Establishes requirements for state agencies to inventory and assess AI systems annually for discrimination risks. Mandates development of AI governance policies by February 2024. Prohibits AI implementation without impact assessments. Forms a working group to recommend AI best practices and legislation.
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This is a binding statute enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly with mandatory obligations, specific deadlines, and enforcement through state agencies. The document uses mandatory language throughout and creates legally enforceable requirements for state agencies.
The document has good coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with strong focus on unfair discrimination (1.1), unequal performance across groups (1.3), and governance failure (6.5). The legislation specifically addresses discrimination risks in AI systems used by state agencies and establishes governance frameworks to prevent such harms.
This legislation exclusively governs AI use within Connecticut state government operations, primarily covering Public Administration. The working group is tasked with making recommendations for private sector regulation in the future, but the current binding requirements apply only to state agencies and the judicial department.
The document covers multiple lifecycle stages with primary focus on Plan and Design, Verify and Validate, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It mandates impact assessments before deployment and ongoing monitoring after implementation.
The document explicitly defines and covers 'artificial intelligence' broadly but does not mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems as defined in the statute.
Connecticut General Assembly; Senate; House of Representatives
The document is a legislative act enacted by the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly, as indicated in the opening clause and approval date.
Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; Chief Court Administrator
The Department of Administrative Services is designated to perform ongoing assessments and conduct inventories. The Office of Policy and Management is responsible for developing and establishing policies and procedures. The Chief Court Administrator has enforcement authority for the Judicial Department.
Department of Administrative Services; Judicial Department; Working Group; Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
The Department of Administrative Services is explicitly tasked with ongoing monitoring and assessment. A working group is established to engage stakeholders and make recommendations. The Judicial Department must perform ongoing assessments of its own systems.
State agencies; Judicial Department; Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; businesses contracting with state
The legislation applies to all Connecticut state agencies that use AI systems, the Judicial Department, and businesses that contract with the state. These entities are required to conduct inventories, perform impact assessments, and comply with anti-discrimination requirements.
5 subdomains (3 Good, 2 Minimal)