Current Bills

Sponsors: Representative Tackey Chan
Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

This bill would set regulations on contracts for the use of digital replicas. Any such contract would need to be specific in scope and the individual whose digital replica is being used would need to be represented by legal counsel or a labor representative. 

Sponsors: Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Senator Michael O. Moore
Status: Referred to House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means 

This bill prohibits a person or political committee from distributing materially deceptive election-related communications with the intent to mislead voters within 90 days of an election.

Sponsors: Representative Farley-Bouvier, Senator Dylan A. Fernandes
Status: Referred to House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means 

This bill regulates the use of electronic monitoring tools in the workplace. Such monitoring would be restricted to specific business purposes and the bill would set limits on how that data could be used and shared. Additionally, this bill restricts agencies of the commonwealth from using automated decision systems where those uses are not explicity authorized by law.

Sponsors: Representative Steven S. Howitt
Status: Referred to Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

This bill requires labeling of content generated using generative artificial intelligence.

Sponsors: Representative Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Status: Discharged to the Committee on House Rules

This bill would create a special legislative commission to study electrical load growth due to data centers that support high performance computing and artificial intelligence.

Sponsors: Representative Jay D. Livingstone
Status: Referred to the Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

This bill would set requirements for including provenance data with content generated using artificial intelligence.

Sponsors: Representative Francisco E. Paulino
Status: Referred to the Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

This bill would require, with some exceptions, developers of artificial intelligence systems to identify and make available to information on limitations and risks of said systems. Developers of high-risk systems, which are ones that materially influence consequential decisions, must have in place programs to mitigate risks of algorithmic discrimination. The bill would also set public disclosure requirements for corporations using artificial intelligence systems.

Sponsors: Representative David M. Rogers, Representative Andres X. Vargas
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means

This bill would set requirements for developers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems to take steps to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination, including assessment, mitigation and disclosure.

Sponsors: Senator Barry R. Finegold
Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means 

This bill would create an Artificial Intelligence Innovation Trust Fund which would be used to provide grants and other financial assistance to companies developing artificial intelligence as well as research in the field of artificial intelligence.  It would set reporting requirements for large developers of artificial intelligence models and penalties for not following those requirements. It would also create a public cloud computing cluster known as MassCompute.

Sponsors: Senator Michael O. Moore
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing 

This bill expands existing child sexual abuse material laws to include material generated partially or entirely by artificial intelligence.

Sponsors: Senator Michael O. Moore
Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means 

This bill expands existing child sexual abuse material laws to include material generated partially or entirely by artificial intelligence.