license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/state-ai-bills/
pretty_name: State AI Law Tracker (free sample)
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
- sample
- ai-policy
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: sample
data_files:
- split: train
path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
data_files:
- split: train
path: summary_by_state.csv
State AI Law Tracker: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
Every state AI bill NCSL tracked in 2024 and 2025, with status and what each one makes someone do.
Headline: State legislatures introduced 1,631 artificial intelligence bills in 2024 and 2025 across 56 states and territories, and 195 were enacted: each one is a compliance obligation someone has to track, and most companies track none.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 1,631 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/state-ai-bills/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_state.csv |
row counts by state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by state (largest groups)
| State | rows |
|---|---|
| New York | 211 |
| New Jersey | 108 |
| California | 97 |
| Texas | 81 |
| Illinois | 79 |
| Massachusetts | 72 |
| Maryland | 66 |
| Hawaii | 59 |
| Virginia | 53 |
| Florida | 39 |
| Tennessee | 39 |
| Pennsylvania | 38 |
| TOTAL | 1,631 |
Full table: summary_by_state.csv.
What the full file has
- 1,631 rows
- Key fields: session_year, state, bill, title, status_raw, summary, ncsl_category, status, obl_disclosure_labeling, obl_impact_assessment
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 1,631 bills (488 in 2024, 1,143 in 2025) in 50 states, DC and territories (56 jurisdictions). NCSL tables fetched Nov 6 2026; built Nov 6 2026
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
session_year |
Legislative session year |
state |
State or territory |
bill |
Bill number |
title |
Bill title |
status_raw |
Status as NCSL lists it |
summary |
NCSL summary |
ncsl_category |
NCSL topic category |
status |
Normalized status |
obl_disclosure_labeling |
Summary or title concerns disclosure, labeling, watermarks or notice |
obl_impact_assessment |
Summary or title concerns impact or risk assessments and audits |
obl_deepfake_prohibition |
Summary or title concerns deepfakes or deceptive synthetic media |
obl_election_rules |
Summary or title concerns elections and political ads |
obl_csam_criminal |
Summary or title concerns AI-generated child sexual abuse material and other criminal content |
obl_government_use_inventory |
Summary or title concerns state agency use, inventories or procurement |
obl_healthcare |
Summary or title concerns health care, patients or insurance |
obl_employment |
Summary or title concerns employment and hiring |
obl_consumer_protection_discrimination |
Summary or title concerns algorithmic discrimination and consumer protection |
obl_chatbot_companion |
Summary or title concerns chatbots and AI companions |
obl_task_force_study |
Summary or title concerns task forces, studies or councils |
obl_education |
Summary or title concerns schools and education |
obl_frontier_model_safety |
Summary or title concerns frontier or foundation model safety |
obl_provenance_copyright |
Summary or title concerns provenance, copyright or training data |
obligations |
Semicolon list of the obligation flags set |
bill_id |
State, bill number and session year |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Enacted law list | $300 | All 195 enacted AI bills and 58 adopted resolutions with status, summary and obligation flags. CSV and Excel. |
| Full tracker | $900 | All 1,631 bills from 2024 and 2025 with status, category and the 14 obligation flags. |
| Monthly update | $2,900 a year | The tracker re-run monthly through the 2026 sessions, with newly enacted bills and status changes marked by obligation type, for 12 months. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/state-ai-bills/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Fetch NCSL's artificial intelligence legislation tables for 2024 and 2025 (the 2026 page is tried each run and skipped while it has no table), parse every bill row, normalize status, mark 2024 bills still listed as pending as pending at session end, run a keyword classifier over title, summary and category for 14 obligation types, and build a bill id from state, bill number and year.
Not legal advice and not the bill text: obligations come from NCSL's one-paragraph summary, so they flag where to read, not what the law requires. Status is as NCSL last updated it; a 2025 bill listed as pending may since have passed or died. No effective dates are extracted.
Sources
- NCSL Artificial Intelligence 2024 Legislation, https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/artificial-intelligence-2024-legislation
- NCSL Artificial Intelligence 2025 Legislation, https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/artificial-intelligence-2025-legislation
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/state-ai-bills/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com