1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

Vote no on Senate Bill 189. This bill guts the core transparency requirements that made Colorado's AI law meaningful, and it prioritizes corporate convenience over citizen protection. The most damaging change is eliminating the requirement for companies to disclose how their AI systems work when making consequential decisions about our jobs, housing, and loans. Senator Rodriguez himself admits this new version is just "more of a notice bill" compared to the original law. Notification without transparency is worthless. How can I effectively appeal an AI decision if I don't know how the system reached that conclusion? The three-year right-to-cure provision is a free pass for companies to violate the law without consequences. They get nearly three years to experiment on Colorado residents before facing any penalties under the Consumer Protection Act. This isn't compromise. It's capitulation to the same tech industry that filed a federal lawsuit calling our law unconstitutional. Elon Musk's xAI and the companies complaining about compliance costs will be fine. But working families denied loans, students rejected from programs, and workers passed over for jobs by opaque algorithms deserve real protection, not corporate-friendly window dressing. Colorado led the nation on AI regulation. Don't let us become the first state to abandon that leadership.