Connecticut

Connecticut is the state where the comprehensive approach keeps almost happening. Senator Maroney's framework bill passed the Senate in successive sessions without becoming law, and the 2026 session's SB 5 continued the effort. What has actually been enacted is narrower, including 2026 limits on AI-driven dynamic pricing, so the state sits in the growing category of targeted-law jurisdictions with a framework still pending.

Key points

• A comprehensive AI framework (the SB 2 lineage, continued as SB 5 in 2026) has repeatedly passed the Senate without enactment.
• The 2026 session produced narrower enacted measures, including limits on AI dynamic pricing.
• The Connecticut Data Privacy Act's profiling and automated-decision provisions already apply to AI.

Laws and instruments

Timeline

• 2024
  SB 2 framework passes the Senate, stalls in the House.
• 2025
  Framework passes the Senate again without enactment.
• 2026
  SB 5 continues the framework push; narrower measures enacted.

Who it applies to

Connecticut consumers: enacted targeted rules apply now; the framework bill, if it ever passes, would add developer and deployer duties for high-risk systems.

Penalties

Enforcement through the Attorney General and the CTDPA's mechanisms for the enacted measures.

Common questions