United States of America: Bill on Law Enforcement Agencies and Artificial Intelligence (SB 524) was introduced in California State Legislature

On 20 February 2025, Senate Bill 524 on law enforcement agencies and artificial intelligence was introduced in the California State Legislature. The bill adds Section 13663 to the Penal Code to regulate the use of artificial intelligence by law enforcement agencies and their contracted vendors. It defines “contracted vendor” as a third party that provides artificial intelligence systems for generating draft police reports. The bill prohibits any contracted vendor from sharing, selling, or otherwise using information processed for law enforcement purposes except for the contracting agency’s purposes or under a court order. Vendors may access data only for troubleshooting, bias mitigation, accuracy improvement, or system refinement. Each law enforcement agency must ensure that reports generated using artificial intelligence include a disclosure statement and officer signature, that the first draft created is retained, and that an audit trail records the user, data, and media used in preparing the report.