The AI compliance deadline calendar

Enactment dates make headlines; effective dates change what you have to do. This calendar tracks the second kind across the whole register. The near-term pressure is concentrated in the second half of 2026, led by the EU's Article 50 transparency duties and California's Transparency Act, both landing August 2, 2026.

• February 2, 2025DoneEU prohibited practices and AI literacy duties apply
  The AI Act's banned-use list and workforce AI-literacy requirement took effect. European Union
• August 2, 2025DoneEU general-purpose AI obligations apply
  Transparency, copyright, and documentation duties for GPAI providers, with systemic-risk duties for the largest models. European Union
• January 1, 2026DoneCalifornia SB 53 and AB 2013; Texas TRAIGA; Illinois HB 3773; Vietnam Digital Technology Industry Law
  Frontier transparency and training-data disclosure in California, intent-based prohibitions in Texas, hiring-AI rules in Illinois, and Vietnam's digital industry statute all took effect the same day. California
• January 14, 2026DoneTaiwan's AI Basic Act in force
  Framework principles in force; a two-year clock started for aligning sectoral laws. Taiwan
• January 22, 2026DoneSouth Korea's AI Basic Act in force
  Asia's first comprehensive AI law took effect, with a grace period through 2026. South Korea
• January 2026DonePeru's AI regulation in force
  The implementing regulation of Law 31814 took effect, starting phased one-to-four-year sector clocks. Peru
• March 1, 2026DoneVietnam's AI Law in force
  Southeast Asia's first binding comprehensive AI statute, with extraterritorial reach and a 12-month window for pre-existing systems. Vietnam
• July 1, 2026DoneVietnam's AI portal opens; Tennessee SB 1580 effective
  Vietnam's national registration portal went live for medium- and high-risk systems; Tennessee's AI mental-health marketing ban took effect. Vietnam
• August 2, 2026AheadEU Article 50 transparency duties and California's AI Transparency Act apply
  Chatbot disclosure and synthetic-content marking in the EU; watermarking, latent disclosure, and a public detection tool for large generative providers in California. European Union
• Early August 2026AheadSaudi Arabia's draft AI Cybersecurity Guidelines consultation closes
  The NCA's lifecycle security guidelines move toward finalization. Saudi Arabia
• December 2, 2026AheadEU ban on non-consensual intimate imagery generators; watermark grace period ends
  The Digital Omnibus's Article 5 addition takes effect and the transitional accommodation on marking closes. European Union
• End of 2026AheadSwitzerland's AI consultation bill due
  The FDJP's draft implementing the Council of Europe convention, covering transparency, data protection, non-discrimination, and oversight. Switzerland
• January 1, 2027AheadColorado ADMT law, New York frontier law, and Illinois' AI Safety Measures Act take effect; Peru's first sector wave completes
  Colorado's replacement statute, New York's frontier transparency law, and Illinois' frontier safety act all begin; Peru's health, education, justice, security, and finance sectors reach their compliance mark. Colorado
• December 2, 2027AheadEU high-risk (Annex III) obligations apply
  Recruitment, credit, education, law enforcement, and other consequential-decision systems face the full high-risk regime. European Union
• January 1, 2028AheadIllinois independent audit and framework duties begin
  Large frontier developers must publish their frontier AI framework and retain an independent third party for the first annual compliance audit under the Safety Measures Act. Illinois
• January 2028AheadTaiwan's two-year legal alignment window closes
  Agencies must have aligned or amended sectoral laws under the AI Basic Act. Taiwan
• August 2, 2028AheadEU product-embedded (Annex I) obligations apply
  AI inside regulated products such as medical devices and machinery reaches full compliance. European Union