Arkansas SB 656

• Authority: Arkansas
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2019-04-17

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It focuses on establishing a legislative task force to study data sharing infrastructure and does not address AI-specific risks, harms, or safety concerns. The document is about general data governance and sharing systems, not AI risk mitigation.

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

This document governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it creates a legislative task force to study data sharing across state government agencies. It does not regulate private sector activities or specific industries beyond state government operations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state legislative act that creates a mandatory task force with specific composition, duties, and timeline requirements, using mandatory legal language throughout.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Senator J. English; Arkansas General Assembly
• Summary: The document was proposed by Senator J. English and enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as indicated in the header and enactment clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: State agencies of Arkansas; Data-Sharing and Data-Driven Decision-Making Task Force
• Summary: The act creates a task force to study data sharing among state agencies. State agencies are defined as cabinet, agency, institution, authority, department, board, commission, bureau, council, or other agency of the State of Arkansas.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: President Pro Tempore of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; Arkansas General Assembly
• Summary: The President Pro Tempore and Speaker have appointment and convening authority. The General Assembly has oversight through the reporting requirement and the Bureau of Legislative Research provides staff support.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor of Arkansas; President Pro Tempore of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; Bureau of Legislative Research
• Summary: The Governor, President Pro Tempore, and Speaker receive the final report for monitoring purposes. The Bureau of Legislative Research provides staff support and oversight for the task force's activities.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

This document does not explicitly address AI lifecycle stages. It focuses on creating a task force to study data sharing infrastructure and does not mention AI models, systems, or development processes. The document is about general data governance rather than AI-specific lifecycle management.

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 does not explicitly mention AI models, AI systems, or any AI-specific technical concepts. It mentions 'machine learning' once as a potential technology to support data sharing, but does not define or regulate it. The focus is on general data sharing infrastructure.