Defense · Connecticut

Connecticut for defense AI workflows

Connecticut in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceOmnibus AI statute (2026) plus government-use rules

SectorDefense

Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Connecticut's AI laws

Law	Status	What it covers
An Act Concerning Online Safety (omnibus AI law)	In force	Phased duties: frontier whistleblower, provenance and layoff-notice rules from Oct 1, 2026; companion chatbots Jan 1, 2027; employment decision tools Oct 1, 2027; social media Jan 1, 2028.
State government AI inventory and assessment	In force	Executive and judicial branches must inventory AI systems, publish AI policies, and since Feb 1, 2024 assess systems before use to prevent unlawful discrimination.
An Act Concerning Artificial Intelligence (2025)	Failed	Comprehensive high-risk AI bill modeled on Colorado's 2024 act; did not become law (a 2024 version also failed).

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

After broad AI bills failed in 2024 and 2025, Connecticut enacted Public Act 26-15 (SB 5) in May 2026, an omnibus law covering companion chatbots, automated employment decision tools, AI provenance data, frontier-developer whistleblowers, AI-related layoff notices and state agency AI use, phased in from October 2026 to January 2028. Since 2023 state agencies have had to inventory and assess their AI systems under Public Act 23-16.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

Named alongside

NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

Sector pagePlanisphere for defense

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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