Keypoint: The Colorado legislature is considering significant amendments to the nation’s first algorithmic discrimination law.
On April 28, 2025, Colorado Senator Robert Rodriguez and Representative Brianna Titone introduced SB 318, which makes significant amendments to the Colorado AI Act (SB 205). The bill is currently pending in the Senate. The Colorado legislature closes Wednesday, May 7. In the below article, we provide an overview of the more significant proposed amendments.
In addition, because SB 318 is only a redline of the sections of the Colorado AI Act for which amendments were proposed, it does not show the changes in the full context of the existing law. We prepared a complete redline of the law, which is available to Byte Back AI subscribers here.
Changes to Definitions
Algorithmic Discrimination
The amendments significantly change the law’s definition of algorithmic discrimination. Under the prior version, algorithmic discrimination was defined as any condition in which the use of an AI system results in unlawful differential treatment or impact that disfavors an individual or group of individuals based on a protected classification such as race or gender. The proposed definition defines the term as the use of an AI system that results in a violation of any applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination law, such as the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. This is a narrower definition than under the existing law.
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