In one paragraph
Delaware's HB 333 (84 Del. Laws c. 307) creates the Delaware Artificial Intelligence (AI) Commission within the Department of Technology and Information. The Commission recommends legislative and executive AI actions to the General Assembly and the state Chief Information Officer, develops statewide processes and guidelines for agencies' AI use, encourages agencies to use AI to improve services, recommends actions that keep citizens safe and protect individual rights, and inventories generative AI use in state agencies, identifying high-risk areas. It reports every December 31 from 2024. Signed and effective July 17, 2024; the act expires July 17, 2034 unless extended.
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What it means for business
No duties for businesses. The Commission advises the state on AI policy and inventories state agencies' generative AI use; three appointed members represent private-sector entities that develop or implement AI.
Key provisions
- Adds subchapter IV (§§ 9041C-9047C) to Chapter 90C of Title 29, creating the Delaware AI Commission within the Department of Technology and Information, with staff support from its Chief Information Officer
- Purposes: recommend legislative and executive actions on AI to the General Assembly and the Chief Information Officer; develop and recommend statewide processes, principles and guidelines for executive, legislative and judicial agencies' AI use; encourage agencies to use AI to improve service delivery where appropriate; recommend actions ensuring AI use keeps citizens safe and does not violate individual rights
- Inventory all generative AI usage in Delaware's executive, legislative and judicial agencies and identify high-risk areas for implementing generative AI
- AI: a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments; generative AI: AI models that emulate input data to generate derived synthetic content such as images, video, audio and text
- Members include state officials such as the Chief Information Officer, Attorney General, Chief Justice, Secretary of State, State Election Commissioner and cabinet secretaries (or designees), plus appointees of the Senate President Pro Tempore, the House Speaker and the Governor: higher-education AI specialists, private-sector AI representatives, legislators from both caucuses and a constitutional-rights lawyer; appointed members serve terms of up to 3 years without compensation
- First meeting by August 1, 2024; an annual report of activities and goals, which may propose legislation or policy changes, is due to the Governor and legislative leaders by December 31, 2024 and every December 31 after
- Signed by the Governor July 17, 2024 (84 Del. Laws c. 307); effective July 17, 2024; expires 10 years after enactment (July 17, 2034) unless extended by a later act.
Latest legislative action
Jul 17, 2024. Signed by Governor (84 Del. Laws c. 307)
Sponsors (showing 5 of 31)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Andria L. Bennett | Primary |
| Bryant L. Richardson R | Primary |
| Bryon H. Short | Primary |
| Cyndie Romer D | Primary |
| David L. Wilson | Primary |
Roll call votes
SM Jun 25, 2024
38 yea0 nay3 otherPassed
SM Jun 20, 2024
18 yea0 nay3 otherPassed
SM May 7, 2024
34 yea0 nay7 otherPassed
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