SB 420

As amended on 5/23/2025: - Requires the developer of a high-risk automated decision system to perform an impact assessment. Requires a deployer to perform an impact assessment within two years of deployment. Allows a state agency that is a deployer to opt out of an assessment if certain conditions are met. Requires developers to make available to deployers certain documentation. - Requires a deployer to disclose to a natural person if a high-risk automated decision system has made a decision the purpose, how the system was used, contact information and a link to a statement summarizing automated decision use. Requires providing an opportunity to appeal the decision with human review. - Requires a developer or deployer to establish a governance program to govern the reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination. - Prohibits deployment of an automated decision system that is likely to result in algorithmic discrimination. Restricts state agencies from awarding contracts for high-risk automated decision systems to a person that has violated certain laws.