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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1249
January Session, 2025
AN ACT ADDRESSING INNOVATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-67p of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 3
designate an employee of the Office of Policy and Management to serve 4
as Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall be responsible for (1) 5
directing executive branch agencies on the use and management of data 6
to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and 7
policies, (2) facilitating the sharing and use of executive branch agency 8
data (A) between executive branch agencies, and (B) with the public, (3) 9
coordinating data analytics and transparency master planning for 10
executive branch agencies, and (4) creating the state data plan in 11
accordance with subsection (c) of this section. The Chief Data Officer 12
shall carry out the responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (1) to (3), 13
inclusive, of this subsection in accordance with the state data plan 14
created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 15
(b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the 16
agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for 17
implementing the provisions of this section and who shall serve as the 18
main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access 19
to the data of such agency. The agency data officer, in consultation with 20 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish 21
procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are 22
complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. 23
(c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, 24
the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers and 25
executive branch agency heads, shall create a state data plan. The state 26
data plan shall (1) establish management and data analysis standards 27
across all executive branch agencies, (2) include specific, achievable 28
goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as 29
longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to enhance 30
standardization and integration of data systems and data management 31
practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for 32
a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the 33
internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy 34
concerns, and (5) set goals for improving the online repository 35
established pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Each state data 36
plan shall provide for a procedure for each agency head to report to the 37
Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the 38
plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data 39
management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such 40
recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies. 41
(d) The Chief Data Officer shall submit a preliminary draft of such 42
plan to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board 43
established under section 2-79e not later than November 1, 2018, and 44
every two years thereafter. Said board shall hold a public hearing on 45
such draft and shall submit any suggested revisions to the Chief Data 46
Officer not later than thirty days after receipt of such draft. 47
(e) After the public hearing and if applicable, receiving any 48
recommended revisions from the board, the Chief Data Officer shall 49
finalize such plan and submit the final plan to the board. The Chief Data 50
Officer shall send a copy of the final state data plan to all agency data 51
officers and shall post such plan on the Internet web site of the Office of 52
Policy and Management. 53 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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(f) Information technology-related actions and initiatives of all 54
executive branch agencies, including, but not limited to, the acquisition 55
of hardware and software and the development of software, shall be 56
consistent with the final state data plan. 57
(g) On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually 58
thereafter, each executive branch agency shall conduct an inventory of 59
any high value data that is collected or possessed by the agency. Such 60
inventory shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief Data Officer. In 61
conducting such inventory, data shall be presumed to be public data 62
unless otherwise classified by federal or state law or regulation. On or 63
before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each 64
executive branch agency shall submit such inventory to the Chief Data 65
Officer and the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board. 66
(h) Each executive branch agency shall develop an open data access 67
plan. Such plan shall be in a form prescribed by the Office of Policy and 68
Management and shall detail the agency's plan to publish, as open data, 69
any public data that the agency has identified and any protected data 70
that can be made public through aggregation, redaction of individually 71
identifiable information or other means sufficient to satisfy applicable 72
state or federal law or regulation. 73
(i) The Office of Policy and Management shall operate and maintain 74
an online repository for the publication of open data by executive 75
branch agencies. 76
(j) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Chief Data Officer, in 77
consultation with the agency data officers designated pursuant to 78
subsection (b) of this section, shall review the inventory of high value 79
data collected or possessed by executive branch agencies pursuant to 80
subsection (g) of this section to identify and publish any data that could 81
be useful for artificial intelligence systems, machine learning and other 82
statistical means of data analysis to create economic opportunity and 83
support state economic development goals, through private businesses, 84
nonprofit organizations and other entities that will use such data, 85 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. The Chief Data 86
Officer and agency data officers shall: 87
(1) Identify appropriate data to make available for use by artificial 88
intelligence systems, machine learning and other statistical means of 89
data analysis; 90
(2) Develop policies and procedures for data quality and data 91
governance to ensure data are appropriate for the intended purpose and 92
do not lead to any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact, as 93
described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of 94
section 51-10e; 95
(3) Determine any necessary aggregation, redaction of individually 96
identifiable information or application of other techniques required to 97
ensure and preserve privacy and to satisfy all applicable state or federal 98
laws and regulations for the public disclosure of data; and 99
(4) Determine the procedures through which agencies shall make any 100
such data available via publication on the online repository established 101
pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. 102
[(j)] (k) Any state agency that is not an executive branch agency and 103
any quasi-public agency or municipality may voluntarily opt to comply 104
with the provisions of this section and, upon submission of written 105
notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy 106
and Management, the provisions of this section shall apply to such 107
agency or municipality. Any state or quasi-public agency or any 108
municipality that voluntarily opts to comply with the provisions of this 109
section may opt out of complying with this section upon submission of 110
written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of 111
Policy and Management. The Office of Policy and Management shall 112
create and maintain a list of all agencies subject to the provisions of this 113
section, including those agencies and municipalities that have 114
voluntarily opted to comply, and shall publish such list on the office's 115
Internet web site and update such list as necessary. 116 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2025) The Commissioner of Economic and 117
Community Development, in consultation with the Banking 118
Commissioner, Commissioner of Health Strategy, Commissioner of 119
Public Health and Insurance Commissioner, shall develop a plan to 120
establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, which 121
program shall allow an applicant to temporarily test an innovative 122
product or service on a limited basis under reduced licensure, 123
regulatory or other legal requirements than may otherwise be required 124
under the laws of the state. Such plan shall be developed for the purpose 125
of establishing a competitive business environment in the state for the 126
development and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies 127
relative to other jurisdictions. Not later than January 1, 2026, the 128
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit 129
recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 130
the general statutes, to the Governor and the joint standing committees 131
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 132
commerce, banking, insurance and public health regarding the adoption 133
of any legislation necessary to implement such plan. 134
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 135
(1) "Artificial intelligence system" means any machine-based system 136
that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs such 137
system receives how to generate outputs, including, but not limited to, 138
content, decisions, predictions or recommendations, that can influence 139
physical or virtual environments; 140
(2) "Generative artificial intelligence system" means any artificial 141
intelligence system that (A) is trained on data, (B) interacts with any 142
individual by way of text, audio or visual communication, and (C) 143
generates nonscripted outputs, similar to outputs created by human 144
beings, with limited or no human oversight; and 145
(3) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, limited 146
liability company, partnership, trust or other legal entity. 147
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, it shall not be 148 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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a defense to any civil or administrative claim or action of any kind, 149
including, but not limited to, any claim in tort or contract, any claim or 150
action arising out of any unfair or deceptive act or practice in the 151
conduct of trade or commerce under subsection (a) of section 42-110b of 152
the general statutes, any claim or action arising out of the unauthorized 153
practice of any licensed, certified or registered profession, trade, 154
business or occupation or any claim or action arising out of any 155
discrimination prohibited under chapter 814c of the general statutes, 156
that an artificial intelligence system: 157
(1) Committed the act or omission that is the basis for such claim or 158
action; or 159
(2) Was used in furtherance of the act or omission that is the basis for 160
such claim or action. 161
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not be 162
construed to apply to any circumstance in which a person provides an 163
individual with access to a generative artificial intelligence system, or 164
prompts or otherwise causes an individual to interact with a generative 165
artificial intelligence system, and: 166
(1) Clearly and conspicuously discloses to the individual that such 167
individual is interacting with a generative artificial intelligence system 168
and not a human being (A) upon a request made by such individual for 169
such disclosure, or (B) (i) orally at the start of such interaction, if such 170
interaction is conducted orally, or (ii) by way of an electronic message 171
delivered to such individual before the start of such interaction, if such 172
interaction is conducted in writing; and 173
(2) Discloses that the interaction between the individual and the 174
generative artificial intelligence system is not intended to provide any 175
advice that may only be provided by a person acting within the scope 176
of a licensed, certified or registered profession, trade, business or 177
occupation, if the person providing such individual with access to such 178
generative artificial intelligence system, or prompting or otherwise 179
causing such individual to interact with such generative artificial 180 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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intelligence system, provides services that may only be provided by a 181
person acting within the scope of a duly licensed, certified or registered 182
profession, trade, business or occupation. 183
Sec. 4 (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 184
(1) "Artificial intelligence system" means any machine-based system 185
that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs such 186
system receives how to generate outputs, including, but not limited to, 187
content, decisions, predictions or recommendations, that can influence 188
physical or virtual environments; 189
(2) "Quantum technology" means the use of the laws of quantum 190
physics for (A) the storage, transmission, manipulation, computing or 191
measurement of information, or (B) the development or manufacturing 192
of machinery, hardware, materials or pharmaceuticals; and 193
(3) "Corporation" means Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated. 194
(b) The corporation shall establish a fund to be known as the Artificial 195
Intelligence and Quantum Technology Investment Fund for the purpose 196
of investing in companies in the state, or companies relocating 197
significant operations to the state, which develop, manufacture, utilize 198
or deploy artificial intelligence systems or quantum technology. The 199
corporation, or a subsidiary created by the corporation for the purposes 200
of this section, shall serve as general partner or managing member of 201
the fund and shall determine the organizational and operating structure 202
of the fund. 203
(c) The corporation may capitalize the fund from time to time by 204
drawing upon the existing assets of the corporation. The corporation 205
may invest up to fifty million dollars in the fund. The fund may make 206
investments or coinvestments in companies in the state, or companies 207
relocating significant operations to the state, which investments or 208
coinvestments may include seed financing, start-up financing, early or 209
first-stage financing or expansion financing, as such terms are defined 210
in section 32-34 of the general statutes. 211 Substitute Bill No. 1249
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-67p
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(j)(4), "online repository for open data maintained" was
changed to "online repository established" for consistency with other
provisions of the section; in Section 2, provisions were rewritten for
consistency with standard drafting conventions; and in Section 4(c), "or
coinvestments" was added after "which investments" for internal
consistency.
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