Bill > SB6120

This bill establishes new regulations for the development, deployment, and use of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems in Washington State, aiming to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination, which is defined as AI systems causing unlawful differential treatment or impact based on protected characteristics. Developers of high-risk AI systems must exercise reasonable care to prevent known or foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination and provide detailed disclosures about the system's intended uses, limitations, risks, and mitigation measures to deployers. Deployers, defined as entities using high-risk AI to make consequential decisions—decisions with significant legal or similar effects on areas like employment, housing, or financial services—must implement risk management policies and conduct impact assessments before deploying such systems, and must also disclose to consumers when they are interacting with an AI system and provide information about the system's purpose, nature, and how it influences consequential decisions, especially adverse ones. The bill includes various exemptions for certain AI applications, such as those for public safety, research, or specific regulated industries like finance and insurance, and allows for civil action against developers or deployers who violate these provisions, with a cure period for violations.