{"id":207978,"date":"2026-05-02T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:55:12","slug":"bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Regulating AI Heads To Lamont\u2019s Desk After Bipartisan House Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/\">Bill Regulating AI Heads To Lamont\u2019s Desk After Bipartisan House Passage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/\">https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-02 04:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ctnewsjunkie.com\">ctnewsjunkie.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bipartisan-supported bill aimed at enhancing online safety passed the Connecticut House by a vote of 131-17.<\/li>\n<li>The legislation, known as Senate Bill 5, passed the state Senate with a 32-4 vote last month and is now headed to Governor Ned Lamont for final approval.<\/li>\n<li>This bill aims to provide protections against artificial intelligence harms, thereby making Connecticut a national leader in responsible AI policy.<\/li>\n<li>Senator James Maroney, the bill&#8217;s leading proponent in the Senate, highlighted its dual role in protecting residents and encouraging innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Advocates like State Rep. Joe Hoxha, who supports the bill almost entirely, believe the $1\u20132 million cost is justified for the substantial protections it provides.<\/li>\n<li>The bill includes protocols to detect self-harm and other harmful expressions from users interacting with AI companions, showing an emphasis on safeguarding vulnerable populations, including children.<\/li>\n<li>Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff emphasized that the bill demonstrates states&#8217; ability to act without waiting for federal leadership, protecting children, safeguarding workers, and building a future AI-ready workforce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Regulating AI Heads To Lamont\u2019s Desk After Bipartisan House Passage https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2026\/05\/02\/bill-regulating-ai-heads-to-lamonts-desk-after-bipartisan-house-passage\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-02&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0404.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-207978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207980,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207978\/revisions\/207980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}