As amended on 2/6/2026: - Requires the chief data officer to enhance the state's open data portal by developing and publishing an artificial intelligence chatbot to assist the public in finding information about statewide services. - Requires the chief data officer to develop a system to procure artificial intelligence governance tools and a mechanism for state agencies to publicly report their artificial intelligence use cases and vendors. - Appropriates $2 million to fund the development of the chatbot, the procurement of governance tools, and the establishment of one artificial intelligence engineer position and one artificial intelligence scientist position.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2026 | S | Hearing Scheduled - Labor and Technology & Government Operations |
Mar 10, 2026 | S | Referred to LBT/GVO, WAM. |
Mar 6, 2026 | S | Passed First Reading. |
Mar 6, 2026 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 123). |
Mar 5, 2026 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
Mar 5, 2026 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 772-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
Mar 2, 2026 | H | Hearing Scheduled - Finance |
Mar 2, 2026 | H | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| Last Action | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Bill Type | Bill |
| Created | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Updated | Mar 21, 2026 |