Johnie T Young
Governance & Regulation Desk
Johnie T Young is the byline of the governance and regulation desk at AI Policy Desk. The desk covers new AI laws, regulator orders, court rulings and the decisions a small team has to make because of them: the EU AI Act, US state statutes, FTC and state attorney general actions, privacy rules for AI tools. A post under this name starts from the primary document (the statute text, the agency order, the vendor's terms) and a source log where every number, date and name has a row with a quoted passage. The desk says which clause or paragraph it relied on, says what it could not read, and gives an opinion with the reason behind it. Posts that change after publication show an Updated date, and a Last reviewed date when the facts were rechecked.
- Starts from the statute or order
- Every fact traced to a source row
- Dated checks on each post
300 articles by Johnie T Young
AI Bias Audit Requirements by State: NYC, Colorado, NJ
Which AI bias audit rules apply to your hiring tools? NYC Local Law 144, Colorado SB 26-189 and New Jersey's LAD guidance compared for HR teams.
Texas Biometric Law and AI Hiring: CUBI vs TRAIGA
Texas's biometric consent rule for AI hiring tools is CUBI (Sec. 503.001), not TRAIGA. What HB 149 changed, the deletion deadline and the vendor checks.
EU AI Act High-Risk Classification: May 2026 Guidelines
EU AI Act high-risk classification guidelines 2026: which AI systems count as high-risk under Article 6? Consultation closes June 23, deadline looms.
FTC AI Marketing Claims: Substantiation Checklist
8 steps to nail FTC AI marketing claims compliance in 2026, before unsubstantiated claims cost you $930K like Cox Media Group's FTC settlement.
Georgia SB 540 AI Chatbot Law: What Operators Must Do
Georgia SB 540 takes effect July 1, 2027. $10,000 per knowing violation. Here is what chatbot operators must build into their products before the deadline.
One Big Beautiful Bill AI Preemption: What Comes Next
One Big Beautiful Bill federal AI preemption failed 99-1 in the Senate. What replaces it: a 3-year state AI law freeze proposed in a new bipartisan draft.
AI Regulatory Readiness Scorecard for Software and Biotech
A 25-question yes/no scorecard to assess your AI regulatory readiness across EU AI Act, EEOC, GDPR/CCPA, FDA AI guidance, and Colorado SB 26-189. Score yourself and get a tiered verdict, from baseline to audit-ready. Built for software and biotech teams with August 2026 deadlines approaching.
California SB 942 compliance checklist after SB 1000
California AI Transparency Act checklist: who is covered since SB 1000, the hidden disclosure fields, the free verification tool and the penalty.
GDPR-Compliant AI Assistants: 6 Checks Your DPO Will Run
Claude Teams, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini, Mistral and Copilot against 6 DPO checks: EU residency, DPA, Article 28, training opt-out, SOC 2, self-hosting.
VC AI Governance Due Diligence: Founder Checklist
18-item VC AI governance due diligence checklist: bias testing, data licensing, privacy compliance and EU AI Act exposure. What founders get evaluated against.
What Is AI Risk Decisioning? Definition and Checklist
Use this 10-item checklist to govern AI risk decisioning in credit, fraud, and underwriting, aligned with the US Treasury FS AI RMF (2026).
EU AI Act Annex III High-Risk AI Systems: Checklist
Which AI systems count as high-risk under EU AI Act Annex III? 8 categories, deadline extended to December 2, 2027. Checklist for employers and vendors.