Connecticut
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| State/Terr | AI Scope | Relevant Law | Law Link | Effective Date | Key Requirements | Enforcements & Penalties |
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| Connecticut | AI in Employment | AI Layoff Disclosures | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Requires any employer that serves written notice on the Labor Department pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 2102(a) to disclose to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Labor Commissioner, whether the layoffs that are the subject of such written notice are related to the employer's use of AI or another technological change. | • Not Specified. |
| Connecticut | AI Transparency | AI Subscription Transparency Law | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Imposes certain requirements on any person doing business in Connecticut who provides, or offers to provide, an artificial intelligence technology to a consumer (i.e., an individual who is a resident of the state) pursuant to a subscription, including: - Providing the consumer a written notice disclosing the key terms and conditions of the subscription (including quantitative or qualitative limitations the subscription-based provider may impose under the terms of the subscription, and whether the provider has discretion to limit or eliminate the consumer's access to, or reduce the quantity or quality of, any functionality of the AI technology offered under such subscription); and - Requiring that the consumer provide to the subscription-based provider a written notice disclosing that the consumer has accepted the key terms and conditions of the subscription. | • Enforced as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. |
| Connecticut | AI in Government | Connecticut Act Concerning AI, Automated Decision-Making and Personal Data Privacy Amended by SB 5 | SB 5 | 7/1/2023 | • Requires the Department of Administrative Services to prepare an inventory of the AI systems in use by any Connecticut state agency and perform ongoing assessments of such AI systems to ensure they do not result in unlawful discrimination or disparate impact. • Directs Connecticut government agencies to establish policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement and implementation of such systems. | N/A |
| Connecticut | User-Facing AI | Connecticut AI Companion Law (SB 5) | SB 5 | 1/1/2027 | • Requires operators of an "artificial intelligence companion" to: - Provide a clear and conspicuous notice disclosing the user is communicating with an AI companion (if a reasonable person would believe they are interacting with a human; with various timing requirements based on the age of the user), and implement reasonable measures to prohibit and prevent the AI companion from claiming the AI companion is a human being or generating output that refutes or conflicts with any disclosure that the AI companion is not a human being; - Maintain and post a protocol that uses evidence-based methods to detect self-harm, suicidal ideation, and violence against others (and prevent the AI companion from generating output encouraging such behavior), refers the user to appropriate mental health evaluation and treatment resources when detected (such as 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline), and refers the user to escalating mental health services for continue references; and - Implement industry standard measures where the operator knows a user is a minor (under 18) to provide the minor user and their parents / guardians tools to manage screen time / account settings, and prevent the AI companion from engaging with the user through manipulative techniques designed to extend interaction, engaging in any romantic, erotic or sexually explicit interaction with the user, offering mental health services to the user (with exceptions), discouraging the user from seeking assistance, encouraging the user to engage in self-harm, suicidal ideation, physical violence, disordered eating, or unlawful consumption of alcohol or drugs. | • Enforced as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. |
| Connecticut | AI Transparency | Connecticut AI Provenance Data Law | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Enforced as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. |
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| Connecticut | AI in Employment | Connecticut Automated Employment-Related Decision Technology | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Requires the developer of an automated employment-related decision technology that is deployed in the state to provide to the deployer all information that the deployer requires to perform its duties under the law, and permits the developer to contractually agree to assume the deployer's obligations under the law. • Requires deployers of an automated employment-related decision technology that is intended to interact with an employee or applicant to disclose to the person interacting with the technology that they are interacting with AI, unless it would be obvious that the person is interacting with AI. • Requires deployers of an automated employment-related decision technology to disclose certain information to the relevant employee or job applicant where the technology will be used to generate any output for the purpose of making, or as a substantial factor in making, an employment-related decision. | • Enforceable as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. |
| Connecticut | AI Transparency | Connecticut Data Privacy Act | SB1295 | 7/1/2026 | • Requires controllers to include a statement in their privacy notice disclosing whether the controller collects, uses or sells personal data for the purpose of training large language models. | Up to $5,000 per violation. |
| Connecticut | Automated Decision-Making | Connecticut Data Privacy Act | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. | 7/1/2023 | • Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of automated processing performed on personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable individual’s economic situation, health, demographic characteristics, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of solely-automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, health-care services, or access to essential goods and services). • Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data in certain circumstances. Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed. | Up to $5,000 per violation. |
| Connecticut | Frontier or General-Purpose AI | Connecticut Frontier Developer Law | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | Requires developers who intend to train, have trained, or initiated the training of, a foundation model and, intends to use or uses a quantity of computing power greater than 10^26 integer or floating-point operations to comply with obligations imposed on foundation models, including: • Refraining from adopting or enforcing any rule, regulation, policy or contract that would allow for the penalization or retaliation against an employee for reporting concerns relating to the foundation model. • Providing all of its covered employees clear notice of the employees' rights and responsibilities under the law (meeting specific timing and content requirements). • For "large frontier developers" (developers with annual gross revenues in excess of $500 million), establishing and maintaining a reasonable internal process through which a covered employee may anonymously submit a report disclosing concerns relating to the foundation model for the developer to investigate (to be shared with officers and directors of the large frontier developer at least quarterly). | • Up to $1,000 per violation. |
| Connecticut | Algorithmic Pricing | Connecticut Surveillance Pricing | HB 5563 | 10/1/2026 | • Requires businesses who engage in surveillance pricing for any reason other than setting a discounted price for a consumer good or service to clearly publish, label, or display a disclosure stating that the product's price was increased using the users' personal data. • Prohibits retail sellers and third-party delivery services from engaging in surveillance pricing (unless an exception applies). | Enforced as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. |
| Connecticut | AI in Employment | Rules Pertaining to Employment Discrimination | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Establishes that the use of an automated employment-related decision technology shall not be a defense against a complaint alleging an employment-related discriminatory practice, though the commission or court may consider evidence of anti-bias testing or similar proactive efforts to avoid the discriminatory practice. | • Existing enforcement mechanisms. |
| Connecticut | Algorithmic Pricing | Transportation Network Company Dynamic Pricing | Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-118 | 1/1/2018 | • Requires any transportation network company that elects to implement dynamic pricing to: - Provide notice to a potential rider that dynamic pricing is in effect before a request for a prearranged ride may be submitted; - Provide a fare estimator that enables the rider to estimate the cost of the ride under dynamic pricing; - Provide a feature that requires the rider to confirm that he or she understands that dynamic pricing will be applied to the cost of the ride; - Refrain from increasing the price of a ride to more than 2.5 times the usual price charged in an area experiencing any disaster or emergency. • Defines "dynamic pricing" to mean "a price that changes according to the demand for prearranged rides and availability of transportation network company drivers." | Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew transportation network company registrations (plus fine of not more than $50k for operating without valid registration). |
| Connecticut | AI in Government | Use of AI by State Agencies | SB 5 | 10/1/2026 | • Prohibits CT state agencies (or entities acting on their behalf) from directly or indirectly procuring utilizing or applying any AI technology in performing any function that (A) is related to the delivery of any public assistance benefit to individuals in the state, or (B) will have a material impact on the rights, civil liberties, safety or welfare of individuals in the state, unless such utilization or application is in compliance with policies and standards established by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Administrative Services. • Prohibits CT state agencies from procuring, purchasing or acquiring any AI technology except where (A) the system is in compliance with policies and standards established by the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Administrative Services and (B) the state agency completes an AI assessment in compliance with such policies and standards. | N/A |
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