Official name: California AB 1405 (Artificial intelligence: auditors: enrollment)
Establishes the AI Auditors’ Enrollment Fund and details requirements for AI auditors in California. Requires auditors to enroll and adhere to industry standards. Prohibits conflicts of interest and unauthorized disclosure of information. Requires the Government Operations Agency to manage enrollments and misconduct reports.
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This is a binding California state statute with mandatory requirements, enforcement mechanisms, and legal obligations for AI auditors conducting covered audits.
The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, primarily addressing governance failure (6.5) through establishment of auditor oversight mechanisms. It indirectly touches on system safety and transparency (7.3, 7.4) by requiring audits against industry standards, but does not explicitly describe the risks themselves. The document focuses on governance infrastructure rather than specific AI risks.
This document does not govern AI use in specific economic sectors. Instead, it establishes governance infrastructure for AI auditors who conduct audits across all sectors. The Professional and Technical Services sector has minimal coverage as the document regulates the auditing profession itself.
The document primarily covers the Verify and Validate stage through its focus on third-party auditing of AI systems and models. It also addresses Operate and Monitor by requiring auditors to assess compliance with industry standards and state law, and by establishing ongoing oversight mechanisms for auditor conduct.
The document explicitly mentions both AI systems and AI models as subjects of auditing. It does not specify particular types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, generative, predictive) or mention compute thresholds or open-weight models. The focus is on establishing auditor requirements rather than defining technical AI categories.
California State Legislature; The people of the State of California
The document is a California state statute enacted by the people of California through their legislature, as indicated by the opening phrase 'The people of the State of California do enact as follows.'
Government Operations Agency; Attorney General; Labor Commissioner; other state agencies
The Government Operations Agency is designated to administer the chapter, manage enrollments, collect fees, and maintain misconduct reports. The Attorney General and Labor Commissioner are referenced as enforcement authorities for employee disclosures. Reports are shared with other state agencies for enforcement purposes.
Government Operations Agency; natural persons (public); employees of AI auditors
The Government Operations Agency monitors enrolled AI auditors by maintaining a public registry, collecting misconduct reports from the public, and retaining reports for 10 years. Natural persons can report misconduct through the agency's website. Employees are protected when reporting auditor non-compliance.
AI auditors; persons, partnerships, or corporations that assess AI systems or models on behalf of third parties
The statute explicitly targets AI auditors who conduct covered audits of AI systems or models. These auditors must enroll with the agency, pay fees, and comply with various requirements including industry standards, conflict of interest prohibitions, and confidentiality rules.
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