California SCR 17 (Relative to Artificial Intelligence 2023)

• Authority: California
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-08-23

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 5-6 subdomains, with brief mentions of discrimination (1.1, 1.3), privacy (2.1), misinformation risks (3.1), and system safety (7.3). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination and privacy domains through references to the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights principles.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Finance & Insurance
• Professional & Technical Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This resolution does not govern specific economic sectors but rather commits the California Legislature to examining and implementing AI Bill of Rights principles across all state legislation and policies related to automated systems. The document mentions examples from healthcare, hiring, credit decisions, and agriculture but does not establish sector-specific governance.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a concurrent resolution that expresses legislative intent and commitment to principles but creates no binding legal obligations or enforcement mechanisms. It uses aspirational language ('affirms', 'commits to examining') rather than mandatory requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California Legislature; Senator Dodd (implied as author)
• Summary: The document is a Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 17) proposed by Dodd, as indicated in the title and the final resolved clause mentioning 'the author for appropriate distribution.'

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California Legislature; State of California agencies and departments
• Summary: The resolution commits the California Legislature itself to examining and implementing AI Bill of Rights principles in its legislation and policies related to automated systems use and deployment in California.

Enforcer

• Summary: No enforcement mechanisms, bodies, or procedures are specified in this resolution. As a concurrent resolution expressing legislative intent, it does not establish enforceable obligations or designate enforcement authorities.

Monitor

• Summary: No monitoring bodies, oversight mechanisms, or evaluation procedures are specified in this resolution. It is a statement of commitment without establishing accountability or tracking mechanisms.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document addresses AI governance broadly across multiple lifecycle stages without focusing on specific technical phases. It references design principles ('Safe and Effective Systems'), deployment considerations ('use and deployment of automated systems'), and operational aspects ('Human Alternatives, Consideration, and Fallback'), indicating coverage of Plan and Design, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document uses the broad term 'automated systems' throughout and does not specifically define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI. It references the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights which applies to automated systems generally, without technical specifications or compute thresholds.