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Senate Business, Labor, & Technology
The Senate Business, Labor & Technology committee spent a marathon day on AI guardrails and firefighter cancer coverage, advancing a hard-won automated-decision-making bill and clearing an emotionally wrenching chatbot child-safety measure, while a late-dropped firefighter cancer bill split the panel on party lines.
Key Actions
·Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health CarePassed
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Notable Quotes
“His advice? Make my resume look like I was 30, cut out one of the degrees, and remove more than half the experience. Oh, and he told me to dye my hair, because, as he said, no one hires anybody with white hair.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Robert Rodriguez, Nick Hinrichsen
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (3)Iman Jodeh, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
No (2)Marc Catlin, Larry Liston
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
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To the Senate Business, labor and Technology Committee will come to order. Ms. Chapman, please call the roll. Senator Catlin. Here. Judah. Excused. Liston. Here. Henriksen. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Okay. Welcome, everybody. We have a really long agenda today, so we're going to begin with Senate Bill 189. Welcome, Mr. President. Mr. Majority Leader, welcome back to the business, labor and Technology Committee. Please tell us about Senate Bill 189, Mr. President. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Members of the public, committee members like to start by thanking for the opportunity to discuss this bill today. We stand at a moment where technology is no longer just a tool, it is a decision maker. Senate Bill 189 asks a simple question. When algorithms shape opportunities, who ensures they serve the people fairly? Automated decision making systems already influence who gets a job interview, access to housing, financial services, even health care pathways. These systems promise efficiency, but efficiency without accountability risks amplifying bias. Quietly, invisibly, and sometimes often irreversibly. This bill is not about stopping innovation. It's about guiding it. It establishes guardrails so that as technology evolves, our values do not erode. And transparency, accountability, and oversight…
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