Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB022 Compare Versions

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1	1	First Regular Session
2	2	Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3	STATE OF COLORADO
4	4	INTRODUCED
5	5
6	6
7	7	LLS NO. 25-0181.01 Caroline Martin x5902
8	8	SENATE BILL 25-022
9	9	Senate Committees House Committees
10	10	Transportation & Energy
11	11	A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12	C
13	13	ONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO101
14	14	PREDICT, PREVENT, OR ASSIST IN FIGHTING WILDFIRES, AND, IN102
15	15	CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .103
16	16	Bill Summary
17	17	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
18	18	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
19	19	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
20	20	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
21	21	http://leg.colorado.gov/
22	22	.)
23	23	Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The bill requires the
24	24	general assembly to appropriate $7,500,000 to the division of fire
25	25	prevention and control (division) for state fiscal year 2024-25 and allows
26	26	any unexpended portion of the appropriation to also be expended in state
27	27	fiscal year 2025-26. The division is required to use the money to study
28	28	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
29	29	Baisley and Marchman,
30	30	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
31	31	Weinberg and Boesenecker, Mauro
32	32	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
33	33	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
34	34	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. and develop applications of artificial intelligence that predict, mitigate,
35	35	or assist in fighting wildfires, including, at a minimum, applications of
36	36	artificial intelligence which produce data that can be incorporated into
37	37	maps displaying the following:
38	38	! Classification of vegetation and wildfire fuel;
39	39	! Predictions regarding the likelihood of wildfire ignition
40	40	potential in a particular area following observed lightning
41	41	events;
42	42	! The perimeter of an ongoing wildfire; and
43	43	! Predictions regarding the locations and area to which an
44	44	ongoing wildfire may spread.
45	45	The division may contract with a third party that has developed
46	46	artificial intelligence tools to predict, mitigate, or assist in fighting
47	47	wildfires. The division is also authorized to seek, accept, and expend
48	48	gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of the bill.
49	49	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
50	50	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-33.5-1240 as2
51	51	follows:3
52	52	24-33.5-1240. Applying artificial intelligence to predict,4
53	53	prevent, or assist in fighting wildfires - definition. (1) A
54	54	S USED IN THIS5
55	55	SECTION, "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS SET6
56	56	FORTH IN SECTION 2-3-1701 (1).7
57	57	(2) F
58	58	OR THE 2024-25 STATE FISCAL YEAR, THE GENERAL8
59	59	ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED T HOUSAND9
60	60	DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE DIVISION TO BE USED IN10
61	61	ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. ANY UNEXPENDED OR UNENCUMBERED11
62	62	MONEY APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (2) REMAINS12
63	63	AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE FOR THE SAME PURPOSES IN THE 2025-2613
64	64	STATE FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT FURTHER APPROPRIATION .14
65	65	(3) T
66	66	HE DIVISION SHALL USE THE MONEY APPROPRIATED PURSUANT15
67	67	TO SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION TO STUDY AND DEVELOP16
68	68	APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT PREDICT , MITIGATE, OR17
69	69	SB25-022-2- ASSIST IN FIGHTING WILDFIRES, INCLUDING, AT A MINIMUM, APPLICATIONS1
70	70	OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WHICH PRODUCE DATA THAT CAN BE2
71	71	INCORPORATED INTO MAPS DISPLAYING THE FOLLOWING :3
72	72	(a) C
73	73	LASSIFICATION OF VEGETATION AND WILDFIRE FUEL ;4
74	74	(b) P
75	75	REDICTIONS REGARDING WILDFIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL IN A5
76	76	PARTICULAR AREA FOLLOWING OBSERVED LIGHTNING EVENTS ;6
77	77	(c) T
78	78	HE PERIMETER OF AN ONGOING WILDFIRE ; AND7
79	79	(d) P
80	80	REDICTIONS REGARDING THE LOCATIONS AND AREA TO WHICH8
81	81	AN ONGOING WILDFIRE MAY SPREAD .9
82	82	(4) I
83	83	N ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OUTLINED IN10
84	84	SUBSECTION (3) OF THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION MAY CONTRACT WITH A11
85	85	THIRD PARTY THAT, AT THE TIME OF CONTRACTING , HAS DEVELOPED12
86	86	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS TO PREDICT , MITIGATE, OR ASSIST IN13
87	87	FIGHTING WILDFIRES.14
88	88	(5) T
89	89	HE DIVISION MAY SEEK, ACCEPT, AND EXPEND GIFTS, GRANTS,15
90	90	AND DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF16
91	91	SUBSECTION (3) OF THIS SECTION.17
92	92	SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act18
93	93	takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the19
94	94	ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except20
95	95	that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V21
96	96	of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this22
97	97	act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take23
98	98	effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in24
99	99	November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the25
100	100	official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.26
101	101	SB25-022
102	102	-3-