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Introduced
01/15/2026
01/15/2026
In Committee
01/15/2026
01/15/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Regular Session
Bill Summary
Law enforcement; artificial intelligence inventory; civil action. Requires all law-enforcement agencies, defined in the bill as any state or local law-enforcement agency or sheriff's department, to conduct an inventory of any covered artificial intelligence system, defined in the bill, used by such agency and to make such inventory publicly available by November 1 of each year. The bill also provides that the Attorney General may investigate and, if warranted, bring a civil action against any law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill and provides that a resident of the jurisdiction may bring a civil action against the law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill requires such plaintiff to provide written notice of any alleged violation to the law-enforcement agency at least 90 days prior to filing suit, in a manner that is reasonably calculated to enable the law-enforcement agency to cure the alleged violation.
AI Summary
This bill requires all state and local law enforcement agencies and sheriff's departments to create and publicly share an annual inventory of any "covered artificial intelligence system" they use by November 1st each year, with "artificial intelligence system" or "AI system" defined as a machine learning-based system that infers from inputs to generate outputs that can influence environments, excluding systems used solely for development, prototyping, or research. A "covered AI system" specifically includes AI used to aid investigations, generate leads, write reports, or perform tasks like biometric identification, location tracking, predictive policing, risk scoring, and social media analysis, but excludes AI for administrative tasks like grammar checking. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to investigate and sue agencies that fail to comply, and allows residents within an agency's jurisdiction to file their own lawsuits for enforcement, provided they give the agency at least 90 days' written notice of any alleged violation to allow them a chance to fix the issue.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote) (on 02/02/2026)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1295 |
| BillText | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1295/text/HB1295 |
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