Every material regulatory record should be traceable to an authoritative source.
What we track
Bot Labor Law focuses on statutes, bills, regulations, rulemaking, official guidance, ordinances, executive actions and court decisions that materially affect AI and automated systems in the workplace. The pilot covers California, Colorado, Illinois, New York and Texas; it is not a comprehensive survey of every potentially relevant rule.
Jurisdiction matters
Records identify whether authority is state, federal or local. A municipal ordinance is never presented as statewide law. New York coverage, for example, separates statewide public-sector requirements from New York City’s local AEDT ordinance and rule.
Primary sources first
We prefer official legislative text, enacted codes, regulatory filings, agency publications, executive materials and official court records. Secondary materials may locate or cross-check an issue, but do not replace available primary authority. Source records retain the date last checked and a health state so moved, unavailable or archived materials can be flagged without erasing their history.
Status and dates are distinct
Introduced legislation is not enacted law, and guidance is not automatically binding regulation. Signed, effective, enforcement-start, rule-adoption and guidance-publication dates are tracked separately when official materials support the distinction. Pending, failed and vetoed proposals are labeled as legislation and are never described as operative requirements.
Visible verification and review windows
Each production record carries a last-verified date, cited sources and an optional next-review date. The current default review window is 180 days. A record outside that window remains available with a restrained “not re-verified” notice; it is not presented as freshly checked. The public coverage page calculates dataset health from these fields.
History, not silent replacement
Bot Labor Law preserves regulatory history rather than silently overwriting meaningful legal changes. Record timelines capture significant events and their supporting source references. An amendment may update a record when it modifies the same authority; a replacement or successor receives a separate related record when that better preserves legal lineage.
Corrections
Material corrections should add a dated history event and trigger a recheck of status, dates, relationships and sources. The prior source trail is preserved. A public corrections channel will be added before broader launch; until then, no unmonitored inbox is implied.
Limitations
Coverage can be incomplete, delayed or affected by later amendments, litigation, guidance and local rules. Absence of a record does not mean that no law applies. The pilot does not claim lawyer review, comprehensive legal research or authoritative AI-generated legal summaries.
Information, not advice
Bot Labor Law provides general informational content, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Consult qualified counsel regarding specific facts and jurisdictions.