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Committee approves bill requiring human final decision on agency actions involving AI
Summary
A committee approved a bill that would require Arkansas state agencies’ technology-use policies to address artificial intelligence and automated decision tools, and to ensure an authorized human employee or designee makes any final employment-related decision recommended by AI systems.
Representative Meeks told the committee the bill updates earlier legislation that required state agencies to adopt technology-use policies. The new bill adds requirements that state agency technology-use policies include standards for artificial intelligence and automated decision-making tools and specifies that an authorized human employee or designee must make any final decision in the course of employment regardless of what an AI or automated decision tool recommends.
Meeks said the most important provision appears on page 4 of the bill and requires a human sign-off: "it requires an authorized human employee or designee to make any final decisions in the course of his or her employment regardless of what artificial intelligence or the automated decision tool, the employee or designee recommends." The sponsor emphasized that the bill is intended to prevent agencies from relying solely on an AI system to make final decisions without human oversight.
No testimony for or against was recorded in the transcript. Representative Meeks closed and moved to pass the bill; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and no opposing voices were recorded. Committee members did not request additional implementation details, fiscal notes, or timelines during the recorded presentation.
