CO HB 1263

enacted

Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service Operator Requirements

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CO HB 1263 pass?

Yes. CO HB 1263 has been enacted into law as of 2026-05-29. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): Governor Signed

What is CO HB 1263 about?

The act defines a 'conversational artificial intelligence service' as an artificial intelligence system that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through adaptive textual, visual, or aural communications. Effective January 1, 2027, the act creates requirements and prohibitions for a person, partnership, corporation, or entity that develops and makes publicly available a conversational artificial intelligence service or offers a conversational artificial intelligence service to a consumer (operator). An operator is required to use commercially reasonable methods or generally accepted methods to estimate the age of a consumer who has or opens an account or profile to use a conversational artificial intelligence service (account holder) and the age of other users of a conversational artificial intelligence service. If an operator knows that an account holder or user is a minor, an operator is:Required to provide certain disclosures;Prohibited from providing the minor account holder or minor user with points or rewards to encourage engagement with the conversational artificial intelligence service;Required to institute technically feasible measures to prevent the conversational artificial intelligence service from producing explicit sexual conduct, intimate digital depictions, or statements that simulate emotional dependence;Required to implement a protocol for a conversational artificial intelligence service to stop engaging in response to a user prompt regarding sexual conduct with a minor; andRequired to provide tools for the minor account holder or minor user or a parent or guardian of the minor account holder or minor user to manage the minor account holder's or minor user's privacy and account settings. The act also requires an operator to provide a disclosure to a user that a conversational artificial intelligence service is artificial intelligence, implement a protocol for user prompts regarding suicidal ideation or self-harm, and annually report to the attorney general's office information regarding the protocol the operator is implementing. The act prohibits an operator from stating that any output data provided by a conversational artificial intelligence service is provided by, endorsed by, or equivalent to services provided by certain licensed or certified professionals. The act clarifies that nothing in the act limits an individual's ability to access certain information and resources pursuant to the state constitution, requires an operator to disclose confidential information, or authorizes content moderation practices inconsistent with the United States constitution.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Who sponsors CO HB 1263?

I. Jodeh, J. Carson, J. Mabrey and 1 others are the primary sponsors of CO HB 1263, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-19
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — Governor Signed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-05-29
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-05-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-28
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-05-28
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-05-12
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-05-11
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-05-08
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-05-05
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
introduction
2026-04-21
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-04-20
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-03-31
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-26
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-19
Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
introduction

Versions

Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
Engrossed — 2026-04-20Compare
Reengrossed — 2026-04-21Compare
Revised — 2026-05-08Compare
Rerevised — 2026-05-11Compare
Final Act — 2026-05-28Compare
Signed Act — 2026-06-01Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Votes

Adopt amendment L.003
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.002
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.001
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.004
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Refer House Bill 26-1263, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Max Brooks: yes
- Ryan Gonzalez: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: no
- Sheila Lieder: yes
- Mandy Lindsay: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
- Bob Marshall: yes
- Tisha Mauro: yes
- Chris Richardson: no
- Gretchen Rydin: yes
- Larry Don Suckla: no
- Sean Camacho: yes
- Naquetta Ricks: yes
AMD (H.001)
2026-04-20 · fail · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: no
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: no
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: no
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: no
- Carter: no
- Clifford: no
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: no
- English: no
- Espenoza: no
- Feret: no
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: no
- Garcia: no
- Garcia Sander: yes
- Gilchrist: no
- Goldstein: no
- Gonzalez R.: yes
- Hamrick: no
- Hartsook: yes
- Jackson: no
- Johnson: yes
- Joseph: no
- Keltie: yes
- Lieder: no
- Lindsay: no
- Luck: yes
- Lukens: no
- Mabrey: no
- Marshall: no
- Martinez: no
- Mauro: no
- McCormick: no
- Nguyen: no
- Paschal: no
- Phillips: no
- Richardson: yes
- Ricks: no
- Rutinel: excused
- Rydin: no
- Sirota: no
- Slaugh: yes
- Smith: no
- Soper: yes
- Stewart K.: no
- Stewart R.: no
- Story: no
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: no
- Valdez: excused
- Velasco: no
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: no
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: no
- McCluskie: no
BILL
2026-04-21 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: no
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: no
- Bradfield: no
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: no
- Brown: no
- Caldwell: no
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: no
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: no
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: no
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: no
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: no
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: no
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: no
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: no
- Richardson: no
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: no
- Smith: yes
- Soper: no
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: no
- Taggart: no
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: excused
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: no
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: no
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
Adopt amendment L.019
2026-05-05 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.020
2026-05-05 · pass · 0-0
Refer House Bill 26-1263, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-05-05 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Marc Catlin: yes
- Iman Jodeh: yes
- Larry Liston: yes
- Nick Hinrichsen: yes
- Robert Rodriguez: yes
REPASS
2026-05-12 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: no
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: no
- Bradfield: no
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: no
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: no
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: no
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: no
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: no
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: no
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: no
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: no
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: no
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: no
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: no
- Smith: yes
- Soper: no
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: excused
- Suckla: no
- Taggart: no
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: no
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: no
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
CONCUR
2026-05-12 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: no
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: no
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: no
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: no
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: yes
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: no
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: no
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: no
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: no
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: no
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: no
- Smith: yes
- Soper: no
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: excused
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: no
- Woog: no
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes

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https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1263

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