Colorado AI Act, SB 24-205, as amended by SB 25B-004
Developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems making or substantially factoring into a consequential decision, which expressly includes employment. A narrow exemption applies to deployers with fewer than 50 full-time employees that do not train the system on their own data.
- 01Use reasonable care to protect against known or reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination.
- 02Implement a risk-management policy and programme, and complete an impact assessment.
- 03Review the system annually to confirm it is not causing algorithmic discrimination.
- 04Notify a consumer when a high-risk AI system makes or substantially influences a consequential decision about them.
- 05Give an opportunity to correct inaccurate personal data used in the decision, and an appeal with human review where technically feasible.
- 06Disclose to a consumer that they are interacting with an AI system before the interaction occurs.
- 07Report discovered algorithmic discrimination to the Colorado Attorney General within 90 days.
- 01As developer: use reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination, and supply deployers the documentation they need to complete their own impact assessments.
- 01No independent third-party audit. The impact assessment is a self-assessment.
- 02No pre-approval, licensing or registration with the state.
- 03No private right of action — the Attorney General has exclusive enforcement.
Enforcement is exclusively by the Colorado Attorney General as a deceptive trade practice under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act. Rebuttable presumption of reasonable care where the statutory duties are met.
Of every row here, this is the one that most directly demands what we say we already do: notice, an explanation, a correction route, and human review. Whether BitStage's recruiter-verification step meets the 'appeal with human review' standard as drafted has not been assessed on the record. We suspect it does. Suspecting is not the same as having checked, which is the whole point of this publication.
“The act extends the effective date of the requirements of Senate Bill 24-205 to June 30, 2026.”
SB 25B-004
Colorado General Assembly, SB 24-205 bill page and enacted text.