Massachusetts Amendment S.3178, Sec 3A (2026)

• Authority: Massachusetts
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-07-24

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document does not address AI risks or harms. It is a funding appropriation bill that provides grants for AI technology development and application in various sectors. While it mentions AI in contexts like defense, cybersecurity, and healthcare, it does not address the risks associated with AI systems in these domains, but rather funds their development and deployment.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily provides funding for AI development and application in multiple sectors including Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing, Scientific Research, National Security/Defense, Agriculture, and Transportation. Additionally, it funds general economic development activities across various sectors. Coverage is through grant programs rather than traditional regulation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding Massachusetts state legislative amendment (S.3178) that appropriates funds and creates legal obligations for how grant programs shall be administered by state agencies. It uses mandatory language throughout and has the force of statutory law.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is a Massachusetts legislative amendment (S.3178, Section 3A) proposed and enacted by the state legislature to appropriate funds for economic development programs including AI technology development.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The document authorizes grants to a wide range of entities for AI development and application, including private businesses developing AI technologies and public/private entities deploying AI in various sectors.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Executive Office of Economic Development is the primary authority administering these grant programs, with discretion to delegate administration to various state agencies and quasi-governmental entities.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: While explicit monitoring provisions are not detailed, the administering agencies (Executive Office of Economic Development and its designees) have implicit monitoring responsibility to ensure grants are awarded according to the specified conditions and program guidelines.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Plan and Design, Build and Use Model, and Deploy stages of the AI lifecycle. It focuses on funding research and development (R&D) of AI technologies, their development and application in strategic sectors, and capital investments for establishing AI innovation facilities. There is no explicit mention of data collection, verification/validation, or operational monitoring 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 refers generally to 'artificial intelligence technologies' without specifying particular types of AI models or systems. It does not make distinctions between frontier AI, general purpose AI, or task-specific AI, nor does it mention foundation models, generative AI, compute thresholds, or open-weight models. The focus is on broad AI technology development and application across various sectors.