SB 293 — An Act providing for a report on artificial intelligence in the workforce; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development.

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1269293 THE2025 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFHUGHES, PENNSYLVANIAPHILLIPS-HILL, SENATESANTARSIERO, BILLTARTAGLIONE, SessionHAYWOOD, ofKANE, No.COSTA, SAVAL, BROWN AND CAPPELLETTI, MAY 12, 2025 REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 12, 2025 AN ACT Providing for a report on artificial intelligence in the workforce;

293 2025 INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, PHILLIPS-HILL, SANTARSIERO, TARTAGLIONE, HAYWOOD, KANE, COSTA, SAVAL, BROWN, CAPPELLETTI AND MILLER, MAY 12, 2025 SENATOR ROBINSON, LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 22, 2025 AN ACT Providing for a report on artificial intelligence in the workforce;

<-- (1) An artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets.

(2) An artificial system developed in computer software, physical hardware or other context that solves tasks requiring human-like perception, cognition, planning, 20250SB0293PN126920250SB0293PN0774 - 2 - learning, communication or physical action.

"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE." <-- (1) A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM THAT CAN, FOR A GIVEN SET OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO:

(I) PERCEIVE REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

(II) ABSTRACT PERCEPTIONS MADE UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) INTO MODELS THROUGH ANALYSIS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER;

AND (III) USE MODEL INFERENCE TO FORMULATE OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION OR ACTION BASED ON OUTCOMES UNDER SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II).

(2) THE TERM INCLUDES GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

"GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE." THE CLASS OF MODELS THAT EMULATE THE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT DATA IN ORDER TO GENERATE DERIVED SYNTHETIC CONTENT.

20250SB0293PN1269 - 3 - (2) A university within the State System of Higher Education.

"NONPUBLIC"School SCHOOL."entity." A NONPROFITpublic SCHOOL,school, OTHERincluding THANa Acharter PUBLICschool <--or SCHOOLcyber LOCATEDcharter WITHINschool, THISprivate COMMONWEALTH,school, INnonpublic WHICHschool, Aintermediate RESIDENTunit OFor THISarea COMMONWEALTHcareer MAYand LEGALLYtechnical FULFILLschool THEoperating COMPULSORY20250SB0293PN0774 SCHOOL- ATTENDANCE3 REQUIREMENTS- OFwithin THISthis ACTCommonwealth. AND THAT MEETS THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 (PUBLIC LAW 88-352, 42 U.S.C.

§ 2000 ET SEQ.).

"School entity." A public school, including a charter school or cyber charter school, private school, nonpublic school, intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating within this Commonwealth.

"SYNTHETIC CONTENT." INFORMATION, SUCH AS IMAGES, VIDEOS, <-- AUDIO CLIPS OR TEXT, THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED OR GENERATED BY ALGORITHMS, INCLUDING BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(a) Impact study and report.--The Secretary of the <-- Department of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of IN <-- CONSULTATION WITH the Department of Community and Economic 20250SB0293PN1269 - 4 - Development AND THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION shall, jointly and <-- in collaboration with the individuals and entities described in subsection (c), conduct a comprehensive study on artificial intelligence and its future impact on the workforce in this Commonwealth and submit a final report to the General Assembly not later than one year 18 MONTHS after the effective date of <-- this subsection.

(1) An identification of the specific data relating to the workforce, and the availability of the data, necessary to properly analyze the impact and growth of artificial intelligence on the workforce of this Commonwealth and outline how much of this data is privately ownedowned, AND STORED, <-- and the effectiveness of Federal, State or industry efforts, including public-private partnerships, to make privately owned data on the workforce of this Commonwealth available for research purposes.

20250SB0293PN0774 - 4 - (3) Identification of opportunities for workers, educators, institutions of higher education, the General Assembly or other relevant stakeholders to influence the impact of artificial intelligence on workers across various 20250SB0293PN1269 - 5 - industries.

(8) Identification of the resources and opportunities required for SCHOOL ENTITIES AND institutions of higher <-- education to deliver skills, expertise and education identified in paragraph (5).

(9) Recommendations to alleviate worker displacement, prepare future workers for the artificial-intelligence 20250SB0293PN0774 - 5 - economy and any other relevant observations or recommendations within the field of artificial intelligence, which shall include recommendations on methods:

20250SB0293PN1269 - 6 - (i) to expand public access to privately owned workforce data, for the purpose of researching the effect of emerging technologies on the workforce in this Commonwealth;

(vii) to promote knowledge sharing and capacity building between industry leaders and institutions 20250SB0293PN0774 - 6 - identified in paragraph (7);

and (viii) to ensure that the skills, expertise and education needed to develop, operate or work alongside 20250SB0293PN1269 - 7 - artificial intelligence are delivered to vulnerable demographics identified in paragraph (4), rural workers and other historically underserved segments of the workforce in this Commonwealth.

SECTIONSection 5.

EXPIRATION.

<-- THIS ACT SHALL EXPIRE UPON TRANSMITTAL OF THE IMPACT STUDY AND REPORT UNDER SECTION 4.

Section 5 6.

<-- This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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