Connecticut Substitute Senate Bill 1103

• Authority: Connecticut
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-06-07

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Governance failure

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

• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with strong focus on unfair discrimination (1.1), unequal performance across groups (1.3), and governance failure (6.5). The legislation specifically addresses discrimination risks in AI systems used by state agencies and establishes governance frameworks to prevent such harms.

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.

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation exclusively governs AI use within Connecticut state government operations, primarily covering Public Administration. The working group is tasked with making recommendations for private sector regulation in the future, but the current binding requirements apply only to state agencies and the judicial department.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statute enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly with mandatory obligations, specific deadlines, and enforcement through state agencies. The document uses mandatory language throughout and creates legally enforceable requirements for state agencies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Connecticut General Assembly; Senate; House of Representatives
• Summary: The document is a legislative act enacted by the Connecticut Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly, as indicated in the opening clause and approval date.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: State agencies; Judicial Department; Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; businesses contracting with state
• Summary: The legislation applies to all Connecticut state agencies that use AI systems, the Judicial Department, and businesses that contract with the state. These entities are required to conduct inventories, perform impact assessments, and comply with anti-discrimination requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; Chief Court Administrator
• Summary: The Department of Administrative Services is designated to perform ongoing assessments and conduct inventories. The Office of Policy and Management is responsible for developing and establishing policies and procedures. The Chief Court Administrator has enforcement authority for the Judicial Department.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Administrative Services; Judicial Department; Working Group; Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
• Summary: The Department of Administrative Services is explicitly tasked with ongoing monitoring and assessment. A working group is established to engage stakeholders and make recommendations. The Judicial Department must perform ongoing assessments of its own systems.

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
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple lifecycle stages with primary focus on Plan and Design, Verify and Validate, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It mandates impact assessments before deployment and ongoing monitoring after implementation.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers 'artificial intelligence' broadly but does not mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems as defined in the statute.