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Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: FinanceSubject: Commercial Law - Consumer ProtectionStatus: Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 13Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 4Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only
FAVLeVesque, RaymondIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFFisher, JoshualobbyistAlliance for Automotive InnovationWritten (PDF)
UNFTaylor, ZacharyCDIAPosition only
UNFHizkias, AdenChamber of ProgressOral + Written (PDF)
UNFHebert, ClaireElectronic Transactions AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFAllen, HannahlobbyistMaryland Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
UNFZektick, BarbaralobbyistZ & C LLCOral
UNFWiggins, GrasonlobbyistIndividualOral
UNFdurkin, margaretlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAWeise, CrystalAFL-CIOOral + Written (PDF)
FWAEgan, NancylobbyistAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWANull, EreicCenter for Democracy & TechnologyOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGedye, GracelobbyistConsumer ReportsOral
FWAHarris, RussellEast Main ConsultingOral + Written (PDF)
FWAWilliams, KaraElectronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)Oral
FWAEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIOOral + Written (PDF)
FWASchulz, KellyMaryland Tech CouncilOral
FWAKilbane, MatthewMaryland Veterans Chamber of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
FWARASMUSSEN, DENNISlobbyistThe Rasmussen Group LLCWritten (PDF)
FWAAbrams, HannaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWARiley, DeniselobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAVetter, DrewIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOYoung, HunterATA ActionWritten (PDF)
INFORichards, EvanlobbyistMaryland Bankers AssociationWritten (PDF)
INFOPipkin, MatthewlobbyistMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationWritten (PDF)
INFOVenkatasubramanian, SureshIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFFisher, JoshuaAlliance for Automotive InnovationRegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation
UNFAllen, HannahMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce
UNFZektick, BarbaraZ & C LLCRegistered for: Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights; Covista; Maryland Coalition of Families; Soteria LLC; Oracle America, Inc.; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
UNFWiggins, GrasonRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.; Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Family Tree, The; OVG Facilities
UNFdurkin, margaretRegistered for: TechNet
FWAEgan, NancyAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association
FWAGedye, GraceConsumer ReportsRegistered for: Consumer Reports, Inc.
FWARASMUSSEN, DENNISThe Rasmussen Group LLCRegistered for: Baltimore Children's Museum, Inc. dba Port Discovery Children's Museum; Chesapeake Renewable Energy, LLC; Chesapeake Ventures Development, LLC; Greater Ocean City Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Inc.; HarborRock Holdings, LLC; Maryland Mortgage Bankers & Brokers Association (MMBBA)
FWARiley, DeniseRegistered for: American Federation of Teachers - Maryland
INFORichards, EvanMaryland Bankers AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Bankers Association
INFOPipkin, MatthewMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Multi-Housing Association