On September 17, 2025, the Senate definitively approved the Artificial Intelligence Bill, which had already been passed by the Chamber of Deputies on June 25. The text, aligned with the AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), represents the first national legislative measure regulating the development, use, and management of AI systems. The bill is made up of 28 articles, divided into the following six chapters:

• Chapter I: Defines the principles and purposes of using AI tools, promoting transparency, accessibility, and data protection with a view to human-centered and safe AI use;

• Chapter II: Regulates the application of AI tools in specific sectors, including healthcare, research, labor, public administration, and justice. Furthermore, it delegates the Government to adopt, within 12 months from the law's entry into force, one or more legislative decrees to define an organic framework governing the use of data, algorithms, and mathematical methods for training AI systems;

• Chapter III: Appoints the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) and the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) as the national authorities for AI and defines the National AI Strategy. This strategy will be drafted and updated every two years by the Department for Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Council, with support from ACN and AgID and involvement of the main sectoral authorities. Additionally, the law launches an investment program of up to 1 billion euros in favor of SMEs and startups to support the development of businesses operating in the fields of AI, cybersecurity, and enabling technologies;

• Chapter IV: Is dedicated to user protection provisions and copyright matters;

• Chapter V: Introduces amendments to the Penal Code and other criminal provisions, with particular reference to deepfakes;

• Chapter VI: Contains financial and final provisions.

 The bill will enter into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in the Official Gazette.