State of Arizona Senate Bill 1565, An Act Amending Sections 16-442, 16-552 and 16-621, Arizona Revised Statutes; Relating to Conduct of Elections.

• Authority: Arizona
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2023-04-18

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
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, primarily addressing AI system security vulnerabilities (2.2) through prohibition of AI use in election processes. There is implicit minimal coverage of malicious actors (4.1) and lack of robustness (7.3) through the context of protecting election integrity, but these risks are not explicitly described. The document focuses on preventing AI use rather than managing AI 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)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Public Administration sector by regulating election processes and equipment used by government election officials. It does not govern AI use across economic sectors but rather prohibits AI in a specific government function.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute (Arizona Senate Bill 1565) that amends the Arizona Revised Statutes with mandatory prohibitions on AI use in election processes, enforceable through existing election law enforcement mechanisms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Arizona State Legislature
• Summary: The document is a state legislative act ('Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona') proposing amendments to Arizona Revised Statutes regarding election conduct.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Secretary of State; Board of Supervisors; Officer in charge of elections; Early election board; Voting equipment manufacturers and vendors
• Summary: The statute targets election officials who oversee voting equipment and processes, as well as manufacturers and vendors of voting systems who must comply with certification requirements that prohibit AI use.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of State; Board of Supervisors; Officer in charge of elections
• Summary: The Secretary of State has explicit authority to certify, revoke certification, and prohibit use of voting systems, while boards of supervisors and election officers oversee counting center proceedings and compliance.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: Secretary of State; Testing committee (engineering college member, state bar member, voting process expert); Political party representatives; Public observers
• Summary: The statute establishes a testing committee to investigate and test voting equipment, requires logic and accuracy testing, and mandates observation by political party representatives and the public at counting centers.

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 does not govern AI development lifecycle stages but rather prohibits the use of AI in election equipment and processes. It addresses the deployment and operation of voting systems by requiring that they not include AI capabilities.

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 explicitly mentions artificial intelligence in the context of prohibition but does not define AI or reference specific AI system types, models, or technical thresholds. The scope is limited to banning AI/learning hardware, firmware, or software in election equipment.