Requires the state government to establish a public inventory of its use of artificial intelligence systems and to mandate impact assessments of its AI systems to prevent unlawful discrimination; establishes a working group to make recommendations on the state government's use of AI systems
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This is a binding legislative act enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly with mandatory obligations, specific deadlines, and enforcement mechanisms for state agencies and contractors.
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). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination prevention and government AI governance domains.
This document primarily governs AI use in Public Administration (excluding National Security) through requirements for state agencies and the Judicial Department. It does not regulate private sector AI use except indirectly through state contracting requirements.
The document covers multiple lifecycle stages with primary focus on Plan and Design (through policy development), Verify and Validate (through impact assessments), Deploy (through implementation requirements), and Operate and Monitor (through ongoing assessments and inventories). It does not explicitly address data collection or model building stages.
The document explicitly defines and covers AI systems broadly, including both artificial systems and machine learning techniques. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems used by state agencies regardless of their technical characteristics.
Connecticut General Assembly; Senate and House of Representatives
The document is a legislative act enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly, specifically the Senate and House of Representatives, as indicated in the opening clause.
Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; Judicial Department; Chief Court Administrator
The Department of Administrative Services is responsible for conducting inventories and performing ongoing assessments. The Office of Policy and Management develops policies and procedures. The Judicial Department enforces similar requirements for its own systems.
Department of Administrative Services; Judicial Department; Working Group; Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
The Department of Administrative Services performs ongoing assessments to ensure AI systems do not result in unlawful discrimination. A working group is established to make recommendations and develop best practices for AI use in state government.
State agencies; Judicial Department; Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; state contracting agencies; businesses contracting with the state
The act primarily targets state agencies and the Judicial Department that use AI systems, as well as businesses that contract with state agencies. These entities are required to conduct inventories, perform impact assessments, and comply with policies to prevent discrimination.
5 subdomains (3 Good, 2 Minimal)