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On May 11, 2026, the Connecticut General Assembly passed Senate Bill 5 , and Governor Lamont is expected to sign it into law. The law is a comprehensive online safety law with significant requirements relating to Automated Employment-related Decision Technology (AEDT) . These AEDT requirements combine concepts from the current AI regulations in California and the European Union , taking a disclosure-focused approach that encourages, but does not impose, substantive pre-use design or audit mandates . It also innovates by creating a program for third-party risk assessments as a means to vet and certify AI models, but falls short of making such evidence broadly admissible to defend against AI model-specific claims. Broad Definition of Covered Technologies: The law defines the covered technology broadly. An AEDT is any system that processes personal data and produces outputs ( e.g ., predictions, scores, rankings, classifications, or recommendations) that are a “substantial factor” in ma...

On October 3, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brittany Bull Panuccio by a 51–46 vote to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring in 2029. T his confirmation provides Republicans with a majority on the Commission and positions the agency to realign its enforcement and policy priorities with President Donald Trump’s America First agenda. Quick Hits The U.S. Senate confirmed Brittany Bull Panuccio as EEOC commissioner, giving Republicans a majority and the ability to realign the agency’s enforcement and policy priorities. The new Commission is expected to shift focus by scrutinizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, religious liberty, and discrimination, narrowing disparate impact enforcement, revisiting LGBTQ+ guidance, and scaling back algorithmic bias initiatives. Employers may want to prepare for increased attention to claims of majority and religious discrimination, review DEI and accommodation policies, and mon...