Committee approves bill to regulate state use of artificial intelligence, adds election disclosure rules

Senators and representatives in the House Standing Committee on Small Business and Information Technology on Monday advanced Senate Bill 4 with a committee substitute that would create a risk-based governance framework for how Kentucky state agencies use artificial intelligence and would require disclosures for certain AI-generated political audio and video within a limited pre-election window.

The committee substitute directs the Commonwealth Office of Technology to oversee agency AI risk assessments, requires cabinets and agencies to report AI uses and benefits to the Office of Technology, and ties election-focused disclosure requirements to existing penalties in Kentucky law. The substitute removes images from the disclosure requirement and limits the disclosure rule to audio and video used…