Colorado lawmakers were busy in 2026, and employers must take note of a slew of new workplace laws enacted this year. Governor Jared Polis, in the final year of his final term, took a notably harder line against several high-profile labor bills this year, vetoing three of the session’s most closely watched employee-side measures. But he also signed others that add new compliance obligations related to artificial intelligence, EEO-1 data reporting, and more. Below, we summarize what made it into law, what did not, and what Colorado employers should be doing now to prepare.
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New Workplace Laws Enacted in 2026
AI Regulation Gets a Reset: Colorado AI Act Repealed and Replaced (SB 189)
The single biggest employment-adjacent development of the session was the legislature’s decision to scrap and rewrite Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI anti-discrimination law, which had been repeatedly delayed and challenged in court since it was enacted in 2024.
The new law replaces mandatory bias audit and risk impact assessment requirements with a streamlined transparency-and-notice framework that will require AI developers and businesses that deploy covered automated decision-making technology to meet several key obligations. Check out our full guide to understanding the changes in the new AI law.
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