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Joint Technology Committee votes 4–1 to recommend denying $5.2 million OIT R1 for statewide AI compliance
Summary
The Joint Technology Committee moved, voted and approved a recommendation to deny OIT’s $5.2 million R1 request for statewide AI compliance; members asked staff to draft a letter explaining the committee’s concerns about the request’s justification and lack of department-level guidance.
The Joint Technology Committee voted to recommend denying the Office of Information Technology’s R1 request of $5,200,000 for statewide AI compliance, approving a motion to accompany the recommendation with a committee letter detailing the concerns.
Representative Titone moved that the committee "not approve the funding for the R1 request and accompany our recommendation with a letter explaining the detail of why we think it's not worthy of funding," and the motion passed 4–1 with one member absent, according to the committee's tally.
Members who opposed funding voiced multiple concerns: several said the fiscal estimate repeated prior special-session figures without justification, departments had not demonstrated they had consulted the Attorney General's enforcement team, and OIT may be able to absorb work as it undergoes reorganization and staffing changes. Representative Titone argued, "I wanna just give them nothing," while Senator Rodriguez described the situation as frustrating and said departments have told legislators they "haven't received guidance" from the AG's enforcement lawyers.
Some members proposed narrower options, such as funding a small set of likely AI use cases or assigning a single OIT staffer to coordinate compliance work, rather than approving the full request. Representative Haskell noted that the committee could target funding to the five projects most likely to use AI, estimating a subset total around $380,000 according to the committee's document review.
Staff agreed to draft the committee letter capturing the committee's intention and circulate it for review. The committee recorded the roll-call positions during the vote: Bazely (aye), Haskell (pass), Rodriguez (aye), Weinberg (absent), Vice chair Titone (yes), Representative Pascal (no), Chair (aye); Chair summarized the result as "That passes 4 to 1 with 1 absent."
