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Committee hears bill requiring Georgia Technology Authority inventory of agency AI use; members press for transparency and capacity details
Summary
Representative Thomas presented LC560057 directing the Georgia Technology Authority to set AI policies for state agencies and produce an annual AI inventory and report. Lawmakers asked that the report be made broadly available, queried GTA capacity and suggested narrowing definitions to exclude rudimentary uses such as spam filters.
Representative Thomas introduced LC560057 (house bill 988, LC560057), which would direct the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) to develop AI usage policies for state agencies, perform an annual inventory of agency AI systems and submit a yearly report to the governor, legislative leaders and relevant committees.
During discussion members raised access and transparency concerns, urging that the report be transmitted to every member electronically rather than limited to committee chairpersons. Thomas agreed to work with counsel and GTA to amend recipients and make the report broadly available. He also agreed to consider revising the committee reference to the "House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure Innovation," a phrasing members asked to codify in the substitute.
Lawmakers questioned GTA’s readiness and whether additional funding would be needed to compile inventories; one member who recently met with GTA on appropriations expressed concern about the agency’s capacity and asked whether the task would require new resources. Thomas said he expects GTA staff to participate in future sessions and that the substitute follows the NIST definition of AI, but he is open to clarifying exclusions so that rudimentary uses—spam filters, basic virus protection or simple PowerPoint design tools—are not swept into the inventory.
Representatives also discussed operational definitions and what the inventory should capture. Several members asked for exclusion language for basic machine‑learning tools and proposed that the inventory focus on substantive, deployed systems (for example agency uses of large language models or integrated Copilot‑style assistants) rather than routine IT protections.
No vote was taken on the substitute. Thomas said he will work with GTA, legislative counsel and committee members to refine the reporting recipients, scope and language and return with an amended draft at a later meeting.
