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SB00005Introduced in the Senate

An Act Concerning Online Safety.

Passed

Introduced by General Law Committee

What does this bill do?

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Official description

To (1) establish (A) various requirements concerning artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence systems, artificial intelligence technologies, artificial intelligence companions and automated employment-related decision processes, (B) an Artificial Intelligence Policy Office to be overseen by an Artificial Intelligence Policy Director, (C) an Artificial Intelligence Learning Laboratory Program, (D) a Connecticut AI Academy and require various state agencies to disseminate information concerning said academy, (E) an artificial intelligence working group, and (F) a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board; (2) require (A) subscription-based artificial intelligence providers to make consumer disclosures, (B) frontier developers to implement various internal processes concerning frontier models, (C) synthetic digital content to be detectable as synthetic digital content, (D) the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop and implement a program to bolster artificial intelligence cooperation, (E) the Labor Commissioner to establish an Artificial Intelligence Workforce Research Hub, (F) the Office of Workforce Strategy to develop, implement and promote programs to improve the skills of the state's workforce in relation to artificial intelligence and a plan to create technologist apprenticeships, (G) the Office of Health Strategy to create a program to use artificial intelligence systems to enhance health outcomes for state residents, and (H) the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner and Commissioner of Consumer Protection to accept applications for safe harbor programs; (3) provide (A) that certain uses of an automated employment-related decision process constitute an unlawful discriminatory practice, (B) that no artificial intelligence technology shall be used to modify or impair a collective bargaining agreement or the role of a designated employee organization, (C) for the designation of artificial intelligence fellows, and (D) for the inclusion of instruction in topics such as the responsible use of emerging technologies in teacher certification preparation programs; and (4) modify (A) the "computer science education and workforce development account", (B) the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, and (C) the economic development strategic plan.

Where it stands

Signed by the Governor

May 27, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Chamber not recorded votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Roll Call Vote 176 AS AMENDED · May 1, 2026

131

Yes

17

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

151 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Matthew Ritter1Yes
Raghib Allie-Brennan2Yes
Minnie Gonzalez3Yes
Julio Concepcion4Yes
Maryam Khan5Yes
James Sanchez6Yes
Joshua Hall7Yes
Timothy Ackert8No
Jason Rojas9Yes
Henry Genga10Yes

Bill history

  1. Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

  2. Vote to Draft

  3. Drafted by Committee

  4. Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

  5. Public Hearing 03/04

  6. Joint Favorable Substitute

  7. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  8. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PM

  9. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  10. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  11. Senate Calendar Number 224

  12. File Number 338

  13. Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Judiciary

  14. Joint Favorable

  15. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  16. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. No New File by Committee on Judiciary

  18. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  19. Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  20. Immediate Transmittal

  21. Joint Favorable

  22. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  23. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  24. No New File by Committee on Appropriations

  25. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  26. Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4418

  27. Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A

  28. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  29. House Calendar Number 480

  30. House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A

  31. House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A

  32. In Concurrence

  33. Public Act 26-15

  34. Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  35. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  36. Signed by the Governor

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