Alabama (2019) SB 47

• Authority: Alabama
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2019-06-10

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on system safety and failures (7.3) through technical requirements for minimal risk conditions and safe states. Brief implicit coverage of privacy/security (2.2) through vehicle registration and certification requirements. The document is primarily focused on legal frameworks for autonomous vehicle operation rather than comprehensive AI risk mitigation.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities

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

• Finance & Insurance
• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector through regulation of autonomous commercial motor vehicles and teleoperation systems. It establishes requirements for commercial vehicle operators in the transportation industry.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Alabama Legislature with mandatory requirements, enforcement mechanisms, and legal obligations for automated commercial vehicle operators.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Alabama Legislature
• Summary: The document is a state legislative act enacted by the Alabama Legislature, as indicated by the opening clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_Developer
• Entities: Owners of automated commercial motor vehicles; Lessees of automated commercial motor vehicles; Remote drivers; Manufacturers of automated driving systems; Teleoperation system operators
• Summary: The act applies to owners, lessees, and operators of automated commercial motor vehicles and teleoperation systems, as well as manufacturers who must certify compliance with federal safety standards.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Alabama Department of Transportation; Law enforcement agencies; Local law enforcement officials
• Summary: The Department of Transportation is designated as the sole state agency with jurisdiction, while law enforcement agencies are responsible for accident response and compliance with traffic laws.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Alabama Department of Transportation; Law enforcement agencies
• Summary: The Department of Transportation has exclusive jurisdiction to implement the act, and law enforcement agencies monitor compliance through accident investigations and traffic law enforcement.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor lifecycle stages, with requirements for operational compliance, accident response, and ongoing liability coverage. It does not address earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly covers automated driving systems and teleoperation systems for commercial motor vehicles. It does not mention AI models, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on task-specific autonomous vehicle systems.