Senate Resolution requesting the State to convene an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee to investigate how to implement, develop, and regulate artificial intelligence in the State.

Establishes an AI advisory committee in Hawaii to investigate how to implement, develop, and regulate AI in the state. Requires the committee to survey AI applications in other governments, methods for encouraging AI R&D in Hawaii, and potential dangers of, and regulatory systems for, integrating AI into state operations.

  • Authority: Hawaii
  • Parent authority: State governments
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. state and local documents
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2019-04-03

Risk subdomain coverage

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

  • Compromise of privacy
  • Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
  • Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
  • Competitive dynamics
  • Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with only brief mentions of potential dangers (subdomain 6.5 Governance Failure and general safety concerns). The resolution acknowledges AI risks in general terms but does not provide detailed analysis or mitigation measures for specific risk categories. Coverage is limited to 2-3 subdomains at a minimal level.

Sector coverage

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

  • Trade, Transportation & Utilities
  • Finance & Insurance
  • Scientific Research & Development Services
  • Educational Services
  • Health Care & Social Assistance
  • Public Administration (excl. National Security)
  • National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This resolution does not govern specific economic sectors but rather establishes an advisory committee to investigate AI implementation across Hawaii's economy and state government broadly. It mentions AI applications in trucking (transportation), medical diagnosis (healthcare), and finance as examples of AI benefits, but does not establish governance measures for these sectors.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a non-binding Senate Resolution that requests the establishment of an advisory committee. It uses voluntary language ('requested to') and creates no legal obligations or enforcement mechanisms.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii
  • Summary: The document is a Senate Resolution proposed by the Hawaii State Senate, as indicated by the resolving clause and the legislative format.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: State of Hawaii; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Adjutant General; Chief Information Officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Executive Director of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Department Chair of the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; United States Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
  • Summary: The resolution requests the State of Hawaii to convene an advisory committee composed of specific state officials, military representatives, academic leaders, and AI experts. The committee is tasked with investigating AI implementation and regulation.

Enforcer

  • Summary: No enforcement mechanisms or enforcement bodies are specified in this resolution. It is a non-binding request without penalties or sanctions.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Legislature of the State of Hawaii
  • Summary: The resolution requests the advisory committee to submit a report to the Legislature, which will receive and 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

  • Plan and Design
  • Deploy
  • Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document addresses multiple AI lifecycle stages broadly, with emphasis on planning and design (investigating implementation methods), deployment (integrating AI into state operations), and operation and monitoring (evaluating applications and regulatory systems). The resolution does not focus on specific technical stages like data collection or model building.

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 uses the general term 'artificial intelligence' without distinguishing between AI models, systems, or specific types. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2019/bills/SR142_.HTM
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