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Testifier urges guardrails as committee weighs voluntary AI governance in House Bill 628
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At a House Technology and Innovation Committee hearing, Logan Cullis of the American Consumer Institute supported House Bill 628’s voluntary, private-governance approach to AI but warned it could become de facto mandatory through market and insurance incentives; members asked for guardrails and cross‑bill coordination.
Logan Cullis, of the American Consumer Institute, told the House Technology and Innovation Committee that House Bill 628’s voluntary ‘‘soft law’’ framework could balance innovation and risk but warned lawmakers to guard against it becoming mandatory in practice.
Cullis, an Ohio native and longtime policy analyst, described soft law as “governance without government” and said HB628 creates a marketplace of voluntary independent verification organizations (IVOs) that would give companies a stronger defense in court if they follow recognized practices. “The rebuttable presumption that you’re putting in the law is only as good as what it’s protecting and trying to…
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