Connecticut Senate Bill 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on May 14 2025 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2025-05-16 - House Calendar Number 599
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

To (1) establish various requirements concerning artificial intelligence systems, (2) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to (A) establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, (B) plan to establish a technology transfer program, (C) establish a confidential computing cluster, (D) conduct a "CT AI Symposium", and (E) design an algorithmic computer model, (3) require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to establish a "Connecticut AI Academy" and require the Labor Department, and home visiting programs overseen by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, to provide information concerning said academy, (4) establish a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board, (5) modify the "computer science education and workforce development account", (6) modify the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, (7) establish an artificial intelligence systems fellowship program, (8) establish an artificial intelligence task force, (9) require state agencies to take various actions regarding generative artificial intelligence, and (10) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images.

An Act Concerning Artificial Intelligence.

House General Law Committee	Sen. Martin Looney [D]	Sen. Robert Duff [D]	Sen. Saud Anwar [D]
Sen. Jorge Cabrera [D]	Sen. Christine Cohen [D]	Sen. Mae Flexer [D]	Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox [D]
Sen. Herron Gaston [D]	Sen. Jan Hochadel [D]	Sen. Paul Honig [D]	Sen. Julie Kushner [D]
Sen. Matthew Lesser [D]	Sen. Rick Lopes [D]	Sen. Cici Maher [D]	Sen. James Maroney [D]
Sen. Martha Marx [D]	Sen. Douglas McCrory [D]	Sen. Patricia Miller [D]	Sen. Norman Needleman [D]
Sen. Catherine Osten [D]	Sen. MD Rahman [D]	Sen. Derek Slap [D]	Sen. Gary Winfield [D]
Rep. Geraldo Reyes [D]	Rep. Tom Delnicki [R]	Rep. Nick Gauthier [D]	Rep. Rebecca Martinez [D]
Rep. Roland Lemar [D]	Rep. Marcus Brown [D]	Rep. Anthony Nolan [D]	Rep. Hubert Delany [D]
Rep. William Heffernan [D]	Rep. Bobby Gibson [D]	Rep. Michael Shannon [D]	Rep. Eilish Collins Main [D]
Rep. Lucy Dathan [D]	Rep. Kaitlyn Shake [D]	Rep. Alphonse Paolillo [D]	Rep. Gary Turco [D]
Rep. Kadeem Roberts [D]	Sen. Heather Bond Somers [R]	Rep. James Sanchez [D]	Rep. Antonio Felipe [D]
Rep. Robert Sanchez [D]	Rep. Travis Simms [D]	Rep. Hilda Santiago [D]

2025-05-14 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 173 (Y: 32 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Joint - APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 37 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Joint - JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 28 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-03-21 - Joint - GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 17 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - Joint - GL Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-16	House	House Calendar Number 599
2025-05-16	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2025-05-14	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A,B
2025-05-14	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule B 8554
2025-05-14	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8540
2025-05-13	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2025-05-13	Senate	No New File by Committee on Appropriations
2025-05-13	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-05-13	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-05-12	Senate	Joint Favorable
2025-05-08	Senate	Immediate Transmittal
2025-05-08	Senate	Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
2025-05-07	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2025-05-07	Senate	No New File by Committee on Judiciary
2025-05-07	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-05-06	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-05-06	Senate	Joint Favorable
2025-05-01	Senate	Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
2025-04-09	Senate	File Number 603
2025-04-09	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 328
2025-04-09	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2025-04-09	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-04-03	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/25 5:00 PM
2025-04-03	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/25 5:00 PM
2025-03-24	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2025-03-21	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute
2025-02-21	Senate	Public Hearing 02/26
2025-02-20	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
2025-02-19	Senate	Drafted by Committee
2025-01-22	Senate	Vote to Draft
2025-01-08	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00002&which_year=2025
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R02-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R03-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R04-SB.PDF
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO08188-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO08464-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO08448-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO08447-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO08438-R00-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/S/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00SA-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/S/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00SB-AMD.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025SB-00002-R000603-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025SB-00002-R000603-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08188-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08438-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08447-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08448-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08464-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08540-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025SB-00002-R00LCO08554-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025SB-00002-R01-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025SB-00002-R01-BA.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R00GL-CV18-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R00GL-CV87-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R00JUD-CV200-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/S/PDF/2025SB-00002-R00APP-CV164-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00173-R00SB00002-SV.PDF