How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a) 1 The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) is directed to conduct a study on approaches to the regulation of artificial intelligence, including approaches taken within the United States and by other countries.
(b) 1 All appropriate departments and agencies of this state shall provide assistance to TACIR in connection with the analysis required in subsection (a).
(c) 1 TACIR shall submit a report disclosing the findings of the study and recommendations to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian no later than January 1, 2025. The report must include recommended legislative approaches that, based on TACIR's findings from the study required by subsection (a): (1) Provide a range of regulations that vary from the least restrictive to the most restrictive; and (2) Emphasize a regulatory program that is consistent with approaches taken by other states.
Section 1 directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) to study approaches to AI regulation, both domestic and international, and to report its findings and legislative recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2025. It requires all state departments and agencies to assist TACIR with the study. The report must include a spectrum of regulatory approaches from least to most restrictive and must emphasize consistency with other states' programs.
This section creates no private-sector compliance obligations. It is a government-directed study mandate that may inform future substantive AI legislation in Tennessee.
This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
Section 2 provides that the act takes effect upon becoming law, citing the public welfare as the basis for immediate effectiveness rather than the standard delayed effective date.