New Jersey S 2723

• Authority: New Jersey
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2022-01-18

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only subdomain 6.5 (Governance Failure) receiving a coverage score of 2. The document primarily focuses on establishing governance structures for IT modernization and AI evaluation rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. Most risk subdomains are not mentioned.

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 applies to state government agencies in the Executive Branch. The governance focuses on IT modernization, digital service delivery, and evaluation of AI and cloud computing services for public service provision.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statute enacted by the New Jersey Legislature with mandatory language throughout, establishing legal obligations for state agencies and the Chief Technology Officer with enforcement through administrative authority.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New Jersey Legislature; Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey
• Summary: The document is a legislative act enacted by the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly, as indicated by the enactment clause and approval signature.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: State agencies; principal departments of the Executive Branch; Department of the Treasury; divisions, offices, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities
• Summary: The act applies to state agencies defined as principal departments of the Executive Branch and their constituent entities, requiring them to submit IT modernization plans and comply with digital service requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Chief Technology Officer; Chief Innovation Officer for the State of New Jersey; Office of Information Technology; New Jersey Information Technology Project Review Board
• Summary: The Chief Technology Officer has primary enforcement authority to request plans, review submissions, coordinate IT operations, and establish metrics. The Chief Innovation Officer collaborates in review processes, and the IT Project Review Board participates in annual evaluations.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Chief Technology Officer; Chief Innovation Officer; New Jersey Information Technology Project Review Board
• Summary: The Chief Technology Officer is responsible for ongoing monitoring through annual evaluations of AI and cloud computing feasibility, development of assessment metrics updated biennially, and review of agency implementation. The Chief Innovation Officer and IT Project Review Board participate in these monitoring activities.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Plan and Design stage through requirements for IT modernization planning, and the Operate and Monitor stage through annual evaluations and ongoing metrics assessment. It does not substantially address data collection, model building, verification/validation, or deployment 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, machine learning, and cloud computing services as technologies to be evaluated for state agency use. It does not define these terms or distinguish between different types of AI systems, models, or capabilities. No compute thresholds or specific AI architectures are mentioned.