California SJR 6

• Authority: California
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2019-07-09

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• 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 implicit references to workforce impacts (6.2) and governance gaps (6.5). The resolution primarily focuses on calling for federal AI policy development rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. Coverage is limited to high-level concerns about economic impacts and regulatory gaps.

Sector coverage

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This resolution does not govern specific sectors. It is a non-binding policy recommendation urging federal action on AI governance broadly. References to workforce impacts and enterprise adoption are illustrative rather than regulatory.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a non-binding joint resolution that urges federal action but creates no legal obligations or enforcement mechanisms. It uses voluntary language ('urges') and serves as a policy recommendation rather than enforceable law.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California State Legislature; Senator Chang
• Summary: The resolution was proposed by the California State Senate and Assembly jointly, with Senator Chang as the author.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: President of the United States; Congress of the United States
• Summary: The resolution explicitly urges the President and Congress to develop an AI Advisory Committee and adopt comprehensive AI policy.

Enforcer

• Summary: No enforcement mechanisms or enforcing bodies are specified in this non-binding resolution.

Monitor

• Summary: No monitoring bodies or oversight mechanisms are specified in this non-binding resolution.

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

The document does not address specific AI lifecycle stages. It is a high-level policy recommendation calling for federal AI governance without detailing technical development, deployment, or operational phases.

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' throughout but does not define it or distinguish between different types of AI systems, models, or technical specifications. No compute thresholds, model types, or technical classifications are mentioned.