California 2023 SCR 17 (Relative to AI)

• Authority: California
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-08-23

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Governance failure
• 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 minimal coverage of approximately 5-6 subdomains, with brief mentions of discrimination (1.1, 1.3), privacy (2.1), misinformation risks (3.1), and governance (6.5). Coverage is superficial, primarily acknowledging risks exist without detailed mitigation measures.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Finance & Insurance
• Professional & Technical Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document governs AI use across multiple sectors through its commitment to implementing AI Bill of Rights principles in California legislation. It explicitly mentions healthcare, employment (hiring), and finance (credit decisions) as sectors where discriminatory AI has been observed. The resolution applies broadly to all state legislation and policies related to automated systems.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a non-binding legislative resolution that expresses commitment to principles without creating enforceable legal obligations or penalties.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California Legislature; Senate of the State of California
• Summary: The resolution is proposed by the California Legislature, specifically the Senate with Assembly concurrence, as indicated by the resolution format and transmission instructions.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California Legislature; State of California government agencies
• Summary: The resolution targets the California Legislature itself, committing to examine and implement AI principles in state legislation and policies related to automated systems.

Enforcer

• Summary: No enforcement mechanisms or enforcing bodies are specified in this non-binding resolution.

Monitor

• Summary: No monitoring bodies or oversight mechanisms are specified in this non-binding resolution.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather addresses AI governance principles broadly across design, use, and deployment. It references the need for safe and effective systems (implying design and validation) and ongoing protections (implying deployment and monitoring).

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document uses the term 'automated systems' throughout and references AI broadly. It does not define specific technical categories like frontier AI, general purpose AI, or foundation models, nor does it mention compute thresholds or open-source models.