North Carolina SB 460

• Authority: North Carolina
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2023-03-30

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Power centralization and unfair distribution
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with brief mentions of workforce displacement (6.2) and inequality concerns (6.1, 6.2). The focus is on establishing a study committee rather than implementing specific risk mitigations. Coverage is limited to socioeconomic impacts of automation on workers.

Sector coverage

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
• Educational Services
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document establishes a study committee to examine automation's impact across North Carolina's workforce broadly, with particular emphasis on low-income and minority workers. While it mentions specific automation technologies, it does not govern specific sectors but rather studies automation effects across the entire state economy.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act establishing a formal study committee with specific membership, duties, and reporting requirements. It uses mandatory language throughout and creates legal obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Senators Salvador, Lowe, and Murdock; General Assembly of North Carolina
• Summary: The bill is sponsored by three named senators and enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, which is the state legislative body with authority to create laws and study committees.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: employers; trade organizations focused on the automated workplace; low-income workers; minority workers
• Summary: The study committee will examine automation technologies including AI and their impact on North Carolina's workforce, particularly low-income and minority workers. Employers and trade organizations are explicitly mentioned as stakeholders to be represented on the committee.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor of North Carolina; Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
• Summary: The Governor has authority to remove committee members for misconduct and receives reports. The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations receives biennial reports from the committee.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Study Committee on Automation and the Workforce; Governor of North Carolina; Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
• Summary: The Study Committee is explicitly tasked with reviewing and monitoring the effects of automation on the workforce and submitting biennial reports to the Governor and legislature.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather on studying the impacts of automation technologies including AI across their deployment and operation. The emphasis is on monitoring workforce effects rather than technical development stages.

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 as one of several automation technologies to be studied. It does not define AI models, systems, or specific AI categories, but treats AI as part of broader automation technologies affecting the workforce.