If your organization is leveraging artificial intelligence in municipal operations and services, you’ll want to become familiar with two significant Colorado AI laws enacted following the 2026 legislative session. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Acts enacted through Senate Bill 26-189 and House Bill 26-1263 will impose new transparency, notice, review, and accountability requirements on “developers” and “deployers” of “automated decision-making technology” (ADMT), and on “operators” of public-facing conversational AI services. When these Acts take effect, the central challenge for municipalities will be to capture the benefits of automation without losing the human oversight and accountability that public decision-making requires. To prepare, municipalities must understand where these Acts’ requirements may apply.

Read the full CIRSA Blog Post, and access CIRSA’s practical Municipal SB 26-189 Readiness Checklist, here.