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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2

AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 16, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

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.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

24 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Bob Duff, Saud Anwar, Jorge Cabrera, Christine Cohen, Mae Flexer, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Herron Gaston, Jan Hochadel, Paul Honig, Julie Kushner, Matthew L. Lesser, Rick Lopes, Ceci Maher, James J. Maroney, Martha Marx, Douglas McCrory, Patricia Billie Miller, Norman Needleman, Catherine A. Osten, MD Rahman, Derek Slap, Gary A. Winfield, Heather S. Somers

In the House of Representatives

    22 co-sponsors

    Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Tom Delnicki, Nick Gauthier, Rebecca Martinez, Roland J. Lemar, Marcus Brown, Anthony L. Nolan, Hubert D. Delany, William Heffernan, Bobby G. Gibson Jr., Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Eilish Collins Main, Lucy Dathan, Kaitlyn Shake, Alphonse Paolillo Jr., Gary A. Turco Jr., Kadeem Roberts, James Sanchez, Antonio Felipe, Rep. 025A, Travis Simms, Hilda E. Santiago

    Its course

    January 8 to May 16, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action30 actions on 17 days

    In the SenateJan 8 to May 14126 days

    General Law CommitteeJan 8 to Mar 2172 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 1 to May 65 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 8 to May 124 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 14 to May 16 · stopped2 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 14

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 14

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 8 – May 14

    1. Jan 8Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Feb 19Drafted as a bill by General Law Committee
    3. Feb 20Sent to General Law Committee
    4. Feb 21Heard in General Law Committee
    5. Mar 21General Law Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. May 1Sent to Judiciary Committee
    7. May 6Judiciary Committee recommended it
    8. May 8Sent to Appropriations Committee
    9. May 12Appropriations Committee recommended it
    10. May 14The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    11. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment B
    12. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendments A and B

    In the House of Representatives May 16

    1. May 16Arrived in the House of Representatives
    All 30 actions, as published
    1. Jan 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 22Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 19DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 21Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    7. Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Apr 3REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 9FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 9SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 9FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 1REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    14. May 6Joint FavorableBoth houses
    15. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. May 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. May 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    18. May 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    19. May 8REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    20. May 8IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    21. May 12Joint FavorableBoth houses
    22. May 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    23. May 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    24. May 13NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    25. May 13FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    26. May 14SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    27. May 14SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    28. May 14SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    29. May 16FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    30. May 16HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives