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DeSantis Approves State’s First AI Bill and Other Tech Legislation

These bills include defining AI’s use in political advertising and creating a Government Technology Modernization Council within the Department of Management Services to study and monitor the development and deployment of new technologies.

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Ahead of formally approving the state’s 2024-2025 budget, Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved several pieces of technology legislation, including the state’s first AI bill.

For instance, HB 919 will now require disclaimers for political ads, electioneering communications or other miscellaneous advertisements that use AI.

Meanwhile, other approved tech bills include:

  • SB 758, which prohibits tracking devices to determine another person’s location without their consent.   
  • SB 1616, which requires certain information to be publicly available through a searchable database on a county recorder or court clerk’s official website.    
  • SB 1680, which creates a Government Technology Modernization Council within the Department of Management Services “to study and monitor the development and deployment of new technologies and provide reports on recommendations for procurement and regulation of such systems to the governor.”     

All bills except SB 758, which goes into effect on Oct. 1, will go into effect on July 1.

More information about these bills can be found online.
Katya Diaz is an Orlando-based e.Republic staff writer. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in global strategic communications from Florida International University.