An Act Concerning Artificial Intelligence, Automated Decision-Making and Personal Data Privacy

• 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.

• Compromise of privacy
• 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). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination prevention and government AI governance 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.

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs AI use in Public Administration (excluding National Security) through requirements for state agencies and the Judicial Department. It does not regulate private sector AI use except indirectly through state contracting requirements.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly with mandatory obligations, specific deadlines, and enforcement mechanisms for state agencies and contractors.

Actors

Proposer

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

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: State agencies; Judicial Department; Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; state contracting agencies; businesses contracting with the state
• Summary: The act primarily targets state agencies and the Judicial Department that use AI systems, as well as businesses that contract with state agencies. These entities are required to conduct inventories, perform impact assessments, and comply with policies to prevent discrimination.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Administrative Services; Office of Policy and Management; Judicial Department; Chief Court Administrator
• Summary: The Department of Administrative Services is responsible for conducting inventories and performing ongoing assessments. The Office of Policy and Management develops policies and procedures. The Judicial Department enforces similar requirements for its own systems.

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 performs ongoing assessments to ensure AI systems do not result in unlawful discrimination. A working group is established to make recommendations and develop best practices for AI use in state government.

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 (through policy development), Verify and Validate (through impact assessments), Deploy (through implementation requirements), and Operate and Monitor (through ongoing assessments and inventories). It does not explicitly address data collection or model building stages.

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 AI systems broadly, including both artificial systems and machine learning techniques. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems used by state agencies regardless of their technical characteristics.