CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 979Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 20, 2025 An act relating to technology. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 979, as introduced, Irwin. Artificial intelligence.Existing law requires the Department of Technology to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law defines automated decision system as a computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisionmaking and materially impacts natural persons. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 979Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 20, 2025 An act relating to technology. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 979, as introduced, Irwin. Artificial intelligence.Existing law requires the Department of Technology to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law defines automated decision system as a computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisionmaking and materially impacts natural persons. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 979
Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 20, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin
February 20, 2025
An act relating to technology.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 979, as introduced, Irwin. Artificial intelligence.
Existing law requires the Department of Technology to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law defines automated decision system as a computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisionmaking and materially impacts natural persons. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
Existing law requires the Department of Technology to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency. Existing law defines automated decision system as a computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisionmaking and materially impacts natural persons.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to artificial intelligence.
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