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Ustawa o Systemach Sztucznej Inteligencji Clears Parliament: Poland's AI Act Heads to the President

Regulatory summary: On July 3, 2026 the Sejm completed all parliamentary work on the Ustawa o systemach sztucznej inteligencji (Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems, druk nr 2443). Deputies took up the Senate's amendments (the Senate acted on June 25) and accepted 24 of the 25, rejecting one.

On July 3, 2026 the Sejm took up the Senate's amendments and accepted 24 of 25, finishing all parliamentary work on Poland's national AI Act. The bill now sits on the President's desk, one signature from creating KRiBSI.

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By Anthony Guerriero, Founder, The Leveraged Years · Reviewed by The Leveraged Years Editorial Desk · Published July 9, 2026 · Last updated July 9, 2026

Ustawa o Systemach Sztucznej Inteligencji Clears Parliament: Poland's AI Act Heads to the President regulation briefing

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Key takeaways

On July 3, 2026 the Sejm accepted 24 of 25 Senate amendments and rejected one, ending parliamentary consideration and transmitting the bill to the President. This follows the Sejm's original passage on June 11 and the Senate's amendments of June 25.
Providers and deployers of AI systems operating in or into Poland; multinational AI vendors with a Polish nexus; fintech and health AI teams handling high-risk use cases; product counsel and compliance officers across CEE; and organizations planning to apply to Poland's AI regulatory sandbox.
Status: Awaiting the President's decision.
Assign an owner to monitor the President's decision on druk 2443, and in parallel build the KRiBSI-facing compliance file (risk tier, conformity evidence, incident-reporting path) so you are ready on the day the law enters into force.

Regulatory Briefing

Bindingness: Bill cleared Parliament, sent to President (not yet signed or in force). The Sejm finished its work on July 3, 2026 by disposing of the Senate's amendments. The instrument now requires the President's signature and publication in the Dziennik Ustaw before any obligation binds.
Scope: National implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act) in Poland. Establishes the domestic supervisory architecture, designates the competent national authority, sets up regulatory sandboxes, and provides the penalty framework that gives the EU Regulation teeth on Polish soil.
What Changed: On July 3, 2026 the Sejm accepted 24 of 25 Senate amendments and rejected one, ending parliamentary consideration and transmitting the bill to the President. This follows the Sejm's original passage on June 11 and the Senate's amendments of June 25.
Who This Affects: Providers and deployers of AI systems operating in or into Poland; multinational AI vendors with a Polish nexus; fintech and health AI teams handling high-risk use cases; product counsel and compliance officers across CEE; and organizations planning to apply to Poland's AI regulatory sandbox.
Current Status: Awaiting the President's decision. The President may sign, refer the act to the Constitutional Tribunal, or return it to the Sejm.
Effective Date: Not yet in force. No entry-into-force date runs until the President signs and the act is published.
Primary Source: https://api.sejm.gov.pl/sejm/term10/prints/2443
Secondary Analysis: Polish legal and business press reported the July 3 completion and the to-the-President posture, consistent with the official Sejm process record for druk 2443.
Workflow Impact: Compliance functions should stand up an EU AI Act risk classification for every deployed and procured system, identify which fall into high-risk categories, and pre-stage the technical documentation, logging, and human-oversight evidence that KRiBSI would request. Vendors should identify their single point of contact for Polish supervision.
Operational Next Step: Assign an owner to monitor the President's decision on druk 2443, and in parallel build the KRiBSI-facing compliance file (risk tier, conformity evidence, incident-reporting path) so you are ready on the day the law enters into force.
Last Verified: July 9, 2026

Date	Jurisdiction	Rule	Affected professionals	Status or effective date
2026-07-09	Poland	On July 3, 2026 the Sejm accepted 24 of 25 Senate amendments and rejected one, ending parliamentary consideration and transmitting the bill to the President. This follows the Sejm's original passage on June 11 and the Senate's amendments of June 25.	Providers and deployers of AI systems operating in or into Poland; multinational AI vendors with a Polish nexus; fintech and health AI teams handling high-risk use cases; product counsel and compliance officers across CEE; and organizations planning to apply to Poland's AI regulatory sandbox.	Awaiting the President's decision. The President may sign, refer the act to the Constitutional Tribunal, or return it to the Sejm.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Poland's AI law now in force?

No. On July 3, 2026 the Sejm completed parliamentary work and sent the Ustawa o systemach sztucznej inteligencji (druk 2443) to the President. It is not yet signed and not yet in force. No obligations bind until the President signs it and it is published.

What did the Sejm actually vote on July 3?

The Sejm took up the Senate's amendments, which the Senate had submitted on June 25, and accepted 24 of the 25, rejecting one. That vote ended Parliament's role and transmitted the act to the President. The original Sejm passage was June 11.

What is KRiBSI and what power does it have?

KRiBSI (Komisja Rozwoju i Bezpieczenstwa Sztucznej Inteligencji) is the new national market-surveillance authority for AI systems and Poland's single EU contact point. It can issue binding decisions in the course of supervision, making it a genuine enforcement body, not an advisory one.

How big are the potential fines?

The penalty logic ties to the EU AI Act, whose top administrative-fine tier reaches up to 7 percent of total worldwide annual turnover for the most serious violations, with lower ceilings for other breaches. Poland's act operationalizes that framework domestically through KRiBSI.

What should multinational AI vendors do before the law takes effect?

Inventory and risk-classify every AI system with a Polish nexus, assemble conformity and documentation evidence, identify your single supervisory contact, evaluate the regulatory sandbox route for high-risk systems, and assign someone to monitor the President's decision so you are ready the day the act enters into force.