Record 115 State AI Laws in 2026: Illinois Sets Frontier Audit Mandate, Congress Still Silent
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State AI laws in 2026 reached 115 across 30 states, a nearly 58 percent surge from last year, as state legislatures raced to fill a federal governance vacuum. Illinois became the first US state to mandate annual independent third-party audits of the largest AI developers, while chatbot safety laws and healthcare AI rules spread to more than a dozen states each.
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