150
▲ 14% vs 2024
AI-related bills passed into law by US states in 2025
20162025
What the chart shows
US state legislatures passed 150 AI-related bills into law in 2025, up 14% from 132 in 2024. In 2020 the count was 9, and in 2016 and 2017 it was one a year.
Most of the rise came after 2022: states passed 27 AI-related laws that year, 49 in 2023 and 132 in 2024. Over 2016–2025 they passed 416, of which California alone passed 62 (related chart).
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 |
| 2024 | 132 |
| 2023 | 49 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| Total, 2016–2025 | 416 |
How to read it
- Counts state bills passed into law whose final text includes the phrase “artificial intelligence”, plus AI-related laws listed in the Multistate AI Legislation Tracker. The AI Index notes this likely captures only part of state AI policy.
- Covers all 50 states. A count of laws, not of their scope.
Source: AI Index, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.4.4: Number of AI-related bills passed into law by all US states, 2016–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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