Overview

• Senate Bill 4 cleared Appropriations on a 4-3 vote after Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez replaced Sen. Jeff Bridges, then won an initial floor vote late Sunday.
• Rodriguez amended SB4 to push the AI law’s start beyond February and to adjust disclosure provisions, moving the earliest effective date to at least May.
• Rodriguez and other negotiators reported a deal on paper to significantly rewrite SB4, with final bill language being drafted for a potential final Senate vote.
• Talks are zeroed in on who bears liability when AI discriminates and how much detail companies must provide to consumers about underlying data and decision factors.
• A competing House measure, HB1008, advances as a simpler delay-only option backed by industry and schools, keeping an alternative path open as the special session continues.