Louisiana SCR 49

Urges the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity to study AI's impact on operations, procurement, and policy. Requires a written report with recommendations submitted to relevant committees 60 days before Louisiana's 2024 Regular Session. Solicits input from several governmental and industry entities.

  • Authority: Louisiana
  • Parent authority: State governments
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. state and local documents
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2023-06-12

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of specific AI risk domains. It is a procedural resolution directing a study of AI's impact on government operations, procurement, and policy. While it mentions consumer protection broadly, it does not address specific risks or harms from the MIT taxonomy. The focus is on studying AI benefits and updating policies rather than mitigating identified risks.

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.

  • Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
  • Trade, Transportation & Utilities
  • Information
  • Finance & Insurance
  • Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
  • Professional & Technical Services
  • Scientific Research & Development Services
  • Management, Administrative & Support Services
  • Accommodation, Food & Other Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This resolution primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it directs state government agencies to study AI's impact on their operations, procurement, and policy. It also has minimal coverage of multiple other sectors through its broad reference to 'businesses in Louisiana' and 'private industry vendors doing business with the state.'

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a non-binding concurrent resolution that urges and requests a legislative committee to conduct a study. It uses voluntary language ('urge and request') and creates no enforceable obligations, penalties, or binding requirements.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Legislature of Louisiana
  • Summary: The Louisiana Legislature is the proposing body that passed this concurrent resolution directing a study of AI impact.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity; state agencies; private industry vendors doing business with the state of Louisiana; businesses in Louisiana
  • Summary: The resolution targets the Joint Legislative Committee to conduct the study, and the study itself will examine AI's impact on state agencies and private vendors. The recommendations are intended to help government and businesses in Louisiana.

Enforcer

  • Summary: This resolution does not establish enforcement mechanisms or designate enforcement authorities. It is a non-binding directive to conduct a study.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: House Committee on Commerce; Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs
  • Summary: These legislative committees will receive the study report and presumably monitor or review the findings and recommendations.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages. It is a procedural resolution directing a study of AI's impact on government operations, procurement, and policy. The study scope is broad and could potentially cover multiple lifecycle stages, but the resolution itself does not explicitly address any particular stage.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions 'artificial intelligence' in general terms but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or any specific categories of AI. It refers broadly to AI-powered applications and voice assistants but provides no technical definitions or scope distinctions.

https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331619
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/2159
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