{
  "title": "Edictai records: Washington",
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  "jurisdiction": "us-wa",
  "name": "Washington",
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      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-hb-2667",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HB 2667",
      "title": "Providing consumer protections for artificial intelligence systems.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-26",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems used to make consequential decisions, including decisions on education enrollment or opportunity, requiring them to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination, maintain risk management programs, and complete impact assessments.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-hb-2667"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6299",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 6299",
      "title": "Concerning artificial intelligence and instructional staff.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-23",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "employment-evaluation",
        "instructional-use"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "prohibits-ai-replacing-educators"
      ],
      "summary": "Allows artificial intelligence to supplement or enhance instruction in public schools but prohibits it from replacing certificated instructional staff or paraeducators.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6299"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6284",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 6284",
      "title": "Providing consumer protections for artificial intelligence systems.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-22",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems used to make consequential decisions, including decisions on education enrollment or opportunity, requiring them to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination, maintain risk management programs, and complete impact assessments.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6284"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6120",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 6120",
      "title": "Regulating high-risk artificial intelligence system development, deployment, and use.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-14",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems used to make consequential decisions, including decisions on education enrollment or education opportunity, and requires them to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6120"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6082",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 6082",
      "title": "Safeguarding student financial aid from fraud.",
      "status": "passed-chamber",
      "date": "2026-01-13",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "admissions",
        "task-force"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force"
      ],
      "summary": "Directs the joint legislative audit and review committee to audit financial aid fraud at institutions of higher education, including systemic weaknesses that allow fictitious student enrollment through the use of artificial intelligence. Requires a report with findings and recommendations by December 1, 2027.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-6082"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-5956",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 5956",
      "title": "Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools.",
      "status": "passed-chamber",
      "date": "2025-12-31",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations",
        "local-policy-requirement",
        "safety-wellbeing",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "restricts-student-data-use",
        "issues-model-policy",
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Restricts the use of artificial intelligence, automated decision systems, and surveillance technologies in K-12 student discipline and school safety, and limits disclosure of student information generated by such systems to law enforcement. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to update its AI guidance and the school directors' association to develop a model policy.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-5956"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-hb-2157",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HB 2157",
      "title": "Regulating high-risk artificial intelligence system development, deployment, and use.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-12-16",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems used to make consequential decisions, including decisions on education enrollment or education opportunity, and requires them to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-hb-2157"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-hb-1622",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HB 1622",
      "title": "Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence.",
      "status": "passed-chamber",
      "date": "2025-01-27",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "employment-evaluation"
      ],
      "provision_types": [],
      "summary": "Requires public employers under the state's public employee bargaining laws to bargain over decisions to adopt or modify artificial intelligence technology when the change affects employees' wages or performance evaluations. Makes the management right of institutions of higher education over the use of technology subject to this duty for their covered employees.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-hb-1622"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2025-2026-sb-5422",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 5422",
      "title": "Revised for 1st substitute: Allowing bargaining over matters related to certain uses of artificial intelligence.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-01-22",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "employment-evaluation"
      ],
      "provision_types": [],
      "summary": "Requires public employers under the state's public employee bargaining laws to bargain over decisions to adopt or modify artificial intelligence technology when the change affects employees' wages or performance evaluations. Makes the management right of institutions of higher education over the use of technology subject to this duty for their covered employees.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2025-2026-sb-5422"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-ospi-human-centered-ai-guidance",
      "record_type": "document",
      "classification": "guidance",
      "identifier": "",
      "title": "Human-Centered AI Guidance for K-12 Public Schools",
      "status": "current",
      "date": "2024-07-01",
      "issuer": "us-wa-k12-agency",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "educator-training",
        "equity-access",
        "instructional-use",
        "local-policy-requirement",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [],
      "summary": "Guidance from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on using AI in Washington public schools under a \"Human-AI-Human\" approach, in which AI use starts with human inquiry and ends with human reflection. It covers AI foundations, classroom implementation, ethics, data privacy, academic integrity, and sample district policy language. First published January 18, 2024; Version 3.0 was published July 1, 2024.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-ospi-human-centered-ai-guidance"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-eo-24-01",
      "record_type": "executive-action",
      "classification": "executive-order",
      "identifier": "EO 24-01",
      "title": "Artificial Intelligence",
      "status": "active",
      "date": "2024-01-30",
      "issuer": "us-wa-governor",
      "education_levels": [
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "procurement",
        "research",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-workforce-program"
      ],
      "summary": "Governor Jay Inslee's order directing executive agencies to assess and set guidelines for state government use and procurement of generative AI. It also directs the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to create research opportunities and partnerships that expose students and researchers to generative AI and support AI workforce training.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-eo-24-01"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2023-2024-hb-1951",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HB 1951",
      "title": "Promoting ethical artificial intelligence by protecting against algorithmic discrimination.",
      "status": "failed",
      "date": "2023-12-14",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates developers and deployers of automated decision tools that use artificial intelligence to make consequential decisions, including decisions on education and vocational training, by requiring impact assessments, developer documentation, and measures against algorithmic discrimination.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2023-2024-hb-1951"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2023-2024-sb-5838",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "E2SSB 5838",
      "title": "Establishing an artificial intelligence task force",
      "status": "enacted",
      "date": "2023-12-12",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "task-force",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force"
      ],
      "summary": "Created a Washington artificial intelligence task force, staffed by the Office of the Attorney General, to study AI use in the public and private sectors and recommend guidelines and legislation to the Legislature. The task force's executive committee may convene subcommittees on topics including education and workforce development.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2023-2024-sb-5838"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2023-2024-sb-5643",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SB 5643",
      "title": "Creating a charter of people's personal data rights.",
      "status": "failed",
      "date": "2023-01-31",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Creates the People's Privacy Act, establishing personal data rights and prohibiting covered entities and Washington governmental entities from using artificial intelligence-enabled profiling to make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, which include educational enrollment, and barring discriminatory processing of personal information in education and other opportunities.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2023-2024-sb-5643"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-wa-2023-2024-hb-1616",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HB 1616",
      "title": "Creating a charter of people's personal data rights.",
      "status": "failed",
      "date": "2023-01-26",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equity-access",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Creates the People's Privacy Act, establishing personal data rights and prohibiting covered entities and Washington governmental entities from using artificial intelligence-enabled profiling to make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, which include educational enrollment, and barring discriminatory processing of personal information in education and other opportunities.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/wa/#us-wa-2023-2024-hb-1616"
    }
  ]
}