Bill > SB00005

Introduced Session

To (1) establish (A) various requirements concerning artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence systems, artificial intelligence technologies, artificial intelligence companions and automated employment-related decision processes, (B) an Artificial Intelligence Policy Office to be overseen by an Artificial Intelligence Policy Director, (C) an Artificial Intelligence Learning Laboratory Program, (D) a Connecticut AI Academy and require various state agencies to disseminate information concerning said academy, (E) an artificial intelligence working group, and (F) a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board; (2) require (A) subscription-based artificial intelligence providers to make consumer disclosures, (B) frontier developers to implement various internal processes concerning frontier models, (C) synthetic digital content to be detectable as synthetic digital content, (D) the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop and implement a program to bolster artificial intelligence cooperation, (E) the Labor Commissioner to establish an Artificial Intelligence Workforce Research Hub, (F) the Office of Workforce Strategy to develop, implement and promote programs to improve the skills of the state's workforce in relation to artificial intelligence and a plan to create technologist apprenticeships, (G) the Office of Health Strategy to create a program to use artificial intelligence systems to enhance health outcomes for state residents, and (H) the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner and Commissioner of Consumer Protection to accept applications for safe harbor programs; (3) provide (A) that certain uses of an automated employment-related decision process constitute an unlawful discriminatory practice, (B) that no artificial intelligence technology shall be used to modify or impair a collective bargaining agreement or the role of a designated employee organization, (C) for the designation of artificial intelligence fellows, and (D) for the inclusion of instruction in topics such as the responsible use of emerging technologies in teacher certification preparation programs; and (4) modify (A) the "computer science education and workforce development account", (B) the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, and (C) the economic development strategic plan.

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Saud Anwar (D),  Hector Arzeno (D),  Matt Blumenthal (D),  Marcus Brown (D),  Jorge Cabrera (D),  Brandon Chafee (D),  Christine Cohen (D),  Eilish Collins Main (D),  Savet Constantine (D),  Lucy Dathan (D),  Hubert Delany (D),  Tom Delnicki (R),  Bob Duff (D),  Josh Elliott (D),  Kate Farrar (D),  Mae Flexer (D),  Jaime Foster (D),  Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (D),  Jane Garibay (D),  Herron Gaston (D),  Nicholas Gauthier (D),  Bobby Gibson (D),  Jillian Gilchrest (D),  Bob Godfrey (D),  Ken Gucker (D),  Gregg Haddad (D),  Joan Hartley (D),  William Heffernan (D),  Jan Hochadel (D),  Paul Honig (D),  Anne Hughes (D),  Jonathan Jacobson (D),  Dominique Johnson (D),  Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D),  Maryam Khan (D),  Julie Kushner (D),  Mary LaMark Muir (D),  Jenn Leeper (D),  Roland Lemar (D),  Matt Lesser (D),  Martin Looney (D),  Rick Lopes (D),  Ceci Maher (D),  James Maroney (D),  Rebecca Martinez (D),  Martha Marx (D),  Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D),  Doug McCrory (D),  Nicholas Menapace (D),  Pat Miller (D),  Norm Needleman (D),  Anthony Nolan (D),  Cathy Osten (D),  John-Michael Parker (D),  Michael Quinn (D),  Moira Rader (D),  M.D. Rahman (D),  Geraldo Reyes (D),  Kara Rochelle (D),  Iris Sanchez (D),  Jimmy Sánchez (D),  Hilda Santiago (D),  Kaitlyn Shake (D),  Michael Shannon (D),  Derek Slap (D),  Laurie Sweet (D),  Gary Turco (D),  Mary Welander (D), 

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Signed by the Governor (on 05/27/2026)

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