AI regulation in September 2026: 14 tracker entries, 10 from US States

The tracker recorded 14 AI regulation entries in September 2026, up from 1 in August 2026, and 10 of the 14 came from US States.

This review is computed from the tracker entries on this site, each of which carries verbatim evidence. The tracker holds 120 entries in total, and September 2026 accounts for 14 of them. The passages quoted below come from the evidence attached to those entries. Where an entry has no supplied passage, the review gives only the milestone and date the tracker records.

Entries by jurisdiction

Three jurisdictions appear in September 2026. The table counts entries, not instruments or provisions.

The milestone labels are mostly signings: laws signed by a governor and executive orders signed by a governor or at federal level. The rest are one consultation draft, one framework release, one bill introduction and one accord. August 2026 had 1 entry, so the month-on-month difference reflects a cluster of signing dates in California, described next.

California: auditors and independent verification

Two entries are dated 2026-09-09, and both concern third-party assessment. AB 1405 is recorded as signed into law, creating an AI Auditor Registry. A Crowell client alert states that the governor signed it together with SB 813. The governor's office describes what AB 1405 does.

The second entry is SB 813 (Voluntary AI Standards Act). The Senate district office that issued the release describes the bill's purpose as follows. The same release gives a timing detail.

A later entry, dated 2026-09-18, is Executive Order N-9-26. The tracker labels it an executive order that accelerates rules for independent verification organisations and studies a kill switch. The governor's announcement states the order's aim. The announcement also describes an expert group convened under the order.

California: workplace, healthcare and legal practice

Most of the remaining California entries are dated 2026-09-30 and cover specific sectors. SB 947 (No Robo Bosses Act) is recorded as signed into law by Governor Newsom. The bill's author describes its core rule. Ogletree, a law firm, places it within a wider set of bills.

The entry for SB 951 and AB 1883 covers Labor Code amendments. Morgan Lewis summarises one of them.

The healthcare entry, AB 1979, SB 503 and AB 1609, is recorded as signed into law. Healthcare IT News reports the signing. The governor's office lists one of the bills by title.

The entry for Senate Bill 574 (SB 574) concerns attorneys. Ropes & Gray describes the law this way. The same alert says how the law relates to existing rules.

California: the terminology order

One California entry responds to a federal action rather than regulating a technology use. California Executive Order N-10-26, dated 2026-09-30, is recorded as mandating Artificial Intelligence terminology across state agencies. Politico describes the instruction to agencies. Anadolu Agency links the order to the federal action covered in the next section.

US Federal

Three federal entries appear, two of them dated 2026-09-29. The Executive Order is recorded as renaming Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence across the executive branch. The White House Accord on Super Intelligence is recorded as signed by six AI companies alongside EO 14434. The third entry, dated 2026-09-14, is the Stop Rogue AI Act (H.R. 10362), recorded as a bill introduced in the House. The tracker holds no supplied passages for these three entries, so this review adds nothing to the milestone labels and dates above. The reader should consult the linked entries for the instruments' own text.

Other US States and China

Two US States entries come from outside California. The CSBS AI Supervisory Framework is recorded as a framework released on 2026-09-16. Executive Order 2026-07 is recorded as signed on 2026-09-22, establishing the Illinois AI Cabinet.

China has one entry. The TC260 Security Guidelines for Intelligent Agent System Development was published as a draft for public consultation on 2026-09-18. The tracker records a draft at consultation stage, not a final text.

These counts measure how many entries the tracker logged, not how significant any instrument is. A single entry can cover several bills, as the healthcare and Labor Code entries do.