Washington HB 1833 (Creating an artificial intelligence grant program.)

• Authority: Washington
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-03-12

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal to good coverage of approximately 8-9 subdomains, with focus on algorithmic discrimination (1.1), privacy and security (2.1, 2.2), human agency (5.1, 5.2), intellectual property concerns (6.3), high-risk systems (7.2), robustness testing (7.3), and transparency (7.4). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination prevention, privacy protection, and AI safety oversight domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs Scientific Research and Development Services, Information sector, and Professional and Technical Services through its grant program targeting AI innovation. It also establishes governance frameworks for Public Administration's use of AI. The task force examines AI use across multiple sectors including healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, and labor, though these are studied rather than directly regulated by this legislation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Washington State Legislature that creates mandatory legal obligations, establishes government programs with specific authorities, appropriates funds, and uses mandatory legal language throughout.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Washington State Legislature
• Summary: The bill is formally enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington as indicated in the enacting clause, with appointments made by legislative leadership (president of the senate, speaker of the house).

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: startups; research institutions; companies; universities; private technology industry; state and local governments; private sector entities; public sector entities
• Summary: The grant program targets organizations developing AI technologies (developers), while the task force examines AI use by both private and public sector entities (deployers) including government agencies.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Washington State Department of Commerce; Office of the Attorney General
• Summary: The Department of Commerce is authorized to establish and administer the grant program with rule-making authority, while the Attorney General's office must administer the AI task force.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: AI Task Force; Office of the Attorney General; Washington State Department of Commerce; Executive Committee; Subcommittees
• Summary: The task force and its executive committee are established to examine AI development and use, make recommendations, and submit regular reports. The Attorney General administers the task force and provides oversight, while the Department may solicit input from the task force.

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
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document addresses multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on deployment, operation and monitoring through the task force's examination of AI use and the grant program's requirements. It covers design through risk analysis requirements, data collection through training data considerations, model development and validation through testing requirements, and ongoing monitoring through the task force oversight structure.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• Foundation Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers AI systems broadly, with specific definitions for artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, and training data. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models (though implied in generative AI definition), open-weight models, or compute thresholds.