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Generative artificial intelligence in official records usage prohibition provision

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S.F. No. 4575 has not been enacted. It was introduced March 18, 2026, and referred to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety committee. If enacted, it would add a new Minnesota Statutes chapter 13E (section 13E.01). The section would bar government entities from using artificial intelligence to create an official record or a draft of one. "Artificial intelligence" is defined as machine-based technology that infers from its inputs how to generate outputs such as content, decisions, predictions, or recommendations. The definition includes generative technologies used to write or materially aid in writing. It excludes technologies used to dictate or automatically generate captions. "Official record" means recorded information in any form that a government entity creates, receives, or maintains and that documents its official actions, policies, decisions, or functions. "Government entity" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 7a. Drafts of an official record must be kept as long as the final record is kept (subd. 3). The attorney general could enforce the section under section 8.31 (subd. 4). Any individual could sue a government entity for equitable or declaratory relief, and a prevailing plaintiff would recover reasonable attorney fees and costs (subd. 5). Before suing, a plaintiff must give the entity written notice at least 90 days in advance, in a manner reasonably calculated to let it cure the alleged violation (subd. 6).

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