Pennsylvania HB 2669: An Act providing for employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other technological change; and imposing civil penalties.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3704
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2669
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, PROBST, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD,
McANDREW, DONAHUE, FREEMAN, PARKER, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SMITH-
WADE-EL AND DELLOSO, JUNE 24, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 24, 2026
AN ACT
Providing for employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur
due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other
technological change; and imposing civil penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Job
Automation Disclosure Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Artificial intelligence." The following:
(1) A machine-based system that can, for a given set of
human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations
or decisions influencing real or virtual environments,
including the ability to:
(i) Perceive real and virtual environments.
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(ii) Abstract perceptions made under this paragraph
into models through analysis in an automated manner.
(iii) Use model inference to formulate options for
information or action based on outcomes under
subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
(2) The term includes generative artificial
intelligence.
"Department." The Department of Labor and Industry of the
Commonwealth.
"Employ." To engage, suffer or permit to work. A worker is
considered an employee and not an independent contractor unless
all three of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The worker is free from the control and direction of
the employer in connection with the performance of the work.
(2) The worker performs work that is outside the usual
course of the employer's business.
(3) The worker is customarily engaged in an
independently established trade, occupation or business of
the same nature as that involved in the work performed.
"Employee." An individual employed by an employer.
"Employer." The Commonwealth, its political subdivisions and
their instrumentalities or any person, association, entity,
organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability
company or corporation who directly or indirectly, or through an
agent or any other person, employs or exercises any control over
the wages, hours or working conditions of any employee.
"Generative artificial intelligence." The class of
artificial intelligence models that emulate the structure and
characteristics of input data in order to generate derived
synthetic content.
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"Synthetic content." Information such as images, videos,
audio clips or text that have been significantly modified or
generated by algorithms, including by artificial intelligence.
Section 3. Disclosure requirement.
An employer that serves written notice on the department
under 29 U.S.C. § 2102(a) (relating to notice required before
plant closings and mass layoffs) shall disclose to the
department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department,
whether the layoffs that are the subject of the written notice
are related to the employer's use of artificial intelligence or
another technological change.
Section 4. Enforcement.
(a) Duty of department.--The department shall enforce this
act.
(b) Penalties.--An employer that violates this act may be
subject to:
(1) For employers employing no more than 200 employees,
a civil penalty of at least $500 but not more than $1,000 per
day of violation.
(2) For employers employing more than 200 employees, a
civil penalty of at least $1,000 but not more than $5,000 per
day of violation.
Section 5. Exemptions.
This act shall not apply to seasonal employees or temporary
employees.
Section 6. Rules and regulations.
The department shall adopt rules or promulgate regulations or
guidance necessary to carry out the provisions of this act
within six months of the effective date of this section.
Section 7. Effective date.
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This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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