STAND. COM. REP. NO. 29-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2176

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 2176 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Office of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Regulation to regulate the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence technologies in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; and Chamber of Progress. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services; Department of the Attorney General; TechNet; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the rapid evolution and technical intricacies of artificial intelligence technologies makes regulation and oversight difficult to project and accomplish. Your Committee further finds that establishing an Office of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Regulation may be premature at this time, but that the issue should be further examined.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting language that would have established an Office of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Regulation;

(2) Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Working Group to develop acceptable use policies and guidelines for the regulation, development, deployment, and use of artificial technologies in the State;

(3) Changing the purpose of the appropriation to be for the Artificial Intelligence Working Group;

(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $100,000 for fiscal year 2024-2025.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2176, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2176, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,

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AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair