artificial intelligence; state agencies; rules, the official text

REFERENCE TITLE: artificial intelligence; state agencies; rules

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2592

Introduced by

Representative
Wilmeth

AN
ACT

amending title 18, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 18-105; relating to
government information technology.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 18, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 18-105, to read:

START_STATUTE18-105. Regulation of artificial intelligence systems; budget units;
legislative ratification of rules; definitions

A. The director shall require each
budget unit to do all of the following:

1. Identify opportunities to
implement artificial intelligence system solutions that reduce administrative
burdens.

2. Eliminate regulations that
unnecessarily restrict artificial intelligence system innovation.

3. Streamline procurement processes
to enable the adoption of artificial intelligence systems.

4. Establish enterprise artificial
intelligence system governance to ensure consistent, efficient and appropriate
use of artificial intelligence to better achieve internal and external
objectives.

5. review existing regulations
affecting artificial intelligence system development to identify instances of
regulatory capture or negative impacts on competition and innovation.

6. Modify or eliminate any artificial
intelligence system regulation that creates unreasonable barriers to artificial
intelligence system innovation.

B. In implementing an artificial
intelligence system, each budget unit shall:

1. Focus on reducing costs and
improving service delivery.

2. Not create new regulatory
requirements that are solely applicable to private sector artificial intelligence
system development.

3. Use existing staff and resources
without creating new administrative bodies.

C. A budget unit may not adopt rules
specifically regulating artificial intelligence systems or computational
resources unless all of the following apply:

1. The legislature provides an
express statutory delegation to address a specific harm.

2. The rule is the least restrictive
means available to achieve the statutory objective.

3. The benefit of the rule clearly
outweigh impacts on innovation and competition.

4. The rule does not create a barrier
to market entry or an advantage to an incumbent firm.

D. Any emergency or temporary rule
THAT specifically regulates artificial intelligence systems or computational
resources must be approved by the legislature, subject to all of the following:

1. Each rule that is in effect at the
beginning of a legislative session must receive a ratifying vote in order for
the rule to remain in effect at the conclusion of the legislative session.

2. The legislature shall schedule a
vote on the floor of each house to ratify all such rules within the first
thirty days of the legislative session.

3. The legislature may not require
more than a simple majority vote to ratify a rule.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Artificial intelligence
system" means any machine learning-based system that can, for a
given set of objectives, generate outputs such as content, predictions,
recommendations or decisions influencing physical or virtual environments.

2. "Computational resource"
means any tool, technology, system or infrastructure, whether digital, analog
or quantum, that facilitates computation, data processing, storage,
transmission, manipulation or use of information.

3. "Content" means any
digitally generated, manipulated or synthesized text, image, audio recording,
video recording, three-dimensional model or interactive element, or any
combination of these, that can be produced as output by an artificial
intelligence system.