WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a) As used in this Code section: (1) 'Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1)' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment. (2) 'Automated decision toolAutomated decision tool'Automated decision tool' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligence and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(2)' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1) and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions. (3) 'JudicatoryJudicatory'Judicatory' means any court, official, board, tribunal, commission, municipal or county authority, council, or similar body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial powers authorized by law, as well as any arbitrator, administrative law judge, mediator, or similar adjudicator authorized by law to act on behalf or at the request of any public official or body.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(3)' means any court, official, board, tribunal, commission, municipal or county authority, council, or similar body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial powers authorized by law, as well as any arbitrator, administrative law judge, mediator, or similar adjudicator authorized by law to act on behalf or at the request of any public official or body.
(b) 1 Any prohibition in this article against any discriminatory housing practice shall include a prohibition against such discriminatory housing practice resulting from the use of or reliance upon artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1) or automated decision toolsAutomated decision tool'Automated decision tool' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligence and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(2).
(c) 2 In any action or proceeding before any judicatoryJudicatory'Judicatory' means any court, official, board, tribunal, commission, municipal or county authority, council, or similar body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial powers authorized by law, as well as any arbitrator, administrative law judge, mediator, or similar adjudicator authorized by law to act on behalf or at the request of any public official or body.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(3) stemming from a prohibition on discriminatory housing practices, reliance upon artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1) or automated decision toolsAutomated decision tool'Automated decision tool' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligence and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(2) shall not be a defense to an allegation of discrimination.
(d) 3 No person shall use artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1) or automated decision toolsAutomated decision tool'Automated decision tool' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligence and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(2) to make determinations relating to the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings or in the provision of brokerage services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling, without the participation or review of such determinations by an individual responsible for making such determination.
(e) 4 No person shall use artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence'Artificial intelligence' means a machine based system that can, for a given set of human defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing a real or virtual environment.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(1) or automated decision toolsAutomated decision tool'Automated decision tool' means a system or service that uses artificial intelligence and has been specifically developed and marketed or specifically modified to make, or to be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.O.C.G.A. § 8-3-224(a)(2) to make determinations relating to the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings or in the provision of brokerage services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling, without disclosing to any affected individuals that such tools were used.
(f) If the Attorney General determines, after notice and hearing, that a person has violated either subsection (c) or (d) of this Code section, the Attorney General may issue an administrative order imposing a penalty of not more than $10,000.00. (2) The hearing and any administrative review pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure for contested cases under Chapter 13 of Title 50, the 'Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.' Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available and who is aggrieved or adversely affected by a final order or action of the Attorney General shall have the right of judicial review in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the 'Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.'
This section is the operative substance of the Fair and Future Ready Housing Act. It extends Georgia's existing fair housing prohibitions to capture discrimination produced by AI or automated decision tools, and forecloses any defense premised on the fact that an automated system — rather than a human — made the discriminatory decision.
Subsections (d) and (e) impose two affirmative compliance duties on any person using AI in housing transactions: (1) human participation or review of the determination, and (2) disclosure to affected individuals that such tools were used. Subsection (f) authorizes Attorney General enforcement via administrative penalty of up to $10,000, but expressly references only subsections (c) and (d) — appearing to omit the disclosure requirement in (e) from the enforceable list.