AI regulation in Bolivia: laws & policy (2026)

AI in Bolivia: proposed.

Bolivia has no enacted AI-specific law as of May 2026. The Senate approved a comprehensive AI bill, 'Promoción, Gestión y Uso de la Inteligencia Artificial' (Proyecto de Ley N° 178/2024-2025), on 22 October 2025, but the legislation remained pending before the Chamber of Deputies with constitutional debates ongoing into early 2026. In the absence of dedicated AI legislation, no unified national AI strategy or sector-specific AI rules are formally in force.

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Legal framework

Proyecto de Ley N° 178/2024-2025 (Senate-approved, pending Chamber of Deputies); AGETIC (Agencia de Gobierno Electrónico y Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación) as interim digital governance authority

Key points: artificial intelligence in Bolivia

Senate-approved AI bill
Proyecto de Ley N° 178/2024-2025 was approved by Bolivia's Senate on 22 October 2025 and forwarded to the Chamber of Deputies. As of May 2026 it had not been promulgated; February 2026 legal analyses were still debating its constitutional scope.
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Proposed ARIA regulatory body
The bill would create the Autoridad de Regulación de la Inteligencia Artificial (ARIA) as a new decentralised body with functional autonomy to certify AI systems, set ethical and technical standards, supervise compliance, and impose administrative sanctions.
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AGETIC mandate for National AI Strategy
Under the bill, AGETIC would be required to elaborate a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy within 180 days of the law's enactment. No official national AI strategy has been published as of the research date.
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12 plurinational principles and prohibited uses
The bill enshrines 12 governing principles including algorithmic transparency, non-discrimination, personal data protection, technological sovereignty, and human dignity. Seven high-risk practices are explicitly banned, including subliminal manipulation, mass facial recognition without a judicial order, and discriminatory algorithmic profiling.
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Broad territorial scope
The proposed law would apply to any natural or legal person, public or private, that develops, provides, uses, or deploys AI systems in Bolivia or whose systems produce effects within Bolivian territory, covering generative AI models, machine learning, and autonomous decision-making algorithms.
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Fragmented digital strategy context
Bolivia's broader digital governance remains fragmented. The AGETIC 2025 public accountability report and La Paz's Open Government Action Plan 2025-2026 incorporate AI-adjacent e-government elements but no unified national AI policy framework is operative pending the law.
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Timeline of decisions

22 Oct 2025Decision
Senate Approves Comprehensive AI Regulation Bill No. 178/2024-2025
Bolivia's Chamber of Senators approved a 31-article bill that would create the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Authority (ARIA), enshrine 12 'plurinational principles', require AGETIC to produce a National AI Strategy within 180 days, and ban absolutely subliminal manipulation, social-credit scoring, and mass facial recognition without a judicial order. The bill passed to the Chamber of Deputies and remained under lower-house review as of early 2026.
La Razón (Bolivia)
1 Jul 2025Law · official
Companion AI Bill PL-558/24-2025 Filed in Chamber of Deputies
A parallel legislative initiative on the 'Promotion, Management and Use of Artificial Intelligence' was registered in the Chamber of Deputies (PL-558/24), giving the lower house its own vehicle to shape AI policy alongside the Senate's Bill 178, reflecting multi-chamber legislative interest in the issue.
Cámara de Diputados de Bolivia
2 Apr 2025Law · official
Agenda Digital 2030 Enacted, Supreme Decree No. 5367
President Luis Arce signed Supreme Decree 5367 establishing Bolivia's national Digital Agenda through 2030, designating AI with a rights-based and technological-sovereignty approach as one of five strategic axes; AGETIC was tasked with monitoring and evaluating implementation across all executive-branch entities.
AGETIC – Agencia de Gobierno Electrónico y TIC
1 Jan 2025Guidance
EU InDiCo-Global AI Governance Capacity-Building Project Launched in Bolivia
An EU-funded InDiCo-Global open-call project ran January-July 2025 to help Bolivian institutions benchmark against international AI governance standards (EU AI Act, GDPR), formally documenting Bolivia's near-total absence of a unified data-protection or AI framework.
InDiCo Global (EU-funded initiative)
1 Nov 2021Guidance · official
UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI Adopted, Bolivia a Member State
All 193 UNESCO member states, including Bolivia, adopted the first global normative instrument on AI ethics at the 41st General Conference, covering transparency, accountability, and human rights. The Recommendation now constitutes Bolivia's primary soft-law reference in ongoing AI legislative debates.
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Legal framework

Key points: artificial intelligence in Bolivia

01Senate-approved AI bill

02Proposed ARIA regulatory body

03AGETIC mandate for National AI Strategy

0412 plurinational principles and prohibited uses

05Broad territorial scope

06Fragmented digital strategy context

Timeline of decisions

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Senate-approved AI bill

Proposed ARIA regulatory body

AGETIC mandate for National AI Strategy

12 plurinational principles and prohibited uses

Broad territorial scope

Fragmented digital strategy context