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United States · Washington
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Washington AI regulation is coming. Here is what we are tracking.

Our control library names 3 Washington statutes, cited by 3 of the ten U.S. state landscape controls. We checked each one for an enforcement date and could not confirm that any is in force yet — so nothing here is presented as a binding duty. Enable the U.S. States jurisdiction and you are covered the day that changes.

Dates were checked against published legislative and law-firm sources, not a reading of every chaptered text. This is not a plain-language summary of each law, and not legal advice. Last verified 2026-08-29.

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What this page does and does not tell you

Every statute above is one our control library actually cites, and every control below is one that cites it. Of the 3 listed, we confirmed an enforcement date for 0 and could not confirm one for 3, which are shown as undated rather than filled in from memory.

What you will not find here is a penalty range or a summary of each statute’s duties. We publish those only where we have read the chaptered text ourselves — currently 6 laws across 5 states, each with its own page. The library cites 94 statutes in total. Check any specific obligation against the text and with counsel before you rely on it.

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3 of the ten landscape controls cite Washington

These are the controls a generated policy draws on for this state. Every clause the platform writes cites one of them — the system retrieves controls, it never invents them.

US-STATE-001State AI Governance, Transparency, Chatbot Disclosures, and Training Data Management
US-STATE-005State Digital Impersonation, Synthetic Performers, and Election Deepfake Restrictions
US-STATE-009State Insurance Underwriting, External Consumer Data Restrictions, and Rate Fairness
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The states we have read line by line

Each of these has its own page with verified dates, penalties and duties — because we read the statute rather than the commentary about it. If you operate in one of them, start there.

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The statutes listed on this page are those cited by GOVERNBOX.ai’s control library for Washington. This page is general information, not legal advice, and does not summarize the obligations of any statute named. GOVERNBOX.ai is a product of Gradient Descent LLC, an independent commercial company that is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the State of Washington or any U.S. government agency.