Connecticut SB 86: AN ACT ADDRESSING INNOVATIONS IN AND THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bill Text

LCO 1 of 8

General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 86
February Session, 2026

AN ACT ADDRESSING INNOVATIONS IN AND THE RESPONSIBLE
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 4-67p of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2027): 2
(a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 3
designate an employee of the Office of Policy and Management to serve 4
as Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall be responsible for (1) 5
directing executive branch agencies on the use and management of data 6
to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and 7
policies, (2) facilitating the sharing and use of executive branch agency 8
data (A) between executive branch agencies, and (B) with the public, (3) 9
coordinating data analytics and transparency master planning for 10
executive branch agencies, and (4) creating the state data plan in 11
accordance with subsection (c) of this section. The Chief Data Officer 12
shall carry out the responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (1) to (3), 13
inclusive, of this subsection in accordance with the state data plan 14
created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 15
(b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the 16
agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for 17
implementing the provisions of this section and who shall serve as the 18

Substitute Bill No. 86

LCO 2 of 8

main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access 19
to the data of such agency. The agency data officer, in consultation with 20
the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish 21
procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are 22
complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. 23
(c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, 24
the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers and 25
executive branch agency heads, shall create a state data plan. The state 26
data plan shall (1) establish management and data analysis standards 27
across all executive branch agencies, (2) include specific, achievable 28
goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as 29
longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to enhance 30
standardization and integration of data systems and data management 31
practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for 32
a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the 33
internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy 34
concerns, and (5) set goals for improving the online repository 35
established pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Each state data 36
plan shall provide for a procedure for each agency head to report to the 37
Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the 38
plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data 39
management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such 40
recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies. 41
(d) The Chief Data Officer shall submit a preliminary draft of such 42
plan to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board 43
established under section 2-79e not later than November 1, 2018, and 44
every two years thereafter. Said board shall hold a public hearing on 45
such draft and shall submit any suggested revisions to the Chief Data 46
Officer not later than thirty days after receipt of such draft. 47
(e) After the public hearing and if applicable, receiving any 48
recommended revisions from the board, the Chief Data Officer shall 49
finalize such plan and submit the final plan to the board. The Chief Data 50
Officer shall send a copy of the final state data plan to all agency data 51

Substitute Bill No. 86

LCO 3 of 8

officers and shall post such plan on the Internet web site of the Office of 52
Policy and Management. 53
(f) Information technology-related actions and initiatives of all 54
executive branch agencies, including, but not limited to, the acquisition 55
of hardware and software and the development of software, shall be 56
consistent with the final state data plan. 57
(g) On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually 58
thereafter, each executive branch agency shall conduct an inventory of 59
any high value data that is collected or possessed by the agency. Such 60
inventory shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief Data Officer. In 61
conducting such inventory, data shall be presumed to be public data 62
unless otherwise classified by federal or state law or regulation. On or 63
before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each 64
executive branch agency shall submit such inventory to the Chief Data 65
Officer and the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board. 66
(h) Each ex