Signed by Governor Andy Beshear

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that establishes regulations on the state's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Kentucky.

Highlights:

• Establishes regulations on the state's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Kentucky (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to establish and implement policy standards for the use of artificial intelligence (Sec. 1-5).

• Establishes an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee tasked with responsible, ethical, and transparent procedures for the allowable use, development, and approval of artificial intelligence for any department, program, cabinet, agency, and administrative body that uses and accesses the Commonwealth's information technology and technology infrastructure (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires public disclosure of any use of artificial intelligence and provides employee education and training (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires prioritizing personal privacy and protection of the data of individuals and businesses (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the State Office of Technology to promulgate administrative regulations (Sec. 1-5).

• Defines "electioneering communication," "information content provider," "interactive computer service," "sponsor," and "synthetic media" (Sec. 1-5).

• establishes a cause of action for the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication and establishes an affirmative defense that the electioneering communication includes a conspicuous disclosure (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the sponsor of the electioneering communication may be held liable, but the medium and its advertising sales representative are not liable, except in certain circumstances (Sec. 1-5).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes regulations on the state's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Kentucky.

Highlights:

• Establishes regulations on the state's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Kentucky (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to establish and implement policy standards for the use of artificial intelligence (Sec. 1-5).

• Establishes an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee tasked with responsible, ethical, and transparent procedures for the allowable use, development, and approval of artificial intelligence for any department, program, cabinet, agency, and administrative body that uses and accesses the Commonwealth's information technology and technology infrastructure (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires public disclosure of any use of artificial intelligence and provides employee education and training (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires prioritizing personal privacy and protection of the data of individuals and businesses (Sec. 1-5).

• Requires the State Office of Technology to promulgate administrative regulations (Sec. 1-5).

• Defines "electioneering communication," "information content provider," "interactive computer service," "sponsor," and "synthetic media" (Sec. 1-5).

• establishes a cause of action for the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication and establishes an affirmative defense that the electioneering communication includes a conspicuous disclosure (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the sponsor of the electioneering communication may be held liable, but the medium and its advertising sales representative are not liable, except in certain circumstances (Sec. 1-5).

Full Bill Text