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Senate committee advances AI bill, seeks indemnity language and PII protections in committee report
Summary
The joint Senate committee on March 25 passed HB2597 HD1 to create a centralized open-data portal and statewide chatbot; ETS asked for $2 million and two AI hires, while members and testifiers pressed for indemnity, PII safeguards and limits on the system's scope.
A joint Senate committee on March 25 voted to pass House Bill 2597, House Draft 1, which would charge the chief data officer with enhancing the state's open-data portal and developing standards and evaluation tools for AI governance. The Office of Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) asked for funding and staff to support the effort; lawmakers pressed for safeguards on data, liability and clear limits on the system's capabilities.
Christine Sakuda, the state chief information officer with ETS, told the committee the bill would allow the chief data officer to build a centralized portal…
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