# SENATE BILL 24-205 (Colorado) — effective February 1, 2026

For SENATE BILL 24-205 (Colorado), effective date is February 1, 2026; what it applies to is developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, under part 17 of article 1 of title 6 which this act adds, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08; source re-checked 2026-10-15.

- **Jurisdiction:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** SENATE BILL 24-205 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** February 1, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, under part 17 of article 1 of title 6 which this act adds _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Superseded by:** Senate Bill 25B-004 replaced the February 1, 2026 date with June 30, 2026; Senate Bill 26-189 then repealed and reenacted, with amendments, part 17 of article 1 of title 6 effective January 1, 2027 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 6-1-1702. Developer duty to avoid algorithmic discrimination - required documentation. (1) ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 2026, A DEVELOPER OF A HIGH-RISK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM SHALL USE REASONABLE CARE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM ANY KNOWN OR REASONABLY FORESEEABLE RISKS OF ALGORITHMIC DISCRIMINATION ARISING FROM THE INTENDED AND CONTRACTED USES OF THE HIGH-RISK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> SENATE BILL 24-205

## Source

- https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_205_signed.pdf

Last verified: 2026-10-15. Review by: 2026-11-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).