The earliest Colorado’s first-in-the-nation law regulating artificial intelligence would now take effect is May, after next year’s legislative session, under a pair of proposals being considered by state lawmakers aiming to tweak the policy at the direction of the tech industry and Gov. Jared Polis.

That comes after Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, on Sunday amended his bill on the law to delay the start date from February.

The seemingly minor change comes after four days of intense, albeit stalled, negotiations on the AI law during a special legislative session that began Thursday. However, it’s a big shift for Rodriguez, the author of the AI law, who was previously wholly opposed to pushing back the start date of the statute because he feared it would only further d

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