David Stauss, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Privacy + Cyber Group, was quoted in the May 13, 2026, IAPP article, “Amendments Move Colorado AI Act’s Focus From Risk to Transparency.”

  • According to Troutman Pepper Locke Partner David Stauss, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, FIP, SB 189 “removes many of the hallmarks” from the original AI Act. He said prior references to algorithmic discrimination, non-human system disclosures and attorney general notices are among the other notable removals.
  • The new notice regime still presents “limited rights in narrow circumstances,” Stauss told the IAPP. Those include rights to access and correct data as well as obtain a “meaningful human review” in instances of adverse ADMT decisions.
  • “One of the most important topics will be developing the definition of ‘materially influences,'” Stauss said, “The obligations apply to ADMT that materially influences a consequential decision. So, the attorney general’s rulemaking on that topic will be significant in determining the law’s eventual scope.”
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