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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
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HB 2592: artificial intelligence; state agencies; rules
Sponsor: Representative Wilmeth, LD 2
Committee on Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Overview
Directs each budget unit to establish regulations for implementing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system.
History
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) is tasked with developing, implementing and maintaining coordinated statewide plans for information technology including serving as the state coordinator for information technology resources. The ADOA also develops lists of information technology that is owned, leased or employed by the state and adopts statewide technical and coordination standards for information technology. The ADOA is responsible for evaluating, approving or disapproving budget unit information technology plans, that are quality assurance and disaster recovery plans that must be submitted before May 15 on each year (A.R.S. § 18-104).
Budget unit is any department, commission board, institution or other agency of the state receiving, expending or disbursing state funds or incurring obligations of this state (A.R.S. § 18-101).
Provisions
1. Mandates the ADOA Director to require each budget unit to;
a. identify opportunities to implement AI system solutions that reduce administrative burdens;
b. eliminate regulations that unnecessarily restrict AI system innovation;
c. streamline procurement processes to enable the adoption of AI systems;
d. establishes enterprise AI system governance to ensure consistent, efficient and appropriate use of AI to achieve internal and external objectives;
e. review existing regulations affecting AI system development to identify instances of regulatory capture or negative impacts on competition or innovation; and
f. modify or eliminate any AI system regulation that creates unreasonable barrier to AI system innovation. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs each budget unit in implementing AI systems to:
a. focus on reducing cost and improving service delivery;
b. not create new regulatory requirements that are solely applicable to private sector artificial intelligence system development; and
c. use existing staff and resources without creating new administrative bodies. (Sec. 1)
3. Prohibits a budget unit to adopt rules specifically regulating AI systems or computational resources unless outlined requirements are met. (Sec. 1)
4. Specifies that any emergency or temporary rule that regulates AI systems or computational resources must be approved by the Legislature is subject to all the following:
a. each rule in effect at the beginning of a legislative session must receive a ratifying vote to keep the rule in effect at the end of the legislative session;
b. the Legislature will schedule a vote on the floor of each house to ratify all rules within the first 30 days of the legislative session; and
the Legislature may not require more than a simple majority vote to ratify a rule. (Sec. 1)
5. Defines artificial intelligence system, computational resource and content. (Sec. 1)
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