers more control and protection over their data held by these companies.
Published by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in December 2025, this binding decision replaces the 2021 moratorium framework and requires new data centres above 10 MVA to provide on-site or proximate dispatchable generation matching their full grid import capacity, participate in the Single Electricity Market, and source 80% of annual electricity from additional Irish renewables within a six-year glide path. System Operators EirGrid and ESB Networks must assess each application against location constraints and publish a standardised connection process by 31 March 2026.
This bill creates a licensing system for independent organizations that verify whether AI systems have adequate risk controls in place. Companies providing AI risk mitigation verification would need to obtain a state license to operate in Ohio.
Enacted December 11, 2025, this law amends the Electricity Act and Ontario Energy Board Act to embed economic growth as a formal regulatory objective and grants the Minister of Energy and Mines new authority to approve and prioritize large data centre grid connections based on economic, strategic, and community benefit criteria. It ends the prior first-come, first-served connection regime for high-demand facilities and restricts foreign participation in Ontario's energy sector.
This bill would require online platforms and apps to design their services with children's safety and privacy in mind, following an 'age-appropriate design code.' It places restrictions on how companies can collect and use data from minors and requires them to assess potential harms to children.
This bill establishes a 'Digital Choice Act' in New Hampshire, likely giving consumers rights over their personal data collected by digital platforms. It would impose obligations on companies regarding how they handle, share, or process user data.
Launched December 2024 as a joint venture between Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Lintasarta and BDx Data Centers, Indonesia's first sovereign AI data centre — powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing — is now the de-facto reference facility for the government's sovereign-compute strategy referenced in the 2026 Perpres package.
This Indiana bill makes several utility-related changes, including repealing a previously passed sales tax exemption for data centers and capping residential electricity rate increases at 3% per month. It also adjusts rules around municipal utility ownership and exempts utility service transactions from state sales tax starting in 2027.
This Indiana bill requires data centers to regularly report their electricity usage to state regulators and disclose projected power and water needs before receiving construction permits. It also creates a working group to study and forecast the future electricity demands of Indiana's data center industry.
This bill creates a technical assistance center to help hospitals adopt age-friendly health practices and improve performance data reporting. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill would create a new national center focused on advanced education research within the Institute for Education Sciences. It aims to support the discovery and development of new educational methods and technologies, potentially including AI-driven learning tools.
A bill to better forecast and plan for the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce of the United States, to provide data to improve training programs for in-demand industry sectors and occupations, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out prize competitions to advance the science of interpretability and to develop adversarial robustness with respect to artificial intelligence products, and for other purposes.
Prohibits use of biased or discriminatory AI-powered algorithms in decisions affecting housing, employment, credit, healthcare, and government services. Imposes transparency, audit, and impact-assessment obligations on covered AI systems. Reintroduced by Reps. Jayapal/Clarke and Sens. Markey/Lee.
This bill requires data centers in Indiana to obtain a water consumption permit from the state's Department of Natural Resources before operating. It establishes an application and approval process to regulate how much water data centers can use.
This bill limits how New Hampshire state agencies can collect and share data about individuals with autism. It puts restrictions in place to protect the privacy of autistic people's personal information held by the government.
This bill would ban all new data center construction in New Hampshire while creating a committee to study the environmental effects of data centers. It combines an outright prohibition with a formal review of impacts like energy use, water consumption, and emissions.
Launched by IMDA on 30 May 2024, this policy roadmap charts Singapore's sustainable data center growth by targeting PUE ≤ 1.3 at 100% IT load for all facilities within ten years and unlocking at least 300 MW of new capacity tied to green energy use. It also refreshed the BCA-IMDA Green Mark for Data Centres certification (October 2024) and introduced the Singapore Standard on Energy Efficiency of Data Centre IT Equipment (SS 715:2025).
Launched on 1 December 2025 by EDB and IMDA, DC-CFA2 allocates at least 200 MW of new data center capacity to operators demonstrating world-class sustainability—requiring a PUE of 1.25 at full IT load and at least 50% of power from approved green energy sources such as biomethane, low-carbon hydrogen, or on-site solar. The application window closed 31 March 2026, following the first DC-CFA pilot that awarded 80 MW to Equinix, Microsoft, GDS, and AirTrunk-ByteDance in 2023.
To increase penalties for the commission of financial crimes using artificial intelligence.
This bill requires the New Hampshire Department of Education to build a system for tracking and reporting how education funding is spent. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
To require the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report annually on the advanced artificial intelligence capabilities of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by terrorist organizations utilizing generative artificial intelligence applications, and for other purposes.
This Nevada bill creates a Security Operations Center within the Governor's Technology Office to improve state cybersecurity, including a talent pipeline program and annual effectiveness reporting. It also exempts certain cybersecurity meetings between the executive branch and legislature from open meeting requirements to protect sensitive security information.
The Energy Statutes Amendment Act bans new cryptocurrency-mining grid connections and imposes energy-use caps on new data centres in British Columbia, redirecting scarce clean electricity toward economic activity with broader social benefits. BC Hydro may refuse connections where projects fail the economic/community/environmental test.
A bill to direct the Director of the National Security Agency to develop guidance to secure artificial intelligence related technologies, and for other purposes.
This bill deals with academic intervention services and math improvement plans in Ohio public schools. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill makes broad amendments to Ohio's public school operations and the Department of Education and Workforce, covering topics like school funding, staffing, and curriculum standards. It does not substantively address AI regulation or data-center policy.
A private member's bill introduced November 2025 by NDP MPP Rob Cerjanec that would require the provincial government to design and maintain a comprehensive AI talent and innovation strategy with the goal of making Ontario a global AI leader within ten years. It would establish an AI Advisory Committee to publish annual progress reports and recommend legislative changes.
Passed in November 2025, this law replaced BC's first-come, first-served electricity connection policy with a competitive selection process for AI, data centers, and hydrogen-for-export sectors, capping their combined access at 400 MW of new power every two years. It also permanently bans new BC Hydro grid connections for cryptocurrency mining and enables First Nations co-ownership of the North Coast Transmission Line.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the State and local cybersecurity grant program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Finalized by MeitY on November 13, 2025, these rules operationalize the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, establishing consent-centric data fiduciary obligations, breach notification requirements, and the Data Protection Board of India as an enforcement authority. AI systems processing personal data face phased compliance obligations — including data minimization, impact assessments for Significant Data Fiduciaries, and explicit consent requirements — rolling out fully by May 2027.
Passed by the Legislative Yuan on October 17, 2025 and promulgated on November 11, 2025 (effective date to be set by the Executive Yuan in 2026), this amendment establishes the Personal Data Protection Commission as an independent supervisory authority and aligns Taiwan's regime with GDPR standards, including mandatory breach notification to both data subjects and regulators, and a new Data Protection Officer requirement for government agencies. The amendment directly intersects with AI data-pipeline obligations under the AI Basic Act.
This bill amends Michigan's use tax law to reflect the elimination of the Michigan Strategic Fund, a state economic development agency. It does not substantively address AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill amends Michigan's General Sales Tax Act to reflect the elimination of the Michigan Strategic Fund, a state economic development agency. It does not address AI regulation or data-center policy in any substantive way.
A bill to require artificial intelligence chatbots to implement age verification measures and make certain disclosures, and for other purposes.
This Pennsylvania bill sets rules for how artificial intelligence can be used in mental health therapy services. It establishes enforcement mechanisms to ensure AI-based therapy tools are used appropriately and safely.
This bill puts into law the recommendations made by a special commission studying facial recognition technology, likely establishing rules and restrictions on how it can be used. It aims to regulate the deployment of facial recognition, particularly by law enforcement and government agencies.
Released on 21 October 2025, this non-binding framework replaced the Voluntary AI Safety Standard, condensing ten guardrails into six responsible AI practices covering governance, impact assessment, risk management, transparency, testing and monitoring, and human oversight — and is aligned with Australia's eight AI Ethics Principles. It signals a pivot away from imminent mandatory AI legislation toward a multi-regulator, standards-led model, with the government concurrently reviewing whether existing laws adequately address AI risks before committing to a standalone AI Act.
This bill proposes rules governing how artificial intelligence and software tools can be used to make or assist in healthcare decisions in Massachusetts. It likely requires transparency, oversight, or restrictions on AI-driven medical decision-making to protect patients.
This bill bans 'surveillance pricing,' where businesses use personal data and algorithms to charge individual customers different prices based on their behavior or characteristics. It establishes penalties for companies that engage in this practice.
This bill updates California's law on deepfake pornography, which prohibits creating or sharing sexually explicit fake images of real people without their consent. It strengthens civil legal protections for victims of non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery.
This bill deals with food assistance programs and utility services during disasters. It has no relevance to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill requires data centers in California to report on and manage their water usage. It sets rules around water consumption by data centers, likely including reporting requirements or efficiency standards.
Italy's first comprehensive national AI law, in force from October 10, 2025, establishes governance structures assigning AgID (notifying authority) and ACN (market surveillance) as national competent authorities, with sector-specific rules for healthcare, employment, justice, and minors. It mandates the government to issue implementing decrees by October 2026 defining sanctioning powers, an organic framework for AI training data, and alignment with the EU AI Act, while committing €1 billion to support AI startups and SMEs.
Requires healthcare providers and payers to make available a human override of any AI-based clinical recommendation, protecting patient autonomy and preserving clinician judgment in coverage and treatment decisions.
This bill updates California's data broker law, tightening rules around how data brokers collect and delete personal information. It strengthens consumer rights by requiring data brokers to comply with stricter data deletion and collection standards.
Published in October 2025, this Government Official Report proposes a new national Swedish AI law and ordinance designating the Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) as the primary market surveillance authority, with 11 sectoral co-authorities, enforceable administrative fines, and at least one regulatory sandbox to be established by August 2, 2026. It bridges EU AI Act mandates with Swedish administrative procedures on secrecy, documentation, and enforcement powers.
This bill updates California's health data exchange framework, which governs how health and human services organizations share patient data. It sets rules for data sharing among health agencies but does not focus specifically on AI regulation or data-center policy.
Indonesia's comprehensive data protection law, modeled in part on the GDPR, which became fully enforceable on October 17, 2024 after a two-year transition period. It covers all personal data processing within and outside Indonesia that has legal effect on Indonesian citizens, with administrative fines up to 2% of annual revenue and criminal penalties up to six years imprisonment for violations; however, implementing regulations and the dedicated PDP Agency remain under development as of April 2026.
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program, and for other purposes.
This bill is a general state budget supplemental appropriations measure for fiscal year 2025. It does not appear to be specifically focused on AI regulation or data-center policy.
To provide a national framework to sustain American leadership in artificial intelligence, to require an actionable Federal plan aligned to that policy, and to establish a temporary moratorium preempting certain State laws that restrict artificial intelligence models and syste...
To support National Science Foundation education and professional development relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
This bill requires data centers in New York to report their annual energy use and bans them from receiving incentives tied to fossil fuel energy contracts. It also directs state regulators to create a special surcharge and discount system to manage the grid costs that data centers impose on other utility customers.
This Pennsylvania bill creates a formal permitting process that data centers must go through before being built, with the state's environmental agency overseeing approvals. It adds regulatory hurdles to data center construction by requiring environmental review and compliance before siting can proceed.
This bill deals with health care workforce planning in Delaware, amending state code related to health care staffing and workforce development. It does not appear to address AI or data-center policy.
This bill amends Delaware's public education profiles law, which relates to school reporting and data. It does not appear to address AI or data-center policy in any substantive way.
This bill amends Delaware's Healthcare Associated Infections Disclosure Act, which deals with reporting hospital infection data. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill amends Delaware's county property tax data rules and is not related to AI or data-center policy. It deals with local government property tax administration.
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create voluntary guidelines for evaluating and verifying that AI systems are trustworthy and reliable. The standards would cover both internal checks by developers and external third-party assessments of AI systems.
This resolution concerns NOAA buoy outages, which are related to weather and ocean monitoring equipment. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Alaska bill addresses multiple education topics including restricting wireless devices (like smartphones) in public schools. It also touches on school funding, class sizes, charter schools, and vocational training.
This bill aims to prevent the sexual exploitation of women and minors, likely addressing non-consensual synthetic or digital media used for exploitation. It establishes prohibitions or penalties related to such content.
A bill to create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.
This bill sets rules for how law enforcement agencies can use facial recognition technology, placing restrictions and oversight requirements on its use. It aims to prevent misuse while establishing accountability measures for police use of this AI-powered identification tool.
This resolution directs Delaware's AI Commission to work with the Secretary of State to design a regulatory sandbox — a controlled testing environment — for new technologies that use agentic AI, which can act autonomously to complete tasks. It is an exploratory step to study how to safely test and oversee these emerging AI systems without imposing hard restrictions yet.
A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a framework for detecting, removing, and reporting child pornography in datasets used to train artificial intelligence systems, and for other purposes.
This Pennsylvania bill creates a new state office and a regulatory sandbox program to fast-track permits and reduce red tape for large data centers that generate their own power. It takes a pro-industry approach designed to attract AI and emerging technology investment to the state.
This bill appears to relate to the North Carolina Community College System's Learning Management System and the NC Longitudinal Data System, which are educational data infrastructure tools. It does not substantively address AI regulation or data-center policy.
Enacted and in force from July 1, 2025, this law requires owners or operators of data centers with an installed IT power demand of at least 500 kW to publicly report annual energy performance data to the EU-wide database, implementing the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Facilities used for security-sensitive or defense purposes under the Protective Security Act are exempt.
This regulation formalizes the mandate and expected outcomes for BC's Minister of State for AI and New Technologies for the 2025/26 fiscal year, operating alongside the province's existing Policy on the Use of Generative AI and Digital Code of Practice for public servants. The policy permits BC Public Service employees to use generative AI tools responsibly under defined guidelines, including use of Microsoft Copilot Chat for confidential information, while prohibiting inputs into publicly available tools like ChatGPT.
This bill updates Pennsylvania's Stroke System of Care Act to revise definitions and establish a statewide stroke registry. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill directs a Maine health data organization to create a plan for measuring gaps in home and community-based services. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill directs Maine's Arts Commission to study how federal and other states' laws are protecting artists from having their work used without permission by AI companies. The commission would also monitor how AI is being used in educational settings.
This bill appears to be a general administrative or agency bill related to the North Carolina Department of Information Technology. Without specific AI or data-center policy provisions, it does not substantively address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill updates Delaware labor law to add protections for warehouse workers, likely addressing automated work quotas or algorithmic management systems. It aims to regulate how technology-driven performance tracking affects workers in warehouse and distribution settings.
This bill directs Delaware's Department of Health and Social Services to prepare reports on demographic data related to early childhood care and education. It has no substantive connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill updates the rules for how data brokers must notify people about their data collection practices, including what information must be posted on their websites. It strengthens transparency requirements for companies that collect and sell personal information.
This bill would create regulations for companies that collect and sell personal data about people, known as data brokers. It sets rules these businesses must follow when handling consumer information.
This bill establishes an integrated data system to collect and share information about young children across early childhood programs and services in Texas. It focuses on coordinating child development data but does not impose AI-specific restrictions or incentives.
A bill to establish immunity from civil liability for certain artificial intelligence developers, and for other purposes.
This bill revises the NV Grow Program, a small business development initiative, by updating oversight responsibilities and participation requirements. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill designates a day to raise awareness about Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, a rare genetic disorder. It has no relevance to AI or data-center policy.
This bill requires businesses to be upfront with consumers when they are interacting with or being affected by artificial intelligence in commercial transactions. It aims to ensure people know when AI is being used in decisions or communications that affect them as customers.
This bill requires businesses applying for transferable tax credits or tax abatements — which often include data centers — to agree to a community benefits agreement as a condition of approval. It adds a layer of community collaboration requirements to economic development incentives in Nevada.
This New York bill would require companies that build generative AI systems to publicly disclose information about the data used to train those systems on their websites. Developers would need to provide at least a high-level summary of the datasets used, increasing transparency around how AI models are built.
This Maine bill aims to prevent artificial intelligence from improperly influencing or making official state government decisions. It sets rules to ensure that AI does not interfere with government determinations in ways that are unethical, unsafe, or illegal.
Enacted June 7, 2025, this law requires any new electricity load of 5 MW or more — including data centers — to obtain ministerial authorization from the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, with approval conditioned on technical feasibility, economic benefit, and environmental impact. It effectively gates all large-scale data center power connections through direct government discretion, continuing and codifying restrictions that began with Bill 2 in 2023.
This bill establishes a pilot program for family resource and juvenile assessment centers in Nebraska. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
Change provisions relating to the disclosure of tax information to municipalities
This bill makes administrative changes to Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services and related agencies, eliminating various programs, reporting requirements, and agency duties. It does not address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Nevada bill bans certain uses of AI in public schools, restricts how AI can be used in mental and behavioral health care, and prohibits AI systems from falsely presenting themselves as qualified mental health providers. It also requires the state Education Department to create a policy on AI use and establishes civil penalties for violations.
This bill establishes a pilot wellness program for state employees with diabetes or prediabetes. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill would create a new Michigan law giving consumers rights over their personal data, including how it is collected, used, and shared by businesses. It establishes rules companies must follow to protect consumer privacy and would include oversight and enforcement mechanisms.
This bill makes amendments to Maine's Background Check Center, which handles criminal history and background screening. It does not appear to relate to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires Medicaid provider applicants to verify their identity and signature when applying. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill makes changes to Nevada's education system, including competency-based learning, school scheduling, and career exploration programs. It does not address artificial intelligence or data center policy.
This Nevada bill creates a Security Operations Center within the state's chief information office to oversee government cybersecurity, establishes a talent pipeline program for cybersecurity workers, and requires annual effectiveness reports. It also allows school districts to use state cybersecurity services and makes other updates to how government entities manage digital security.
This bill updates Nevada's education data reporting and accountability systems, including how student performance metrics are collected and published. It does not address artificial intelligence or data center policy in any substantive way.
This bill makes broad updates to Nevada healthcare laws, covering topics like health information exchange, insurance prior authorization, Medicaid, and provider licensing. It does not address artificial intelligence or data center policy.
This bill creates a new state office focused on children's mental and behavioral health services in Nevada. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires data centers to meet power usage effectiveness (PUE) standards and addresses how data centers' energy costs are allocated among utility ratepayers. It aims to prevent data center energy consumption from shifting costs onto other electricity customers.
This bill commemorates the 10th anniversary of Día de Los Muertos performances by a dance group in Round Rock, Texas. It has no relevance to AI or data-center policy.
Poland's national grid operator (PSE) released a ten-year transmission plan that explicitly reserves approximately 1,200 MW of grid capacity for data center development by 2034 and commits to expanding renewable connection capacity to remove grid bottlenecks. The plan acknowledges that Warsaw's grid is already congested, encouraging data center investment in secondary cities such as Kraków, Wrocław, and Poznań.
This bill prohibits AI from making final decisions about emergency response planning, resource allocation, or utility shutdowns during disasters in Nevada. Government agencies and public utilities must ensure humans remain in control of critical emergency decisions rather than relying solely on AI systems.
This bill adds criminal liability provisions to Pennsylvania law for people or organizations that deploy artificial intelligence systems that cause harm. It establishes legal accountability rules specifically for AI deployment under the state's crimes and offenses code.
This bill aims to protect children by prohibiting AI-generated harmful depictions of minors. It establishes legal safeguards against the creation or distribution of such content.
This bill updates Oklahoma's Children's Code to establish requirements for multidisciplinary child abuse teams, including a secure database and protocols for reviewing cases. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill revises how Class 17 property (which includes data centers and related infrastructure) is taxed in Montana. It likely adjusts tax rates or assessment methods to make data center investment more attractive in the state.
This resolution directs a formal study of data centers in Montana, examining issues like their siting, energy use, and economic impact. No restrictions or incentives are enacted yet — it's an exploratory effort to inform future policy.
This bill caps the amount of electricity that can be supplied to data centers on commercial or industrial sites in Maine. It is designed to limit the grid load and energy consumption associated with large data center operations.
This bill requires that humans, not automated systems, make final decisions about medical insurance coverage and payments. It ensures that AI or algorithmic tools cannot independently deny or approve claims without human review.
This bill updates the rules for how health insurance companies in Montana can use artificial intelligence when making decisions about coverage or claims. It imposes requirements and restrictions to ensure AI is used fairly and transparently in health insurance processes.
This bill relates to a commission that reviews deaths caused by domestic violence. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill makes technical modifications to tax and revenue laws that are not expected to change how much money the state or local governments collect. It does not appear to relate to AI or data-center policy.
This North Dakota bill is primarily a commerce and workforce development appropriations measure covering drone programs, talent recruitment, and economic development funding. It does not substantively address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a statewide network to share real-time data about homelessness across Texas. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill makes technical corrections to the state budget and is not related to AI or data-center policy. It does not contain substantive provisions relevant to AI regulation or data-center oversight.
This bill deals with how incident-based data is collected and reported to the Texas law enforcement commission. It does not appear to involve AI, algorithms, or data-center policy.
This bill revises how data center property is taxed in Montana, likely reducing the tax burden on data center facilities. It is designed to make Montana more attractive for data center investment and development.
This bill covers long-range appropriations for state information technology systems in Montana. It does not appear to specifically address AI regulation or data-center policy.
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to improve agricultural productivity, profitability, resilience, and ecological outcomes through modernized data infrastructure and analysis, and for other purposes.
This bill requires Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development to produce a report on how artificial intelligence is affecting the workforce. It is an information-gathering measure with no direct restrictions or incentives.
This bill updates Montana election laws to require disclosure when artificial intelligence is used to create or alter political content. Candidates and campaigns would need to inform voters when AI-generated material appears in election-related communications.
This bill revises Montana laws related to the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults and incapacitated persons. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill transfers the Center for Missing Persons to the Highway Patrol division. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
To direct the National Science Foundation to make awards for artificial intelligence literacy programs, and for other purposes.
This bill sets requirements for dentists who administer Botox and dermal fillers. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill places limits on how Montana state government agencies can use artificial intelligence systems. It establishes restrictions and requirements to ensure government AI use is controlled and accountable.
This bill regulates how students in North Dakota's K-12 and pre-K schools can use personal electronic devices like smartphones during the school day. It amends existing rules to set limits on student device use in educational settings.
This bill directs a legislative study on prescription drug pricing transparency under a federal discount program. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill relates to pregnancy centers and their rights of expression, and has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy. It is not relevant to the topics tracked by this policy tracker.
This bill requires online services to protect children's personal data, limit data collection on minors, and give parents tools to monitor and report harms. It also mandates that platforms publicly report their practices related to minors and provide kids with tools to control their time and data on the service.
This bill directs a legislative study to examine how large energy consumers — such as data centers and AI facilities — affect North Dakota's electrical grid. It is exploratory in nature, gathering information without imposing any restrictions or incentives.
This bill creates rules limiting or restricting students' use of personal electronic devices, such as smartphones, during school instructional time. It aims to reduce distractions and manage how personal technology is used in North Dakota classrooms.
This bill updates North Dakota's harassment and stalking laws to explicitly cover situations where someone uses a robot or automated device to harass or stalk another person. It creates criminal penalties for using robots as tools of harassment or stalking.
This bill creates a public safety and violence prevention fund in Michigan's state management system. It does not address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill calls for a study of artificial intelligence during the legislative interim period. It is an exploratory measure to examine AI issues without imposing any restrictions or requirements.
This bill directs a study on dental and oral health care access for Medicaid recipients, including low-income children and individuals with disabilities. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
In April 2025, the Municipality of Amsterdam formally decided to allow no new data centers or expansions within city limits until at least 2030, citing scarce grid capacity and land constraints. The decision follows an earlier December 2023 round of municipal restrictions and compounds the national hyperscale ban, effectively freezing most large-scale digital infrastructure growth in Amsterdam's core market.
This bill revises the legal definition of 'victim' in Montana's Youth Court Act. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a 'Right to Compute Act' and requires that AI systems controlling critical infrastructure be shut down under certain conditions. It imposes enforceable restrictions on how artificial intelligence can be used in managing essential systems like power grids or water supplies.
This bill is Washington State's general operating budget appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal period. It is a broad spending bill and not specifically focused on AI or data-center policy.
This Nevada bill updates the rules for businesses seeking partial tax breaks, giving the state more flexibility to approve or deny applications based on the state's best interests. It also expands eligibility for property tax abatements to businesses involved in recycling materials or producing fuels from recycled materials.
This bill gives data center companies a sales tax break on construction, equipment, and related costs if they invest at least $250 million and create new jobs in Kansas. It is designed to attract large data center investments to the state.
This bill requires disclosure statements when artificial intelligence is used to create or alter content, particularly in the context of elections. It aims to ensure voters know when political materials have been generated or modified by AI.
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence.
This bill sets rules for how Illinois utilities must store and share customer energy usage data, requiring them to keep billing records for 7-15 years and provide secure online access to that data. It establishes processes for account holders and authorized recipients to request and correct utility consumption data.
This Kansas bill bans the use of DeepSeek and other AI platforms controlled by foreign adversary nations on state-owned devices and government networks. It also prohibits state use of genetic sequencing equipment or software produced by foreign adversaries.
This bill aims to protect North Carolina utility ratepayers, likely by limiting how costs from large energy consumers like data centers are passed on to regular customers. It addresses concerns about electricity rate increases driven by surging power demand from data centers and AI facilities.
This bill establishes a framework for reforming how artificial intelligence is regulated in North Carolina. It likely creates guidelines, standards, or oversight processes to ensure AI is developed and used responsibly.
A bill to enhance the use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, and for other purposes.
To direct the use of artificial intelligence by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to adapt to extreme weather, and for other purposes.
This bill would eliminate the existing sales and use tax exemption that data centers in Minnesota currently enjoy. Removing this tax break would make it more expensive to build and operate data centers in the state, potentially discouraging new investment.
This bill creates an advisory board to set employment standards for home care workers and addresses payment for personal care services. It has no substantive connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill addresses how rapidly growing electricity demand — likely from data centers and AI facilities — is managed and paid for on North Carolina's power grid. It aims to ensure that the costs of expanding grid capacity are distributed fairly among those driving the increased demand rather than spread to all ratepayers.
This bill is a ceremonial resolution honoring Donald K. Stephens for his humanitarian work with Mercy Ships. It has no relation to AI or data-center policy.
This bill directs a study on how libraries retain their materials, such as books and other resources. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Minnesota bill sets new rules for data centers around water use permits and environmental review requirements. It also exempts data centers from having to contribute to an energy conservation fund, while adding oversight on large water appropriation projects.
This New York bill would require companies that build generative AI models to publicly disclose information about the data used to train those models on their websites. Developers would need to provide a high-level summary of their training datasets, increasing transparency around how AI systems are built.
This bill allows the Department of Public Safety to share information with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority through the law enforcement telecommunications system. It is an administrative data-sharing measure unrelated to AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a learning agenda focused on artificial intelligence in North Carolina schools. It likely involves studying or planning how AI tools and concepts should be integrated into education.
This bill revises North Carolina's Health Information Exchange Act, which governs how patient health data is shared among healthcare providers. It does not appear to specifically address AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes a dedicated trust fund in North Carolina to support and invest in artificial intelligence innovation. It aims to promote AI development and economic growth within the state.
This Michigan bill would require school districts and public school academies to post certain information on their websites, likely including details about AI tools or technology policies used in schools. It promotes transparency about how technology is being used in educational settings without imposing outright restrictions.
This Ohio bill updates existing persona protection laws and creates new prohibitions against making or distributing unauthorized deepfake recordings of real people. It establishes legal consequences for using AI-generated or manipulated media to impersonate individuals without their consent.
This bill creates an AI literacy grant program in New York to help people learn about artificial intelligence as part of a broader digital equity initiative. It provides competitive funding to support AI education and skills development across communities.
This bill amends North Dakota law regarding autopsy reports, funeral practice exceptions, and related photographs. It has no relevance to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This Texas bill provides temporary sales and use tax exemptions for equipment and materials used in data centers and large data center projects. It is designed to attract data center investment to the state by reducing the tax burden on qualifying purchases.
This New York bill would require data centers to report their annual energy use and ban them from receiving incentives tied to fossil fuel energy contracts. It also directs state regulators to create a special surcharge and discount system for data center electricity rates.
This bill regulates who can use automatic license plate reader systems in South Carolina and sets rules for how law enforcement can use the data collected. It also allows the state Department of Transportation to permit certain government cameras on non-interstate highways.
This bill promotes student access to information about media literacy and civic education in Washington schools. It focuses on helping students better understand and evaluate media, which may include digital and AI-generated content.
This bill prohibits the use of AI to create deceptive advertisements in North Carolina. It targets misleading AI-generated content used in advertising, banning such practices to protect consumers from manipulation.
This bill establishes an integrated data system to collect and share information about young children across early childhood programs in Texas. It focuses on coordinating data to improve early childhood services and outcomes.
This Texas bill would exempt data centers and the equipment they use to meet their energy needs from property taxes. It is designed to attract data center investment to the state by reducing the tax burden on these facilities.
Approved in first reading by Spain's Council of Ministers on March 11, 2025, this draft bill transposes the EU AI Act into national law, establishing prohibited AI practices, obligations for high-risk systems, mandatory labeling of AI-generated content to combat deepfakes, and a domestic sanctions regime. It designates AESIA as the lead market surveillance authority while distributing enforcement responsibilities across sectoral regulators including the Spanish Data Protection Agency and Bank of Spain.
This bill deals with how health insurance claims are settled and how allowable charges for healthcare services are determined. It does not involve AI or data-center policy.
This bill establishes community emergency preparedness centers in Hawaii and creates a special fund to support them. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This Iowa bill regulates the use of AI to create election-related content, such as deepfakes or synthetic media that could mislead voters. It also establishes protections for people interacting with AI systems and sets penalties for violations.
This bill creates a new AI institute at the University of Hawaii to promote and advance artificial intelligence programs across the state. It is designed to support AI development and innovation in Hawaii.
This bill proposes creating a data repository that links career and education information within a state technology office. It is not related to AI regulation or data-center infrastructure policy — 'data center' here refers to a data collection system, not a computing facility.
This bill establishes consumer protections for people interacting with AI systems, likely requiring transparency and safeguards around how AI engages with users. It aims to ensure consumers are informed and protected when dealing with automated AI-driven interactions.
This bill proposes creating a data repository to track students' educational and career outcomes in Massachusetts. It is focused on workforce and education data infrastructure, not AI regulation or data-center technology policy.
This bill deals with financial transparency requirements for hospitals and health systems in Massachusetts. It does not address AI or data-center policy.
This bill focuses on healthcare cost transparency for patients and entrepreneurs, not AI or data-center policy. It does not appear to regulate or incentivize AI or data infrastructure in any substantive way.
This bill aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by artificial intelligence systems and data centers in Massachusetts. It would likely impose reporting requirements or efficiency standards on AI operations to address their environmental impact.
This bill proposes rules governing how artificial intelligence and software tools can be used when making healthcare decisions. It aims to ensure oversight and likely transparency requirements for AI-driven medical decision-making processes.
This bill would require disclosures when artificial intelligence is used, so people know when they are interacting with or being affected by AI systems. It aims to increase transparency around how AI is being used in Massachusetts.
This bill would put into law the recommendations made by a special commission studying facial recognition technology in Massachusetts. It aims to establish rules and safeguards around how facial recognition can be used, particularly in law enforcement and government contexts.
This resolution establishes a task force to study artificial intelligence and make recommendations to the Alaska Legislature. It is an exploratory effort with no binding restrictions or requirements on AI use.
This Georgia bill bans the distribution of computer-generated obscene material depicting children and adds enhanced criminal sentences for offenders who use artificial intelligence to commit certain crimes. It updates the state's obscenity laws to specifically address AI-generated content targeting minors.
This bill focuses on how data is collected and managed within Vermont's criminal justice system. It likely establishes requirements or oversight for tracking criminal justice data, which could include how automated tools or algorithms interact with that data.
This Vermont bill would establish rules for how social media platforms and AI systems must operate, likely including transparency requirements, safety standards, and protections for users. It represents a broad regulatory framework aimed at holding these technologies accountable to public standards.
This North Dakota bill creates a state technology research center, an oversight committee, and a grant program to fund advanced computing projects. It establishes financial incentives through compute credits and a dedicated grant fund to support technology development in the state.
This bill would establish oversight rules and safety requirements for companies that build or use AI systems deemed inherently dangerous. It places significant compliance obligations on AI developers and deployers operating in Vermont.
This bill requires Georgia state agencies to report their use of artificial intelligence to the Georgia Technology Authority each year. The Authority would also be empowered to develop policies governing how state agencies use AI.
This bill updates Kansas state IT governance by clarifying the roles of the chief information security officer and chief information technology officer, and allows the state IT office to offer services to local governments and hospitals. It does not address AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill changes the sales and use tax exemption rules for data centers in Minnesota. It modifies existing tax breaks that data centers can receive, likely adjusting eligibility requirements or the scope of the exemption.
This bill would require social media platforms to include provenance data — information about the origin and history of content — when material is shared online. The goal is to help users identify the source of digital content, including AI-generated or manipulated media.
This bill creates an advisory board to set employment standards for home care workers and addresses payment for personal care services. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires law enforcement in Minnesota to obtain a warrant before using facial recognition technology to identify individuals. It establishes legal guardrails around how police can deploy this surveillance tool, protecting people's privacy rights.
This bill requires Illinois utilities to store customer energy usage data for extended periods and share it securely with account holders or their designated third parties upon request. It establishes rules for how and when this data must be delivered, and includes protections for utilities against liability when data is misused after proper sharing.
This Illinois bill requires companies that handle personal health data to clearly disclose their privacy practices, get explicit consent before collecting or selling health data, and give individuals the right to delete their data or withdraw consent. It also bans discriminatory treatment of people who refuse to share their health data and restricts location-based targeting near health facilities.
This Illinois bill requires companies that handle personal health data to disclose their privacy practices, get explicit consent before collecting or selling health information, and give individuals the right to delete their data. It also bans discriminatory practices against people who refuse to share their health data and places strict rules on geofencing near health facilities.
This bill updates the rules and requirements for naturopathic doctors in Kansas, including their scope of practice and insurance requirements. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill would create a Wildfire Intelligence Center to improve coordination and information sharing for wildfire response. It supports the use of data and intelligence tools to better predict, monitor, and manage wildfires across the country.
This Illinois bill bans distributing deceptive AI-generated or manipulated media about candidates within 90 days of an election if it's intended to damage their reputation or mislead voters. Violators face penalties, with exceptions for satire and clearly labeled content.
This bill would create a comprehensive Illinois data privacy law requiring businesses to limit how they collect and use personal data, give individuals rights over their information, and apply special protections for children. Companies would need clear policies and face enforcement for violations.
This bill deals with campus sexual misconduct policies and has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy. It does not address any AI or data-center related issues.
This bill amends Georgia's income tax definitions and does not appear to relate to AI regulation or data-center policy. It is a general tax code update with no substantive connection to AI or data centers.
This bill modifies existing tax exemptions for certain data centers in Minnesota, likely adjusting eligibility requirements or benefits. It takes a pro-industry approach by maintaining or refining financial incentives for data center operators.
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit United States persons from advancing artificial intelligence capabilities within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
This Illinois bill bans distributing deceptive AI-generated or manipulated media about candidates within 90 days of an election when the intent is to deceive voters or harm a candidate's electoral prospects. Violators face penalties, though exceptions are included for certain types of content.
This Michigan bill sets requirements for operating a health data utility, which manages the exchange of health information between providers and other entities. It establishes rules around how health data is shared and managed, which has implications for data privacy and oversight of health information systems.
As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artificial intelligence tools within the curriculum taught by the educator; requires the de...
This bill would prevent electric utilities from spreading the costs of serving commercial data centers across all ratepayers, requiring that those costs be charged specifically to the data centers themselves. It aims to protect regular electricity customers from subsidizing the high energy demands of data center operations.
This bill sets rules for how automatic license plate reader systems can be used in Texas, likely covering data collection, storage, and access by law enforcement. It addresses privacy and oversight concerns related to automated vehicle tracking technology.
This bill modifies rules for Hawaii's Works of Art Special Fund, limiting a 1% transfer requirement to original construction of state buildings and restricting fund use to art acquisition costs. It has no relevance to AI or data-center policy.
This bill updates rules for Hawaii's public art fund, limiting when money must be set aside for artwork in state building projects. It has no connection to AI or data-center policy.
This bill creates a Community Readiness Centers Program in Hawaii to support emergency preparedness, funded by a renamed environmental and energy tax. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.
This Alaska bill requires disclosure when AI-generated deepfakes are used in election-related content and sets rules for how state agencies can use AI and share personal data. It aims to increase transparency and accountability in both political media and government AI use.
This Alaska bill creates legal liability for defamation when synthetic media (AI-generated or manipulated content) is used to harm someone's reputation, and restricts the use of synthetic media in political campaign communications. It establishes enforceable rules around AI-generated content in elections and public discourse.
This Nebraska bill would establish consumer protection rules around artificial intelligence, likely requiring transparency and accountability from companies that deploy AI systems. It aims to protect residents from potential harms caused by AI tools and automated decision-making.
This bill appropriates funding for Hawaii's Department of Agriculture to support agricultural biosecurity programs and staff positions. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill delays the scheduled update of nursing home payment rates until 2028. It has no connection to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill makes it a crime in Hawaii to create or share sexually explicit deepfake images or videos without consent. It targets AI-generated fake content that depicts real people in sexual situations.
This bill appropriates funding for agricultural biosecurity positions and programs in Hawaii's Department of Agriculture. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill reorganizes Hawaii's arts and cultural agencies by moving them to a different department and establishes a new performing arts grants program. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill establishes overdose prevention centers and related oversight in Hawaii. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This bill requires Hawaii state agencies to set and maintain environmental action levels for toxic chemicals and pollutants. It has no relation to AI policy or data-center regulation.
This bill establishes rules in Nebraska to protect people's biometric data — such as fingerprints, face scans, and iris patterns — by requiring consent before collection and limiting how companies can use or share it. It gives individuals legal rights over their own biological identifiers and sets penalties for violations.
This bill establishes fees for participating in Nebraska's prescription drug monitoring program and health information exchange. It is not related to AI or data-center policy.
This bill would prohibit businesses from using AI algorithms to discriminate against people based on protected characteristics like race, gender, or religion. It establishes consumer protections against discriminatory AI decision-making in New York.
This bill updates the rules about who can view or share autopsy photographs and videos in South Carolina. It has no connection to AI regulation or data-center policy.
This North Dakota bill gives the state Public Service Commission authority to regulate where data centers can be built, including compatibility with surrounding land uses. It also establishes penalties for violations of these siting rules.
This bill would create a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer position in New York State to develop statewide AI policies and coordinate how government agencies use AI tools. The role is focused on governance and oversight rather than imposing restrictions or providing incentives.
This bill would prohibit businesses from using AI algorithms to discriminate against people based on protected characteristics like race, gender, or religion. It establishes consumer protections against biased AI decision-making in New York.
Funded under Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), the Polo Strategico Nazionale awarded €520 million in contracts in 2024 to migrate ministerial workloads to certified sovereign clouds, requiring data to remain on domestic Italian soil in Tier 4 facilities. The Italian AI Law reinforces this by requiring public administrations using e-procurement to prefer AI suppliers that guarantee strategic data localization in Italian data centers, with a PNRR mandate to shift 75% of public workloads to certified domestic clouds by 2026.
In November 2024, the Polish government announced a 1 billion złoty (approximately $240 million) national investment plan targeting AI development to boost economic competitiveness and the defence sector, updated in 2024 as part of the revised AI Development Policy in Poland. The programme funds AI R&D through the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) and supports GovTech Polska initiatives deploying AI in public administration.
Fully in effect since September 2024, Law 25 imposes GDPR-style obligations on all organizations processing personal data of Québec residents, including mandatory Privacy Impact Assessments for AI systems, explicit disclosure when decisions are made exclusively through automated processing (Section 12.1), and penalties up to $25 million CAD or 4% of worldwide turnover. The Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI) is ramping up enforcement audits in 2026, making it Canada's strictest provincial AI privacy framework.
Approved on August 22, 2023 and operational since June 2024, this royal decree established AESIA as Europe's first dedicated national AI supervisory authority, headquartered in A Coruña. AESIA manages Spain's national AI regulatory sandbox, monitors the market for prohibited AI systems, and will assume full inspection and sanctioning powers once the national AI law enters into force.
Effective 1 January 2024, this amendment to the BKL formally banned new hyperscale data centers (>10 hectares and >70 MW) across most of the Netherlands, restricting new large-scale builds to designated municipalities such as Eemshaven (Het Hogeland) and Agriport A7 (Hollands Kroon). It codified the 2022 interim moratorium into permanent spatial planning law and does not apply to projects already permitted before its entry into force.
A non-binding ministerial circular issued in December 2023 that establishes an ethical code of conduct for all public and private electronic system operators engaging in AI-based activities in Indonesia, covering principles such as inclusivity, data protection, IP rights, and safety. It serves as the interim regulatory framework for AI pending the enactment of a binding Presidential Regulation on AI, which was still being finalized as of early 2026.