Virginia: High-Risk AI Developer and Deployer Act Passed by General Assembly

In an article published by OneTrust’s DataGuidance, Woods Rogers Cybersecurity & Privacy team members Beth Waller, Ross Broudy, Patrick Austin, and John Pilch provide an overview of the recently passed High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Development and Deployer Act in Virginia. This legislation, which awaits Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature, mandates a duty of care to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination by high-risk AI systems. If and when this passes, Virginia will be the second state to enact an AI law regulating the deployment of high-risk systems, which autonomously make or favor a consequential decision about consumers.

Companies that use such systems will have to complete impact assessments and provide notice to the consumer.

The article can be accessed by subscribers to OneTrust’s DataGuidance here. For more information on this legislation's impacts and how your company can comply, contact Beth Waller.