Maryland Senate Bill 1068

• Authority: Maryland
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-05-09

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, focusing primarily on a feasibility study for AI implementation in government services. It does not substantively address AI risks, harms, or mitigation measures across the MIT taxonomy domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) by directing a state government agency to evaluate and potentially implement AI for government information services. It also has minimal coverage of Information sector through the technological infrastructure component.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act enacted by the Maryland General Assembly and approved by the Governor, creating legal obligations for the Department of Information Technology to evaluate AI feasibility and prioritize implementation if feasible.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Maryland General Assembly
• Summary: The Maryland General Assembly is identified as the legislative body that enacted this bill, as indicated by the standard legislative enactment language.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Maryland Department of Information Technology
• Summary: The Department of Information Technology is explicitly named as the entity required to evaluate AI potential and prioritize creation of the virtual 3-1-1 portal.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Maryland General Assembly; Governor of Maryland
• Summary: The General Assembly retains legislative oversight authority, and the Governor's approval establishes executive authority over implementation. No specific enforcement agency is designated.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific monitoring body is designated in the document. Monitoring would likely fall to standard legislative oversight mechanisms, but this is not explicitly stated.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage by requiring evaluation of AI's potential for creating a virtual 3-1-1 portal. It implicitly covers Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages through the requirement to prioritize creation if feasible, though without detailed specifications for these later stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions artificial intelligence in general terms without defining it or specifying particular types of AI systems, models, or technical parameters. No distinctions are made between AI models, systems, or specific AI categories.