Connecticut 2023 2023 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01103 Comm Sub / Bill

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General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 1103  
January Session, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATED 
DECISION-MAKING AND PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 1 
(1) "Artificial Intelligence Officer" means the employee designated 2 
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; 3 
(2) "Automated decision support system" means any automated 4 
decision system that provides material information for the purpose of 5 
informing a conclusion, decision or judgment made by an individual on 6 
behalf of a state agency; 7 
(3) "Automated decision system" means any machine-based system 8 
or application, including, but not limited to, any such system or 9 
application that is derived from machine learning, statistics or other 10 
data processing or artificial intelligence techniques, that is developed, 11 
procured or utilized to make, inform or materially support a critical 12 
decision made by a state agency, but does not include passive 13 
computing infrastructure; 14 
(4) "Automated final decision system" means any automated decision 15 
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a state agency without any intervention by an individual acting on 17 
behalf of the state agency; 18 
(5) "Automated system" means any automated decision support 19 
system, automated decision system or automated final decision system; 20 
(6) "Automated systems procedures" means the procedures 21 
developed and adopted pursuant to this section; 22 
(7) "Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board" means the 23 
board established in section 2 of this act; 24 
(8) "Critical decision" means any decision or judgment that has any 25 
legal, material or similarly significant effect on an individual's life 26 
concerning access to, or the cost, terms or availability of, (A) education 27 
and vocational training, including, but not limited to, assessment, 28 
accreditation or certification, (B) employment, worker management or 29 
self-employment, (C) essential utilities such as electricity, heat, water, 30 
Internet or telecommunications access or transportation, (D) family 31 
planning services, including, but not limited to, adoption services or 32 
reproductive services, (E) financial services, including, but not limited 33 
to, any financial service provided by a mortgage company, (F) services 34 
from a creditor or mortgage broker, (G) health care, including, but not 35 
limited to, mental health care, dental care or vision care, (H) housing or 36 
lodging, including, but not limited to, any rental, short-term housing or 37 
lodging, (I) legal services, including, but not limited to, private 38 
mediation or arbitration, (J) government benefits, or (K) public services; 39 
(9) "Passive computing infrastructure" means any intermediary 40 
technology, including, but not limited to, web hosting, domain 41 
registration, networking, caching, data storage or cybersecurity 42 
technology, that does not influence or determine the outcome of a 43 
decision, make or aid in making a decision, inform policy 44 
implementation or collect data or observations;  45 
(10) "State agency" means any department, board, commission, 46 
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education, technical education and career school or other agency in the 48 
executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government; and 49 
(11) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as provided in section 35-50 
51 of the general statutes. 51 
(b) Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Office of Policy 52 
and Management shall designate an employee of the Office of Policy 53 
and Management to serve as the Artificial Intelligence Officer. Such 54 
employee shall have: (1) Extensive knowledge concerning automated 55 
systems and artificial intelligence analysis, governance, principles, 56 
practices, technology, terminology and trends; and (2) experience in 57 
administration, planning, policy development, project management and 58 
service coordination. 59 
(c) The Artificial Intelligence Officer shall be responsible for 60 
performing said officer's duties as set forth in this section. The Secretary 61 
of the Office of Policy and Management may contract with a third party, 62 
if said secretary deems it necessary, to assist the Artificial Intelligence 63 
Officer in performing said officer's duties under this section. 64 
(d) Not later than December 31, 2023, and every two years thereafter, 65 
the Artificial Intelligence Officer shall, in consultation with the state 66 
agency data officers and state agency heads, develop and adopt 67 
automated systems procedures for use by state agencies in developing, 68 
procuring and utilizing automated systems for critical decisions. In 69 
developing such automated systems procedure s, the Artificial 70 
Intelligence Officer shall consider imposing the following safeguards, 71 
where appropriate, to mitigate risk: (1) Requiring state agencies to 72 
develop, procure and utilize automated systems in a manner that is 73 
consistent with national and international standards; (2) ensuring that 74 
state agencies develop, procure and utilize automated systems in a 75 
manner that is consistent with state and federal laws, including, but not 76 
limited to, state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination and 77 
addressing privacy, civil rights and civil liberties; (3) ensuring that no 78 
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individual or group of individuals on the basis of any actual or 80 
perceived differentiating characteristic, including, but not limited to, 81 
age, genetic information, color, ethnicity, race, creed, religion, national 82 
origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, 83 
marital status, familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, disability or 84 
lawful source of income; (4) ensuring that any benefits that a state 85 
agency gains by utilizing an automated system outweigh any risks 86 
inherent in utilizing the automated system; (5) ensuring that each 87 
automated system is applied and utilized in a manner that is consistent 88 
with the use cases for which such automated system was trained in 89 
order to ensure accuracy, reliability and efficacy; (6) ensuring that each 90 
automated system is safe, secure and resilient, including, but not limited 91 
to, in circumstances in which such automated system is confronted with 92 
any systematic vulnerability, adversarial manipulation or other 93 
malicious exploitation; (7) ensuring that the operations of, and outcomes 94 
generated by, an automated system are sufficiently understandable by 95 
subject matter experts and users; (8) ensuring that individual roles and 96 
responsibilities are clearly defined, understood and appropriately 97 
assigned in a manner that is consistent with the purpose for which each 98 
use of an automated system is intended; (9) ensuring that the 99 
development, procurement and utilization of an automated system is, 100 
and the inputs and outputs for applications of an automated system are, 101 
documented and traceable; (10) ensuring that the design, development, 102 
procurement and monitoring of an automated system is, and intended 103 
purposes of an automated system are, appropriately transparent to the 104 
public under uniform protocols and public access requirements 105 
concerning releases and posting of appropriate information by each 106 
state agency utilizing the automated system; (11) ensuring that data 107 
inputs utilized by each automated system are appropriately transparent 108 
under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the 109 
general statutes; and (12) ensuring that each state agency that utilizes an 110 
automated system (A) examines the automated system, at least once 111 
every two years, to ensure compliance with such automated systems 112 
procedures, (B) supersedes, disengages and deactivates any application 113 
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outcomes that are, inconsistent with such automated systems 115 
procedures or any other provision of this section, (C) is appropriately 116 
transparent in disclosing any information that is relevant to such state 117 
agency's use of the automated system, (D) implements safeguards to 118 
ensure that the automated system is properly applied, utilized and 119 
functioning, and (E) provides appropriate training to all personnel 120 
responsible for developing, procuring or utilizing the automated 121 
system. 122 
(e) No state agency shall develop, procure or utilize any automated 123 
system on or after January 1, 2024, unless such automated system 124 
satisfies the requirements established in the automated systems 125 
procedures. 126 
(f) Not later than November 1, 2023, and every two years thereafter, 127 
the Artificial Intelligence Officer shall submit a preliminary draft of the 128 
automated systems procedures to the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence 129 
Advisory Board. The Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board 130 
shall hold a public hearing on such draft automated systems 131 
procedures, and submit any suggested revisions to the Artificial 132 
Intelligence Officer, not later than thirty days after said board receives 133 
such draft automated systems procedures. 134 
(g) After the public hearing held pursuant to subsection (f) of this 135 
section and, if applicable, receiving any recommended revisions from 136 
the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board, the Artificial 137 
Intelligence Officer shall finalize the automated systems procedures and 138 
submit such final automated systems procedures to said board. The 139 
Artificial Intelligence Officer shall send a copy of the final automated 140 
systems procedures to all state agency data officers, and the Office of 141 
Policy and Management shall post such final automated systems 142 
procedures on said office's Internet web site.  143 
(h) Not later than December 31, 2024, and every two years thereafter, 144 
each state agency shall: (1) Conduct an inventory of the automated 145 
systems that are in use by such state agency, which inventory shall be in 146  Substitute Bill No. 1103 
 
 
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a form prescribed by the Artificial Intelligence Officer; and (2) submit 147 
such inventory to said officer and the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence 148 
Advisory Board. The Office of Policy and Management shall make each 149 
such inventory available to the public on said office's Internet web site. 150 
(i) The Artificial Intelligence Officer shall be subject to the Freedom 151 
of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes. 152 
(j) No provision of this section shall be construed to: (1) Require 153 
disclosure of any trade secret; (2) abrogate any work product protection; 154 
or (3) restrict the Artificial Intelligence Officer's or any state agency's 155 
ability to (A) conduct any internal research to develop, improve or 156 
repair any product, service or technology, (B) prevent, detect, protect 157 
against or respond to, or investigate, report or prosecute any person 158 
responsible for, any security incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, 159 
malicious or deceptive activity or illegal activity, or (C) preserve the 160 
integrity or security of any system. 161 
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 162 
(1) "Automated system" has the same meaning as provided in section 163 
1 of this act; 164 
(2) "State agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 of 165 
this act; and 166 
(3) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as provided in section 35-51 167 
of the general statutes. 168 
(b) There is established the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence 169 
Advisory Board, which shall be part of the Legislative Department. 170 
(c) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Two 171 
appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) two 172 
appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) two appointed 173 
by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; (4) two 174 
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chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 176 
having cognizance of matters relating to consumer protection, or one 177 
appointed by such chairperson; and (6) the Senate chairperson of the 178 
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 179 
matters relating to consumer protection, or one appointed by such 180 
chairperson. All appointed members shall have professional experience 181 
or academic qualifications in matters pertaining to automated systems, 182 
artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence governance and 183 
accountability or other related fields. Additional nonvoting ex-officio 184 
members shall include the following officials, or their designees: The 185 
Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Chief Data Officer, the 186 
executive director of the Freedom of Information Commission, the 187 
executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, 188 
Equity and Opportunity, the Attorney General, the Chief Court 189 
Administrator, the Treasurer and the Comptroller. The speaker of the 190 
House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate 191 
shall each select a co-chair of the board from among the members of the 192 
board. 193 
(d) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than 194 
September 1, 2023. The terms of the appointed members shall be 195 
coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority for each 196 
member. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any 197 
vacancy occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be filled for 198 
the balance of the unexpired term. A member of the board may serve 199 
more than one term. The co-chairs shall jointly schedule the first 200 
meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than October 1, 2023. 201 
(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 202 
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer 203 
protection shall serve as administrative staff of the board. 204 
(f) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To 205 
advise state agencies concerning artificial intelligence and automated 206 
systems policy, including, but not limited to, best practices for the use 207 
of artificial intelligence and automated systems; (2) to perform the 208  Substitute Bill No. 1103 
 
 
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duties set forth in subsections (f) and (g) of section 1 of this act; (3) to 209 
issue reports and recommendations to the General Assembly in 210 
accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes; (4) upon the 211 
request of at least two members of the board, to request that any state 212 
agency data officer or state agency head appear before the board to 213 
answer questions; (5) to request from any state agency such assistance 214 
and data as necessary and available to carry out the purposes of this 215 
section; (6) to make recommendations to the legislative leaders 216 
concerning artificial intelligence and automated systems policy; and (7) 217 
to establish bylaws to govern the board's procedures. 218 
(g) The board shall meet at least twice a year and may meet at such 219 
other times as deemed necessary by the co-chairs of the board jointly or 220 
by a majority of the members of the board. 221 
(h) The board shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as 222 
defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes. 223 
(i) No provision of this section shall be construed to: (1) Require 224 
disclosure of any trade secret; (2) abrogate any work product protection; 225 
or (3) restrict the board's or any state agency's ability to (A) conduct any 226 
internal research to develop, improve or repair any product, service or 227 
technology, (B) prevent, detect, protect against or respond to, or 228 
investigate, report or prosecute any person responsible for, any security 229 
incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, malicious or deceptive 230 
activity or illegal activity, or (C) preserve the integrity or security of any 231 
system. 232 
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 233 
(1) "Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer" means the 234 
employee designated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; 235 
(2) "Automated system" has the same meaning as provided in section 236 
1 of this act; 237 
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provided in section 1 of this act; 239 
(4) "State agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 of 240 
this act; and 241 
(5) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as provided in section 35-51 242 
of the general statutes. 243 
(b) Not later than October 1, 2023, the Commissioner of 244 
Administrative Services shall designate an employee of the Department 245 
of Administrative Services to serve as the Artificial Intelligence 246 
Implementation Officer. Such employee shall have: (1) Extensive 247 
knowledge concerning automated systems and artificial intelligence 248 
analysis, governance, principles, practices, technology, terminology and 249 
trends; and (2) experience in administration, planning, policy 250 
development, project management and service coordination. 251 
(c) The Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer shall be 252 
responsible for performing said officer's duties under this section and 253 
section 4 of this act. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may 254 
contract with a third party, if the commissioner deems it necessary, to 255 
assist the Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer in performing 256 
said officer's duties under this section and section 4 of this act. 257 
(d) Any state agency that intends to develop, procure or utilize any 258 
automated system on or after January 1, 2024, shall provide to the 259 
Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer, in a form and manner 260 
prescribed by said officer, at least sixty days' advance written notice 261 
disclosing that such state agency intends to develop, procure or utilize 262 
such automated system. 263 
(e) Not later than ninety days after the Artificial Intelligence 264 
Implementation Officer receives any notice submitted pursuant to 265 
subsection (d) of this section, said officer may review such notice, and 266 
any available documentation concerning the operation of the automated 267 
system that is the subject of such notice and any related safeguards, to 268 
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system would satisfy the requirements established in the automated 270 
systems procedures. If the Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer 271 
does not make any determination during such ninety-day period, the 272 
state agency that submitted such notice may develop, procure or utilize 273 
such automated system. 274 
(f) On and after July 1, 2025, the Artificial Intelligence 275 
Implementation Officer: 276 
(1) May, in said officer's discretion, periodically reevaluate any 277 
automated system that is developed, procured or utilized by any state 278 
agency to ensure that such automated system satisfies the requirements 279 
established in the automated systems procedures; 280 
(2) Shall, at least biennially, reevaluate any automated system that is 281 
developed, procured or utilized by any state agency if said officer, in 282 
said officer's discretion, determines that such automated system poses 283 
any significant risk; and 284 
(3) May take any action not set forth in subdivision (1) or (2) of this 285 
subsection that said officer, in said officer's discretion, may deem 286 
appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection. 287 
(g) If the Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer determines 288 
that any automated system that is developed, procured or utilized by 289 
any state agency does not satisfy the requirements established in the 290 
automated systems procedures, said officer shall direct such state 291 
agency to immediately cease development, procurement or utilization 292 
of such automated system. 293 
(h) The Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer shall be subject 294 
to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the 295 
general statutes. 296 
(i) No provision of this section shall be construed to: (1) Require 297 
disclosure of any trade secret; (2) abrogate any work product protection; 298 
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state agency's ability to (A) conduct any internal research to develop, 300 
improve or repair any product, service or technology, (B) prevent, 301 
detect, protect against or respond to, or investigate, report or prosecute 302 
any person responsible for, any security incident, identity theft, fraud, 303 
harassment, malicious or deceptive activity or illegal activity, or (C) 304 
preserve the integrity or security of any system. 305 
Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 306 
(1) "Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer" has the same 307 
meaning as provided in section 3 of this act; 308 
(2) "Automated decision support system" has the same meaning as 309 
provided in section 1 of this act; 310 
(3) "Automated final decision system" has the same meaning as 311 
provided in section 1 of this act; 312 
(4) "Automated system" has the same meaning as provided in section 313 
1 of this act; 314 
(5) "Critical decision" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 315 
of this act; 316 
(6) "State agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 of 317 
this act; and 318 
(7) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as provided in section 35-51 319 
of the general statutes. 320 
(b) Not later than December 31, 2023, the Artificial Intelligence 321 
Implementation Officer shall inventory all automated systems that are 322 
in use by state agencies for critical decisions. Such inventory shall 323 
include the following information for each such automated system: 324 
(1) The name of such automated system and the vendor, if any, that 325 
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(2) A description of the general capabilities of such automated 327 
system, including, but not limited to: 328 
(A) Any reasonably foreseeable capability of such automated system 329 
that is outside of any state agency's intended use of such automated 330 
system; 331 
(B) Whether such automated system was used, or may be used, to 332 
independently make, inform or materially support a conclusion, 333 
decision or judgment and the resulting impact on residents of this state; 334 
(C) Each type of data input that was used by such automated system, 335 
how such inputted data was collected, generated or processed and the 336 
type or types of data such automated system generated or is reasonably 337 
likely to generate; 338 
(D) Whether such automated system (i) discriminated against any 339 
individual or group of individuals in violation of state or federal law, or 340 
(ii) disproportionately and unlawfully impacted any individual or 341 
group of individuals on the basis of any actual or perceived 342 
differentiating characteristic, including, but not limited to, age, genetic 343 
information, color, ethnicity, race, creed, religion, national origin, 344 
ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital 345 
status, familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, disability or lawful 346 
source of income; 347 
(E) A description of the purpose and intended use of such automated 348 
system, including, but not limited to, (i) which decision or decisions 349 
such automated system was used to make, inform or materially support, 350 
(ii) whether such automated system is an automated final decision 351 
system or automated decision support system, and (iii) the benefit or 352 
benefits such automated system was purported to confer and any data 353 
or research necessary to determine whether such automated system 354 
conferred such purported benefit or benefits; and 355 
(F) How the data used or generated by such automated system was 356 
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developed, procured or utilized such automated system intend to share 358 
access to such automated system or data with any other person, the 359 
name of such person and why such state agency or agencies intend to 360 
share such access or data with such person. 361 
(c) The Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer shall, as part of 362 
the inventory performed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, 363 
determine whether any automated system included in such inventory: 364 
(1) Infringed any legal right of any resident of this state; and 365 
(2) Was publicly disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, as 366 
defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, in an appropriately 367 
transparent manner. 368 
(d) No provision of this section shall be construed to: (1) Require 369 
disclosure of any trade secret; (2) abrogate any work product protection; 370 
or (3) restrict the Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer's or any 371 
state agency's ability to (A) conduct any internal research to develop, 372 
improve or repair any product, service or technology, (B) prevent, 373 
detect, protect against or respond to, or investigate, report or prosecute 374 
any person responsible for, any security incident, identity theft, fraud, 375 
harassment, malicious or deceptive activity or illegal activity, or (C) 376 
preserve the integrity or security of any system. 377 
(e) Not later than December 31, 2024, the Artificial Intelligence 378 
Implementation Officer shall prepare and submit a report, in accordance 379 
with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee 380 
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 381 
consumer protection. Such report shall contain the inventory prepared 382 
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 383 
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) Notwithstanding any provision 384 
of the general statutes, no state contracting agency shall enter into any 385 
contract with a business on or after July 1, 2023, unless such contract 386 
contains a provision requiring the business to comply with all applicable 387 
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For the purposes of this section, "business", "contract" and "state 389 
contracting agency" have the same meanings as provided in section 4e-390 
1 of the general statutes. 391 
Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 42-517 of the general statutes is 392 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 393 
2023): 394 
(a) The provisions of sections 42-515 to 42-525, inclusive, do not apply 395 
to any: (1) Body, authority, board, bureau, commission, district or 396 
agency of this state or of any political subdivision of this state; (2) 397 
nonprofit organization; (3) institution of higher education; (4) national 398 
securities association that is registered under 15 USC 78o-3 of the 399 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time; (5) 400 
financial institution or data subject to Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley 401 
Act, 15 USC 6801 et seq.; [or] (6) covered entity or business associate, as 402 
defined in 45 CFR 160.103; or (7) air carrier, as defined in 49 USC 40102, 403 
as amended from time to time, and regulated under the Federal 404 
Aviation Act of 1958, 49 USC 40101 et seq., and the Airline Deregulation 405 
Act, 49 USC 41713, as said acts may be amended from time to time. 406 
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 42-520 of the general statutes is 407 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 408 
2023): 409 
(a) A controller shall: (1) Limit the collection of personal data to what 410 
is adequate, relevant and reasonably necessary in relation to the 411 
purposes for which such data is processed, as disclosed to the consumer; 412 
(2) except as otherwise provided in sections 42-515 to 42-525, inclusive, 413 
not process personal data for purposes that are neither reasonably 414 
necessary to, nor compatible with, the disclosed purposes for which 415 
such personal data is processed, as disclosed to the consumer, unless the 416 
controller obtains the consumer's consent; (3) establish, implement and 417 
maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical data 418 
security practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity and 419 
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the personal data at issue; (4) not process sensitive data concerning a 421 
consumer without obtaining the consumer's consent, or, in the case of 422 
the processing of sensitive data concerning a known child, without 423 
processing such data in accordance with COPPA; (5) not process 424 
personal data in violation of the laws of this state and federal laws that 425 
prohibit unlawful discrimination against consumers; (6) provide an 426 
effective mechanism for a consumer to revoke the consumer's consent 427 
under this section that is at least as easy as the mechanism by which the 428 
consumer provided the consumer's consent and, upon revocation of 429 
such consent, cease to process the data as soon as practicable, but not 430 
later than fifteen days after the receipt of such request; and (7) not 431 
process the personal data of a consumer for purposes of targeted 432 
advertising, or sell the consumer's personal data without the consumer's 433 
consent, under circumstances where a controller has actual knowledge, 434 
[and] or wilfully disregards, that the consumer is at least thirteen years 435 
of age but younger than sixteen years of age. A controller shall not 436 
discriminate against a consumer for exercising any of the consumer 437 
rights contained in sections 42-515 to 42-525, inclusive, including 438 
denying goods or services, charging different prices or rates for goods 439 
or services or providing a different level of quality of goods or services 440 
to the consumer. 441 
Sec. 8. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 442 
study artificial intelligence. The task force shall (1) develop, and make 443 
recommendations concerning adoption of, an artificial intelligence bill 444 
of rights based on the "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights" published by 445 
the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and (2) study 446 
the feasibility of establishing, and make recommendations concerning 447 
the establishment of, a department of artificial intelligence enablement 448 
to assist state agencies and municipalities with ethically implementing 449 
artificial intelligence technologies. 450 
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 451 
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(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 453 
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 454 
Representatives; 455 
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 456 
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 457 
Representatives; 458 
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 459 
(7) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the 460 
commissioner's designee; and 461 
(8) Two appointed by the Governor. 462 
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 463 
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 464 
of the General Assembly. 465 
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 466 
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 467 
be filled by the appointing authority. 468 
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 469 
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 470 
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 471 
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 472 
days after the effective date of this section. 473 
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 474 
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer 475 
protection shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 476 
(g) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a report 477 
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 478 
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consumer protection, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 480 
of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 481 
submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. 482 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 42-517(a) 
Sec. 7 July 1, 2023 42-520(a) 
Sec. 8 from passage New section 
 
 
GL Joint Favorable Subst.  
APP Joint Favorable