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Research report 04 / Proposal to enforcement

AI Policy Implementation Clock

Policy actions, effective dates, status movement, jurisdictions, and implementation lag.

Archived snapshotv13Sep 10, 2026
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Policy actions
25

Verified records

Jurisdictions
17

Named geographies

Median lead time
0 days

Announcement to effective date

Effective dates
9

Explicitly disclosed

Interactive figurePolicy clock
CSV JSON
Data status3 verified observations

Bar height represents actions. Colors separate the recorded series.

Verified observationHover or focus any mark for exact valuesLast updated Sep 10, 2026

Version ledger

Frozen public editions

Each edition preserves the records, method, sources, and downloads available at publication time.

  1. v52 / latestOct 22, 2026129 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 129 records.

  2. v51Oct 21, 2026126 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions. The frozen snapshot contains 126 records.

  3. v50Oct 20, 2026125 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 125 records.

  4. v49Oct 19, 2026124 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 124 records.

  5. v48Oct 18, 2026123 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions. The frozen snapshot contains 123 records.

  6. v47Oct 17, 2026122 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 122 records.

  7. v46Oct 16, 2026119 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 119 records.

  8. v45Oct 15, 2026117 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 117 records.

  9. v44Oct 14, 2026115 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 115 records.

  10. v43Oct 13, 2026114 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 114 records.

  11. v42Oct 12, 2026113 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 113 records.

  12. v41Oct 11, 2026112 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 112 records.

  13. v40Oct 10, 2026109 records / 40 sources

    +9 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 109 records.

  14. v39Oct 9, 2026100 records / 40 sources

    +14 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions. The frozen snapshot contains 100 records.

  15. v38Oct 8, 202686 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 86 records.

  16. v37Oct 7, 202683 records / 40 sources

    +11 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 83 records.

  17. v36Oct 6, 202672 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 72 records.

  18. v35Oct 5, 202671 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions. The frozen snapshot contains 71 records.

  19. v34Oct 3, 202670 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 70 records.

  20. v33Oct 2, 202669 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 69 records.

  21. v32Oct 1, 202667 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 67 records.

  22. v31Sep 30, 202665 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 65 records.

  23. v30Sep 29, 202664 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions. The frozen snapshot contains 64 records.

  24. v29Sep 28, 202663 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 63 records.

  25. v28Sep 25, 202662 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 62 records.

  26. v27Sep 24, 202661 records / 40 sources

    +3 records; updated Policy actions, Jurisdictions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 61 records.

  27. v26Sep 23, 202658 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 58 records.

  28. v25Sep 22, 202656 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 56 records.

  29. v24Sep 21, 202654 records / 40 sources

    +1 records; updated Policy actions, Effective dates. The frozen snapshot contains 54 records.

  30. v23Sep 20, 202653 records / 40 sources

    +2 records; updated Policy actions. The frozen snapshot contains 53 records.

Coverage note

Policy implementation can change after publication. Every record retains its source evidence and update timestamp.

Dataset ID
spd:policy-implementation
Stable URL
/research/policy-implementation
Version
v13
Coverage
2026-04-20/2026-09-09
Records
25
Fields
6
Updated

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The records behind the figure

CSV JSON
AI Policy Implementation Clock data records
Action dateJurisdictionAuthorityActionStatusEffective
2026-04-20United States (federal)U.S. Representative Blake Moore, U.S. CongressIntroduced federal bill (AI Children’s Toy Safety Act) calling for a ban on the manufacture and sale of children’s toys that incorporate AI chatbots.introduced—
2026-07-14New York, United StatesGovernor Kathy Hochul, New York Department of Environmental ConservationTemporarily pauses certain state environmental permits and approvals for construction or expansion of data centers with electricity demand of at least 50 megawatts.effective2026-07-14
2026-07-29GermanyGerman Federal Cabinet, German Federal Ministry of the InteriorApproved a draft law establishing a legal basis for AI use in visa, residence, and asylum procedures.proposed—
2026-07-31VirginiaVirginia State Corporation CommissionOrder requiring mandatory contribution in aid of construction (CIAC) for certain direct-connect substations and transmission lines serving new large-load facilitiesissued2026-07-31
2026-08-01Minnesota, United StatesMinnesota Legislature, U.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaMinnesota enacted and brought into effect a law prohibiting the creation, use, and promotion of nonconsensual AI-generated nude images of identifiable people.effective2026-08-01
2026-08-01United StatesU.S. District Court, Judge Rita F. LinOrdered the administration to lift its ban excluding Anthropic technology from federal agencies and held the supply-chain-risk designation unlawful.effective—
2026-08-02European Union and GermanyBaFin, Federal Network AgencyThe EU AI Regulation became directly applicable across the European Union, and Germany’s AI-MIG assigned BaFin market-surveillance responsibility for AI systems directly related to regulated financial activities.effective2026-08-02
2026-08-02European UnionEuropean Unionrequires AI system providers serving the EU market to mark AI-generated contenteffective2026-08-02
2026-08-02European UnionEuropean Commission AI Office, National authorities of EU member statesBegan enforcing major Artificial Intelligence Act provisions covering prohibited AI practices, general-purpose AI models, and transparency requirements.effective2026-08-02
2026-08-18PennsylvaniaPennsylvania governorSigned an executive order requiring AI data center projects to comply with GRID Requirements and meet local-support, power, water, and air-quality standards before state permittingenacted2026-08-18
2026-08-27United StatesU.S. Congress, U.S. Department of CommerceIntroduced legislation directing the Commerce Department to promote qualified open AI models and assess foreign adversary model risksproposed—
2026-08-31European UnionEuropean CommissionDesignated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Acteffective2026-08-31
2026-08-31European UnionEuropean CommissionDesignated ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act, imposing enhanced online-safety obligations.announced—
2026-09-01G20White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, US Department of CommerceThe United States is seeking G20 agreement to the Carolina Principles, which would commit governments to avoid creating new AI regulatory bodies.proposed—
2026-09-01G20 member statesUnited States government, G20 governmentsThe United States will seek G20 governments' commitment to avoid creating new regulatory bodies for artificial intelligence.proposed—
2026-09-01Eatonville, Florida, United StatesEatonville Town CouncilConsider an amendment increasing daily penalties for missed data-center milestones and authorizing the town to withhold the final certificate of occupancy until site commitments are metproposed—
2026-09-01New York City, New York, United StatesNew York City Department of EducationPlans to prohibit student-facing generative AI and AI tutoring software for students in 2-K through eighth grade and restrict classroom AI use in high school.proposed—
2026-09-01G20United States government, U.S. Department of CommerceUrge G20 members to adopt the Carolina Principles and avoid creating new AI regulatory organizationsproposed—
2026-09-01G20 member countriesG20 member countries, United StatesAdvocated adoption of principles to avoid entirely new AI regulations and focus rules on novel AI situationsproposed—
2026-09-02New York CityMayor Zohran MamdaniNew York City public schools ban generative AI use by students below ninth grade for one yearannounced—
2026-09-02New York CityOffice of the Mayor of New York CityIntroduced a one-year ban on generative AI use by students through eighth grade and prohibited companion chatbots across all grades.proposed—
2026-09-02New York CityNew York City MayorNew York City announced a one-year prohibition on student-facing generative AI for public school students through eighth grade and banned AI companion chatbots for students in all grades.announced—
2026-09-04Minnesota, United StatesMinnesota Legislature, Minnesota Governor, United States federal courtMinnesota enacted a law banning the creation of non-consensual sexualized images and videos using AI; a federal judge denied xAI’s motion to block the law.effective2026-08-01
2026-09-08United KingdomUK ParliamentAlex Sobel introduced a bill proposing to ban the development, deployment, and operation of artificial superintelligence and authorize government monitoring and controls across its supply chain.proposed—
2026-09-09California, United StatesCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom, California LegislatureSigned Senate Bill 813 and Assembly Bill 1405 into law, establishing state vetting, registration, and standards for third-party AI safety auditors.enacted—

Measurement technique

How to read this report

  1. 01The clock uses the earliest verified action date and explicit effective date.
  2. 02Statuses are preserved as disclosed and normalized conservatively.
  3. 03Missing effective dates remain missing and do not enter lag calculations.

Sources

Evidence

31 publishers supporting 32 records. Expand a publisher to inspect its cited pages.

WIREDwired.com2 sources / 2 records
The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys1 supporting recordUK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI’s Summer of Chaos1 supporting record
abc45.comabc45.com1 source / 1 record
NYC mayor moves to block generative AI in classrooms for young students1 supporting record
anthropic.comanthropic.com1 source / 1 record
How Claude's text watermarking works1 supporting record
Ars Technicaarstechnica.com1 source / 1 record
https://www.ft.com/content/6af706a3-6e63-46c2-926b-85461a355e9b?syn-25a6b1a6=11 supporting record
cbsnews.comcbsnews.com1 source / 1 record
Minnesota's AI nudification ban can go into effect during Musk lawsuit, federal judge rules - CBS News1 supporting record
clickorlando.comclickorlando.com1 source / 1 record
Eatonville weighs new penalties, protections for AI data center project1 supporting record
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CNBCcnbc.com1 source / 1 record
Penn. Gov. Shapiro says too many data center developers 'don't care about our communities'1 supporting record
democratandchronicle.comdemocratandchronicle.com1 source / 1 record
New York AI data center fight comes to Geneva, Seneca Lake Monday - Democrat and Chronicle1 supporting record
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eudigital-strategy.ec.europa.eu1 source / 1 record
Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act1 supporting record
finance.biggo.comfinance.biggo.com1 source / 1 record
EU Designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox for Stricter Oversight Under Digital Services Act — BigGo Finance1 supporting record
forkast.newsforkast.news1 source / 1 record
ChatGPT Is Now Under the EU’s Strictest Digital Rulebook – and Agents Using It Inherit the Burden1 supporting record
fox9.comfox9.com1 source / 1 record
Minnesota's AI nudification ban remains in effect after legal challenge from xAI1 supporting record
foxbusiness.comfoxbusiness.com1 source / 1 record
Mamdani bans generative AI for students until 9th grade in nation's largest school district1 supporting record
france24.comfrance24.com1 source / 1 record
US to press G20 on light-touch AI regulation1 supporting record
gizmodo.comgizmodo.com1 source / 1 record
The EU Has Officially Decided ChatGPT Is a Search Engine1 supporting record
heartland.orgheartland.org1 source / 1 record
PRESS RELEASE: European Union Begins Enforcing Sweeping Artificial Intelligence Act - The Heartland Institute1 supporting record
londoninsider.co.uklondoninsider.co.uk1 source / 1 record
EU AI Regulation Now In Force As BaFin Takes On Market Surveillance Role For Financial AI Systems1 supporting record
mashable.commashable.com1 source / 1 record
EU adds ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox to its list of 'very large' online platforms1 supporting record
nydailynews.comnydailynews.com1 source / 1 record
NYC public schools to ban generative AI for students in elementary and middle school1 supporting record
quiverquant.comquiverquant.com1 source / 1 record
Representative Gabe Evans introduces H.R. 10152: Open-Source AI Leadership Act | MSFT Stock News1 supporting record
sacbee.comsacbee.com1 source / 1 record
Newsom teases more AI safety regulations after Anthropic researcher’s resignation1 supporting record
straitstimes.comstraitstimes.com1 source / 1 record
ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rules1 supporting record
table.mediatable.media1 source / 1 record
DSA: Commission classifies ChatGPT as a ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’1 supporting record
techjuice.pktechjuice.pk1 source / 1 record
EU Hits ChatGPT With Toughest Digital Safety Rules1 supporting record
techpolicy.presstechpolicy.press1 source / 1 record
Germany's Draft Law on AI in Migration Raises Rights and Bias Concerns1 supporting record
techxplore.comtechxplore.com1 source / 1 record
US to press G20 on light-touch AI regulation1 supporting record
the-decoder.comthe-decoder.com1 source / 1 record
ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine1 supporting record
thehindu.comthehindu.com1 source / 1 record
U.S. urges hands-off approach to AI regulation at G20 tech meeting1 supporting record
tokenstead.aitokenstead.ai1 source / 1 record
DSA designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox in strictest tier1 supporting record
usnews.comusnews.com1 source / 1 record
US to Urge Hands-Off AI Regulation at G20, Official Says1 supporting record
wng.orgwng.org1 source / 1 record
New York City bans generative AI for students, limits screen time1 supporting record
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