HB 1535 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Artificial Intelligence Task Force; create and prescribe responsibilities of.

HB 1535 establishes Mississippi's Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) Task Force to study AI's impact on state operations and develop policy recommendations. The task force, composed of state officials and sector experts (including IT, homeland security, healthcare, and private industry representatives), must annually evaluate AI risks, government use, and ethical frameworks by December 1. Key provisions require the group to review other states' AI policies, assess privacy and bias concerns, and propose funding strategies for responsible AI adoption across state agencies. This bill directly affects Mississippi state government departments and agencies using AI tools, aiming to balance innovation with public safety through structured oversight.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Jan 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand the task force membership to include nine additional non-legislative experts in areas like healthcare, private business, automation, agriculture, and entertainment. The changes also added specific technical areas for AI expertise, clarified the task force's role as a regulatory sandbox, and established a sunset date of December 31, 2027, for the task force.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a seven-member legislative task force to a larger group including nine new non-legislative voting members representing diverse industries and technical expertise.

ELIGIBILITY

Added nine new voting members to the task force representing healthcare, private business, automation and manufacturing, ethics and transparency, agriculture, and entertainment sectors.

TECHNICAL

Expanded the list of required AI expertise areas to include data storage, cloud computing, GPU/Tensor/quantum computing, data processing, AI algorithms, AI software, data security, AI governance, business integration, training, and automation.

REQUIREMENT

Added a sunset provision requiring the task force to dissolve by December 31, 2027.

Added specific duties for the task force including reviewing federal and state AI laws, considering AI implementation in government, and allocating funding for AI development.

DEFINITION

Added a formal definition of 'artificial intelligence' referencing the federal definition from 15 USCS Section 9401(3).

Floor votes · House Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

117–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 119

Jan 30, 2025

D Democratic39

37 Yea 2

94% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican78

78 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred To Technology

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Technology

lower

0 primary · 1 co-sponsor