Denver – The Colorado Association’s Association of Realtors (CAR) is urging lawmakers to review and amend the state’s artificial intelligence laws, warning that current legal definitions could endanger the safety of service providers that rely on basic AI tools to verify their identity.
Simply put, Senate Bill 25-318 has been postponed and the current AI Act safety tools that have not resolved safety concerns could label “high risk system” Realtors® as fearful.
On Monday, May 5, 2025, at the request of Senate and Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, the Senate Committee on Senate, Labour and Technology voted to postpone Senate Bill 25-318 indefinitely. The bill was introduced in less than two weeks remaining at the 2025 legislative conference, and aimed to address last year’s SB24-205 lingering issues, imposing new restrictions on the use of so-called “high-risk artificial intelligence systems.”
The committee’s decision followed concerns about the broad implications of the law for the Colorado technical department. However, the move has also hit real estate professionals and other service providers using publicly available data and consumer safety applications to assess potential risks during client interactions.
Among the bill’s key provisions was clarification that AI regulations for housing only apply to tools used to purchase or rent major housing. Without that clarification, the car could be forced to disclose its use of basic safety tools, such as identity and fraud verification apps, even if it is used solely to protect itself before showing the property.
“The sudden end of Senate Bill 318 means that Colorado workers could be forced to work in unsafe situations next year,” said Brian Tanner, CAR’s vice president of public policy. “Current laws can be under the definition of “high-risk AI” laws, anyone using an application that outputs more information than they receive, even for safety reasons. ”
The real estate industry has long addressed safety challenges. Nearly half a million real estate agents report fearing personal safety while working, according to the National Association of Realtors® 2024 Safety Survey. Federal labor data shows that 45 real estate experts died of violence at work between 2022 and 2023.
“There may be unintentionally endangered service providers as they are rushing to become the first state to regulate AI-driven discrimination,” said Dana Cottrell, president of CAR. “Everyone deserves a safe work environment. We urge lawmakers to amend this surveillance before the law comes into effect on February 1, 2026.”
Cottrell pointed out that about one in five Realtors® that helps to verify the identity of clients uses a safety app. “Imagine going alone, alone, to meet someone you just talked to,” she said. “Don’t you want to know as much as you can about them before you step inside?”
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