An act relating to state affairs and government -- commission to monitor the use of artificial intelligence in state government.

• Authority: Rhode Island
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2023-05-25

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
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal to good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strongest focus on governance failure (6.5), lack of transparency (7.4), unfair discrimination (1.1), and unequal performance (1.3). Coverage is concentrated in governance structures, transparency/accountability, and fairness domains, with implicit coverage of privacy and system robustness concerns.

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
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs AI use across all sectors of Rhode Island state government operations, with explicit coverage of Public Administration (excluding National Security). The commission's mandate extends to examining automated decision systems affecting legal rights, social services, education, health care, and judicial processes, indicating multi-sector governance within the public sector.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the Rhode Island General Laws that establishes a permanent commission with mandatory requirements, including annual reporting obligations and specific composition requirements with defined timelines.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is an act of the Rhode Island General Laws, indicating it was proposed and enacted by the state legislature. The document is titled 'An act relating to state affairs and government' and amends Title 42 of the General Laws.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The act targets all state government entities that use automated decision systems. The definition of 'Office,' 'Rhode Island,' or 'state' explicitly encompasses all government entities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The commission is established as the primary oversight body with monitoring and investigative authority over state government AI use, though it operates through recommendations rather than direct enforcement powers.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The commission serves as the primary monitoring body with extensive investigative and reporting responsibilities. The governor and legislature receive annual reports and serve as oversight recipients.

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 comprehensively covers all AI lifecycle stages from procurement and design through deployment and ongoing monitoring. It emphasizes validation, testing, evaluation, and continuous monitoring of automated decision systems used by state government, with particular focus on transparency, accountability, and impact assessment throughout the entire lifecycle.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers both 'artificial intelligence' and 'automated decision systems' as core concepts. 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 automated decision-making systems broadly defined.