Requires the office of the chief information officer to convene a work group to examine review and audit of automated decision systems for fairness, transparency, and accountability. Develops recommendations for state law changes on AI-enabled system use and procurement.
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This is a binding legislative appropriations bill with mandatory language requiring specific actions by state agencies, including the creation of a work group and submission of reports.
The document has good coverage of approximately 4-5 subdomains, with strong focus on unfair discrimination (1.1), unequal performance (1.3), lack of transparency (7.4), and governance failure (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination/bias prevention, algorithmic fairness, and AI governance domains.
The document primarily governs AI use in Public Administration (excluding National Security) through state agency automated decision systems. It also has minimal coverage of Health Care and Social Assistance, and National Security through specific agency examples mentioned in the work group composition.
The document covers multiple lifecycle stages with primary focus on Plan and Design (examining when systems should be prohibited and procurement requirements), Verify and Validate (reviewing and auditing systems for fairness), Deploy (procurement approval processes), and Operate and Monitor (periodic audits and appeals processes for systems in operation).
The document explicitly defines and covers 'automated decision systems' which incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. It does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.) or mention compute thresholds or open-weight models.
Washington State Legislature
This is a legislative appropriations bill (SB 5092) enacted by the Washington State Legislature, establishing requirements for state agencies.
Washington State Legislature; Office of Financial Management; Office of the Chief Information Officer
The legislature enforces through appropriations control and reporting requirements. The Office of Financial Management has approval authority over fee increases and budget matters. The Office of the Chief Information Officer has oversight authority over IT projects and procurement.
Fiscal committees of the legislature; Office of the Chief Information Officer; Office of Financial Management
The fiscal committees of the legislature receive reports and monitor implementation. The Office of the Chief Information Officer leads the work group and maintains oversight of IT projects through the statewide IT dashboard.
Office of the Chief Information Officer; Department of Children, Youth, and Families; Department of Corrections; Department of Social and Health Services; Department of Enterprise Services; public agencies
The document targets state agencies that develop, procure, or use automated decision systems, specifically naming several departments and referring broadly to 'public agencies' that use such systems.
6 subdomains (4 Good, 2 Minimal)