Bill Text: MS SB2426 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Artificial Intelligence Task Force; create and prescribe responsibilities of.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-20 - Referred To Technology [SB2426 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2025-SB2426-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Technology
By: Senator(s) Williams
Senate Bill 2426
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REGULATION (AIR) TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, INCLUDING EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS; TO SPECIFY THE TASK FORCE'S PURPOSE AND DUTIES; TO DIRECT THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND EVALUATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS, RISKS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; TO REQUIRE THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY; TO AUTHORIZE FUND AND SUPPORT FOR THE TASK FORCE'S WORK; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Legislature finds that:
(a) The State of Mississippi needs to support stakeholders as they gather information and decide the best means to utilize and oversee artificial intelligence (AI) tools and systems used by the State of Mississippi's governing bodies;
(b) The Legislature acknowledges that artificial intelligence cannot replace human creativity and involvement and so promotes responsibly using AI tools and systems while aligning and adhering to the state's long term policies, goals, values and missions while maintaining citizen trust and balancing the benefits, risks and potential dangers of artificial intelligence; and
(c) As the use of artificial intelligence has implications for state, national and personal security and privacy, the use of artificial intelligence must be conducted in a responsible, ethical, transparent and beneficial manner.
(2) There is hereby established the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (Air) Task Force.
(3) (a) The task force shall consist of the following seven (7) voting members:
(i) The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House shall each appoint one (1) respective member of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives to serve as co-chairs of the task force;
(ii) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, or his or her designee;
(iii) The Director of the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN), or his or her designee;
(iv) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, or his or her designee;
(v) The Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard, or his or her designee; and
(vi) The Attorney General of Mississippi, or his or her designee.
(b) The Chairpersons of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) Task Force, with the advice and consent of the remaining official executive agency committee members specified in paragraph (a), or their respective designees, may appoint ex-officio nonvoting members to the task force to serve in an advisory capacity for such terms to be determined at the discretion of the task force. The voting members of the task force, upon a majority of its membership, present and voting, and spread upon its minutes, may reduce or expand the number of ex-officio members who may serve, provided that such members are deemed necessary to provide expertise or access to resources involving AI technology and are representative of:
(i) Workforce development, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology;
(ii) Elementary and secondary education, public or private, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology;
(iii) Four-year postsecondary education, public or private, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology;
(iv) Two-year postsecondary education, public or proprietary, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology;
(v) Healthcare, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology;
(vi) Private business entity, who possesses expert knowledge of and experience with AI technology, including, but not limited to:
1. Data storage and management;
2. Cloud computing infrastructure;
3. Computer power provided by graphic processing units, tensor processing units and quantum computing;
4. Data processing and preparation through data cleaning, data integration and ETL (extract, transform and load) process;
5. AI algorithms and frameworks;
6. AI software and applications;
7. Data security and privacy;
8. AI governance and ethical frameworks;
9. Integration with business processes;
10. Training and talent development; and
(vii) Automation and manufacturing;
(viii) Ethics and transparency;
(xi) Agriculture; and
(x) Entertainment.
(4) The Legislative members named by the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve as co-chairs of the AIR Task Force. The task force must meet within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of this act upon the call of the co-chairs, and at its first meeting shall elect any officers from among its members as it deems necessary for the efficient discharge of the task force's duties.
(5) The task force shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings and governing the manner of conducting its business. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting any business of the task force, and a majority vote of all members present shall be required for any recommendations to the Legislature.
(6) The task force shall be responsible for balancing innovation and public interest while endeavoring to mitigate risks and unintended consequences of AI and its regulation. The task force shall:
(a) Facilitate and evaluate through comprehensive review, develop tentative drafts of any necessary proposed revisions to the Mississippi Code involving the regulation of AI technologies, which may or may not include the following:
(i) Fostering innovation by providing an environment for businesses and organizations to develop and test AI systems under relaxed regulatory constraints;
(ii) Regulatory oversight of the designing, testing and refinement of regulations to ensure responsible AI deployment;
(iii) Collaborating with stakeholders to bridge communication and idea exchanges between developers, policymakers and the public to align AI innovation with ethical and societal goals; and
(iv) Any other areas as deemed necessary by the task force.
(b) Review laws, policies and procedures concerning the use of AI technology established by the United States Congress and other state legislatures, if any, and compile a list of recommendations to include in the report required by this act. The review shall focus on, but not be limited to focusing on:
(i) Privacy and data protection;
(ii) Development for a framework for AI testing;
(iii) Compliance with ethical standards which enforce adherence to fairness, accountability, transparency, disclosures and promoting equitable outcomes;
(iv) Assessment of risk and benefits which measures the societal and economic impact of AI innovations;
(v) Liability;
(vi) Constituent and consumer impact;
(vii) Bias and social impact; and
(viii) Copyright and provenance.
(c) Consider implementation and use of artificial intelligence in state government agencies and compile a list of recommendations of best practices and potential uses for AI technologies in government to include in the report required by this act;
(d) Consider ways to allocate funding for development and use of artificial intelligence technologies in the state and draft proposals accordingly to include in the report required by this act; and
(e) Any other issues related to artificial intelligence technologies that the task force finds appropriate to address.
(7) Members of the task force shall receive a per diem in the amount provided in Section 25-3-69 for each day engaged in the business of the task force. Members of the task force other than the legislative members shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses incurred while engaged in official business of the task force in accordance with Section 25-3-41, and the legislative members of the task force shall receive the expense allowance provided for in Section 5-1-47.
(8) The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall provide necessary clerical support for the meetings of the task force and the preparation of the report, with assistance from the clerical and legal staff of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate.
(9) The task force is authorized to apply for and accept gifts, grants, subsidies and other funds from persons, corporations, foundations, the United States government or other entities, and the receipt of any gifts, grants, subsidies or funds shall be reported and otherwise accounted for in the manner provided by law. If financial subsidies are sufficient, the task force may hire additional contract staff to support its work.
(10) The term "artificial intelligence" has the meaning set forth in 15 USC § 9401(3): a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Artificial intelligence systems use machine- and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments; abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and use model inference to formulate options for information or action.
(11) The task force may request the assistance of the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, the legal staffs of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate, or any other related organization with expertise in domestic relations.
(12) The work of the task force described in this act relates to sensitive matters of security. Notwithstanding any other law, the meetings, work and findings of the commission as described in this act are not subject to the requirements of Chapters 41 or 61 of Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(13) The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature annually not later than December 1 each year, and shall dissolve in December 31, 2027.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
