Connecticut AI Responsibility Act (PA 26-15) — Explainability

Q: Does Connecticut AI Responsibility Act (PA 26-15) require Explainability?

Yes. Connecticut AI Responsibility Act (PA 26-15) addresses Explainability through 1 provision.

Does Connecticut AI Responsibility Act (PA 26-15) require Explainability?

Connecticut • phased enforcement

Yes — 1 provision

Requirements at a glance

This regulation imposes 4 specific requirements for Explainability across 1 provision:

Developer information duty — The developer must provide the deployer all information the deployer requires to perform its duties under §§ 9 and 10 (§ 8(a))
Interaction disclosure — A deployer must ensure each employee or applicant who interacts with the technology is told, in plain language, that they are interacting with it (§ 9(a))
Pre-decision written notice — Before an employment-related decision is made using the technology as a substantial factor, the deployer must give the employee or applicant written notice disclosing the deployment, the purpose of the technology and the nature of the decision, the trade name of the technology, the categories of personal data it will analyse and how they will be assessed, the sources of that data, and deployer contact information (§ 10)
Trade secret withholding notice — Where information is withheld as a trade secret or otherwise protected, the withholding person must notify the person from whom it is withheld, stating that information is being withheld and the basis (§ 11)

Automated Employment Decision Technology Disclosure #

Obligation:

Transparency

enacted

Effective:

Oct 1, 2027

Risk tier:

high-risk

Scope:

Developers and deployers of automated employment-related decision technology deployed in Connecticut on or after 2027-10-01. The technology is defined as any technology that processes personal data and uses computation to generate an output — prediction, recommendation, classification, ranking, or score — used in employment-related decisions (§ 7)

high-impactupcoming

Two dates matter and they are a year apart: the sections take effect 2026-10-01, but the duties attach only to technology deployed on or after 2027-10-01, which is the date recorded here. The developer-to-deployer information duty in § 8 is the structural piece — it makes the vendor responsible for supplying whatever the employer needs to meet its own disclosure duties, closing the "our vendor won't tell us" gap that undercuts comparable laws.

Requirements

Requirement	Details
Developer information duty	The developer must provide the deployer all information the deployer requires to perform its duties under §§ 9 and 10 (§ 8(a))
Interaction disclosure	A deployer must ensure each employee or applicant who interacts with the technology is told, in plain language, that they are interacting with it (§ 9(a))
Pre-decision written notice	Before an employment-related decision is made using the technology as a substantial factor, the deployer must give the employee or applicant written notice disclosing the deployment, the purpose of the technology and the nature of the decision, the trade name of the technology, the categories of personal data it will analyse and how they will be assessed, the sources of that data, and deployer contact information (§ 10)
Trade secret withholding notice	Where information is withheld as a trade secret or otherwise protected, the withholding person must notify the person from whom it is withheld, stating that information is being withheld and the basis (§ 11)

Penalties

Violation	Fine
Unfair trade practice	Any violation of §§ 8-11 is an unfair or deceptive trade practice under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-110b(a), enforced solely by the Attorney General (§ 12)

Sources: Public Act 26-15 (enacted text)

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