Committee approves AI transparency bill requiring training-data disclosures
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Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 2,503 after adopting an amendment requiring documentation of efforts to remove child sexual-abuse material from training datasets. Supporters called the change a balance of innovation and accountability; critics warned the bill, as written, could impose heavy compliance costs on startups. (Vote: 8–4, 1 excused)
The Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee voted to report substitute House Bill 2,503 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation after adopting Amendment Pool 162, which expands required public documentation about datasets used to train generative AI systems.
Representative Shavers, sponsor of the adopted amendment, told the committee "there is no place for child ****** abuse material in any system, especially in artificial intelligence," urging developers to take proactive steps to remove such material from training datasets and calling the change a compatibility of innovation and responsibility.
Representative Penner expressed concern about the bill’s burden on small businesses, saying the text as written could force startups to hire lawyers and engineers to review trade secrets and data logs. He warned that the requirement to produce data logs for every model released since January 2022, with no revenue threshold, could be ‘‘a rounding error’’ for a large company but "for a start up in a garage, that's potentially their entire operating budget." Penner recommended further refinement before full implementation.
Amendment Pool 162 was adopted by voice and incorporated into the substitute. After roll call, staff announced there were 8 ayes, 4 nays and 1 excused; substitute House Bill 2,503 was reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation. Lawmakers said they expect opportunities to refine the bill’s compliance thresholds and confidentiality protections in later stages.
Next steps: the substitute will move to subsequent committees and possible floor consideration, where sponsors and opponents may seek additional exemptions, thresholds or confidentiality protections for trade-secret material.