SB 435

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As filed on 4/2/2026: - Requires employer disclosure to employees and job applicants regarding the use of automated decision systems and grants them the right to appeal an adverse decision. - Requires employers using automated systems for employment decisions to conduct annual independent bias audits and prohibits the use of such systems to make a final decision without human review. - Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice to use an automated system in a way that causes discrimination and creates a private right of action for aggrieved individuals. - Adds the use of artificial intelligence technology by an employer as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. - Restricts state agency procurement and use of artificial intelligence technology for certain functions, including the delivery of public benefits, unless specifically authorized by law. - Provides for a private cause of action for violations and penalties. - Prohibits the use of artificial technology by an employer that impairs a collective bargaining agreement or modifies the designated employee organization's role as the exclusive representative. - Requires employers to disclose in written notices to the Labor Department whether layoffs are related to use of artificial intelligence. - Requires unemployment applications to include question of whether unemployment is due to artificial intelligence.

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