On June 2, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 5 into law, designated as Public Act 26-15 and also known as the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act (the “CART Act” or “Act”).1 The CART Act is among the most comprehensive state AI laws enacted to date, creating distinct obligations for employment-related automated decision tools, consumer chatbots, frontier-model developers, generative-AI provenance, and online platforms used by minors, while also addressing AI applications in healthcare through targeted carveouts and innovation initiatives.
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Colorado Scales Back AI Law, with Targeted Implications for Health Care
- S.B. 26-189, Concerning the Use of Automated Decision-Making Technology in Consequential Decisions, and, in Connection Therewith, Making an Appropriation (Colo. 2026) (to be codified at Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-1-1701 to 1709) (effective Jan. 1, 2027), https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download. ↩︎
- S.B. 24-205, Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence, 74th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Colo. 2024), https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/47770/download. ↩︎
- President Trump’s December 2025 Executive Order criticized state AI laws as a “patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes” and cited Colorado’s algorithmic-discrimination law as an example. Exec. Order No. 14,365, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, 90 Fed. Reg. 58,499 (Dec. 16, 2025), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence; Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, White House (Dec. 11, 2025), https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence/. ↩︎
- In the signing statement for the 2024 AI Act, Governor Polis expressed that he signed SB 24-205 “with reservations,” warning that it imposed a complex compliance regime, risked a state law patchwork that could hamper innovation and competition, and needed refinement before taking effect. Letter from Jared S. Polis, Governor of Colo., to Members of the Colo. Gen. Assemb. (May 17, 2024). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i2cA3IG93VViNbzXu9LPgbTrZGqhyRgM/view. Governor Polis convened a Colorado AI Policy Work Group to develop a revised policy framework, producing the 2026 Act. See Press Release, Office of Governor Jared Polis, Colorado Artificial Intelligence Policy Workgroup Delivers Unanimous Support for Revised Policy Framework (Mar. 17, 2026), http://governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/news/colorado-artificial-intelligence-policy-workgroup-delivers-unanimous-support-revised-policy; see also S.B. 26-189, 75th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Colo. 2026), https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb26-189. ↩︎
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The European Data Protection Board Releases New Guidelines on the Processing of Personal Data for Scientific Research
By David Peloquin, Edward Machin & Lauren Aurelius on
For almost a decade, the scientific research provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have lacked authoritative, European Union (EU)-wide interpretation, leaving sponsors of clinical trials and research institutions alike to navigate a patchwork of national implementing laws. A 2019 study commissioned by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) — the body comprising EU national data protection authorities — confirmed significant divergence among EU Member States, and interim guidance published in 2021 by the EDPB highlighted — but left unresolved — several key GDPR compliance issues facing organisations in the life sciences industry. In the years since, the COVID-19 pandemic and the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit departure from the EU framework have only sharpened the need for more specific guidance. Ropes & Gray attorneys co-authored an article published in Science magazine in October 2020 that provided a summary of the complexity in this space and potential solutions.
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