Committee hears bill to require AI developers to post training‑data disclosures; enforcement, trade secrets and scope draw debate

Committee staff framed House Bill 1168 as a transparency measure that would require developers of generative artificial intelligence systems to post documentation about the datasets used to train models that are made available for public use.

Emily Pool, nonpartisan staff to the committee, told members the bill would require developers — a term defined to include individuals, agencies and corporations that design, code, produce or substantially modify a generative AI system — to post information about dataset sources, the kinds of data points included, whether personal information is present and whether copyrighted works were used. The bill would apply to systems released or substantially modified on or after Jan. 1, 2022, require compliance by Jan. 1, 2026, and assign enforcement to the attorney…