FPF: States Have Passed 20 Private Sector AI-Specific Bills in 2025
State legislatures have passed 20 bills this year that could directly or indirectly affect private-sector AI development and deployment, the Future of Privacy Forum said in a report released Thursday.
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The group said it focused on bills “most likely to create direct compliance implications for private AI developers and deployers.” While some organizations tracked as many as 1,000 AI-related bills in 2025, FPF said it followed 210 bills in 42 states. The 20 signed bills represented a 9% enactment rate, it noted.
State lawmakers pursued narrower, transparency-driven approaches, as opposed to comprehensive frameworks, the report said. “Three key approaches to private sector AI regulation emerged: use and context-specific regulations targeting sensitive applications, technology-specific regulations, and a liability and accountability approach that utilizes, clarifies, or modifies existing liability regimes’ application to AI.”