AB 331 Summary

• Requires deployers and developers of automated decision tools to complete annual impact assessments by January 1, 2025, documenting the tool's purpose, data use, potential discrimination risks, and implemented safeguards.

• Mandates deployers notify individuals when an automated decision tool makes a consequential decision affecting employment, housing, education, health care, criminal justice, financial services, or other protected areas, and provide information about the tool's purpose and function.

• Prohibits use of automated decision tools that result in algorithmic discrimination based on protected classifications including race, sex, disability, age, religion, national origin, and other state-protected statuses.

• Establishes administrative fines up to $10,000 per violation for failure to submit impact assessments to the Civil Rights Department within 60 days of completion.

• Authorizes the Attorney General, district attorneys, county counsel, and city attorneys to bring civil actions against deployers or developers for violations, with 45-day notice periods allowing opportunity to cure violations before injunctive relief proceedings.