The Connecticut Senate voted 32–4 on April 21, 2026 to pass Senate Bill 5, a sweeping AI regulation bill covering frontier model developers, consumer protection, generative AI, and state AI governance. The bill creates a state AI “sandbox” for testing new AI technologies and includes provisions regulating AI use in employment decisions. It also expands AI literacy programmes — including promoting the Connecticut AI Academy to parents of baby bond recipients and unemployed workers — and expands AI literacy support for small businesses and state workforce programmes. The bill now moves to the House for consideration; it has not yet been signed into law.
Scoring note: Dimension 1 moves to 1 — AI literacy is present through pilot programmes and is promoted in the bill (though not yet a binding curriculum mandate). Dimension 10 scores 0 pending enactment — the sandbox and oversight provisions would create governance infrastructure but are not yet law. Dimensions 2 and other workforce dimensions remain 0.