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VA HB 1294

died on adjournment

Use of artificial intelligence-based tools; covered artificial intelligence, disclosure of use.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Use of artificial intelligence-based tools; covered artificial intelligence; disclosure of use. Requires the use of covered artificial intelligence, as defined in the bill, in a criminal investigation to be disclosed in a police report filed for that investigation. Such a report shall be submitted to the attorney for the Commonwealth upon arrest or issuance of a summons and made available to the individual under investigation or such individual's counsel. The bill provides that any use of covered artificial intelligence subsequent to arrest shall be disclosed to the attorney for the Commonwealth and the individual under investigation as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following such use. The bill enumerates what each report shall include regarding the use of covered artificial intelligence and provides that the first draft of any report or record created in whole or in part by generative artificial intelligence shall be retained for as long as the final report is retained. The bill also provides that the program used to generate a draft or final report shall maintain an audit trail that identifies (i) the person who used artificial intelligence to create or edit the report; (ii) any changes made to the report following the initial draft; and (iii) the video and audio footage used to create a report, if any. The bill provides that the Attorney General may investigate and, if warranted, bring a civil action against any law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill and provides that a resident of the jurisdiction may bring a civil action against the law-enforcement agency to obtain equitable or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill requires such plaintiff to provide written notice of any alleged violation to the law-enforcement agency at least 90 days prior to filing suit, in a manner that is reasonably calculated to enable the law-enforcement agency to cure the alleged violation.

Introduced
2026-01-15
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Nadarius E. Clarkprimary
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonadocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-15

    Presented and ordered printed 26105298D

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-15

    Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-29

    Assigned HST sub: Communications

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-02

    Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  5. 2026-02-02

    Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)

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Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1294

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