Proposed Legislation Would Require Utah Agencies to Disclose AI Use

A Utah lawmaker wants the state’s law enforcement agencies to be more transparent about how they use artificial intelligence, proposing a new bill that would require officers to disclose when and how they use the technology in police reports.

Sponsored by Sen. Stephanie Pitcher, D-Millcreek, SB180 passed the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee on Monday evening with unanimous support. It will now go to the entire Senate for consideration before it heads to the House, the Utah News Dispatch reports.

The bill does three things:

• It requires all Utah law enforcement agencies to create a policy regarding artificial intelligence that outlines which technologies the agency uses, and when and where the technology is permitted.

• It directs all police officers to disclose when artificial intelligence was used when creating a police report.

• And it requires the report’s author to include a certificate stating that they reviewed the report for accuracy.