Substitute for S.B. No. 2
Session Year 2025
 

AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

To (1) establish various requirements concerning artificial intelligence systems, (2) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to (A) establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, (B) plan to establish a technology transfer program, (C) establish a confidential computing cluster, (D) conduct a "CT AI Symposium", and (E) design an algorithmic computer model, (3) require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to establish a "Connecticut AI Academy" and require the Labor Department, and home visiting programs overseen by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, to provide information concerning said academy, (4) establish a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board, (5) modify the "computer science education and workforce development account", (6) modify the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, (7) establish an artificial intelligence systems fellowship program, (8) establish an artificial intelligence task force, (9) require state agencies to take various actions regarding generative artificial intelligence, and (10) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images.

Introduced by:
General Law Committee
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   Text of Bill
 APP Joint Favorable  [doc]
 JUD Joint Favorable  [doc]
 File No. 603 [doc]
 GL Joint Favorable Substitute  [doc]
 Committee Bill  [doc]
 Proposed Bill  [doc]
   Called Amendments
 Senate Schedule B LCO# 8554 (D) [doc]
 Senate Schedule A LCO# 8540 (J) [doc]
   Uncalled Amendments
 Senate LCO Amendment #8464 (D)  [doc]
 Senate LCO Amendment #8448 (R)  [doc]
 Senate LCO Amendment #8447 (R)  [doc]
 Senate LCO Amendment #8438 (R)  [doc]
 Senate LCO Amendment #8188 (D)  [doc]
   Votes
 Senate Roll Call Vote 173
   Committee Actions
 APP Joint Fav. Rpt
 APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 JUD Joint Fav. Rpt
 JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 GL Joint Fav. Rpt
 GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
 GL Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
   Fiscal Notes
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8554 (No Fiscal Impact)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8540 (See Fiscal Note Details)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8464 (See Fiscal Note Details)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8448 (No Fiscal Impact)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8447 (No Fiscal Impact)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8438 (No Fiscal Impact)
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8188 (See Fiscal Note Details)
 Fiscal Note for SB-2, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 8540), Senate "B" (LCO 8554)
 Fiscal Note For File Copy 603
   Bill Analyses
 Bill Analysis for SB-2, as amended by Senate "A" and "B"
 Bill Analysis For File Copy 603
Public Hearing Testimony  

Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 5/16/2025House Calendar Number 599
 5/16/2025Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 5/14/2025Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A,B
 5/14/2025Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule B 8554
 5/14/2025Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8540
 5/13/2025Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 5/13/2025No New File by Committee on Appropriations
 5/13/2025(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/13/2025(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/12/2025(APP)Joint Favorable
 5/8/2025Immediate Transmittal
 5/8/2025Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
 5/7/2025Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 5/7/2025No New File by Committee on Judiciary
 5/7/2025(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/6/2025(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/6/2025(JUD)Joint Favorable
 5/1/2025Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
 4/9/2025(LCO)File Number 603
 4/9/2025Senate Calendar Number 328
 4/9/2025Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/9/2025(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/3/2025(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/25 5:00 PM
 3/24/2025(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/21/2025(GL)Joint Favorable Substitute
 2/21/2025Public Hearing 02/26
 2/20/2025Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
 2/19/2025Drafted by Committee
 1/22/2025(GL)Vote to Draft
 1/8/2025Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

Co-sponsors of SB-2

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.
Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.
Sen. Jorge Cabrera, 17th Dist.
Sen. Christine Cohen, 12th Dist.
Sen. Mae Flexer, 29th Dist.
Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, 22nd Dist.
Sen. Herron Gaston, 23rd Dist.
Sen. Jan Hochadel, 13th Dist.
Sen. Paul Honig, 8th Dist.
Sen. Julie Kushner, 24th Dist.
Sen. Matthew L. Lesser, 9th Dist.
Sen. Rick Lopes, 6th Dist.
Sen. Ceci Maher, 26th Dist.
Sen. James J. Maroney, 14th Dist.
Sen. Martha Marx, 20th Dist.
Sen. Douglas McCrory, 2nd Dist.
Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, 27th Dist.
Sen. Norman Needleman, 33rd Dist.
Sen. Catherine A. Osten, 19th Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Sen. Derek Slap, 5th Dist.
Sen. Gary A. Winfield, 10th Dist.
Rep. Geraldo C. Reyes, 75th Dist.
Rep. Tom Delnicki, 14th Dist.
Rep. Nick Gauthier, 38th Dist.
Rep. Rebecca Martinez, 22nd Dist.
Rep. Roland J. Lemar, 96th Dist.
Rep. Marcus Brown, 127th Dist.
Rep. Anthony L. Nolan, 39th Dist.
Rep. Hubert D. Delany, 144th Dist.
Rep. William Heffernan, 115th Dist.
Rep. Bobby G. Gibson, 15th Dist.
Rep. Michael "MJ" Shannon, 117th Dist.
Rep. Eilish Collins Main, 146th Dist.
Rep. Lucy Dathan, 142nd Dist.
Rep. Kaitlyn Shake, 120th Dist.
Rep. Alphonse Paolillo, 97th Dist.
Rep. Gary A. Turco, 27th Dist.
Rep. Kadeem Roberts, 137th Dist.
Sen. Heather S. Somers, 18th Dist.
Rep. James Sanchez, 6th Dist.
Rep. Antonio Felipe, 130th Dist.
Rep. Robert Sanchez, 25th Dist.
Rep. Travis Simms, 140th Dist.
Rep. Hilda E. Santiago, 84th Dist.

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