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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
687
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
PURCHASING;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
92,
TITLE
67,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
2
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
67
-
9236,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVI
-
3
SIONS
REGARDING
THE
PURCHASE
OF
UNBIASED
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
IN
4
STATE
GOVERNMENT,
TO
DEFINE
TERMS,
TO
ESTABLISH
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE
5
PURCHASE,
DEPLOYMENT,
OR
USE
OF
A
LARGE
LANGUAGE
MODEL,
TO
ESTABLISH
6
CONTRACT
REQUIREMENTS,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
COMPLIANCE
REVIEW
AND
PROCE
-
7
DURES,
AND
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
CONSTRUCTION;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY.
8
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
9
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
92,
Title
67,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
10
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
1
1
ignated
as
Section
67
-
9236,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
12
67
-
9236.
UNBIASED
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
IN
STATE
GOVERNMENT.
(1)
As
13
used
in
this
section:
14
(a)
"Agency"
means
any
department,
office,
division,
board,
commis
-
15
sion,
institution,
or
other
entity
of
the
executive
branch
of
state
gov
-
16
ernment,
including
institutions
of
higher
education.
17
(b)
"Agency
head"
means
the
chief
executive
officer
or
governing
au
-
18
thority
of
an
agency.
19
(c)
"Diversity,
equity,
and
inclusion"
or
"DEI"
means
any
trainings,
20
programs,
activities,
or
instruction
that
is
derived
from
or
that
pro
-
21
motes
the
tenets
or
concepts
of
critical
theory,
including
but
not
lim
-
22
ited
to
the
concepts
of
unconscious
or
implicit
bias,
microaggressions,
23
internalized
racism,
cultural
appropriation,
structural
equity,
set
-
24
tler
colonialism,
group
marginalization,
systemic
oppression,
social
25
justice,
institutional
or
systemic
racism,
white
fragility,
racial
26
privilege,
disparate
impact,
intersectionality,
sexual
privilege,
27
patriarchy,
gender
theory,
queer
theory,
neopronouns,
transgender
28
ideology,
misgendering,
othering,
deadnaming,
heteronormativity,
29
allyship,
or
any
other
related
formulation
of
these
tenets
or
concepts.
30
(d)
"Ideological
agenda"
means
the
intentional
alteration,
suppres
-
31
sion,
prioritization,
or
framing
of
information
or
representation
in
32
an
artificial
intelligence
system's
outputs
to
promote
a
political,
so
-
33
cial,
or
policy
outcome,
including
DEI
concepts,
when
such
alteration
34
is
not
expressly
requested
by
the
user.
35
(e)
"Large
language
model"
means
a
generative
artificial
intelligence
36
system
trained
on
large
datasets
that
is
capable
of
producing
natural
37
language
text,
images,
or
other
content
in
response
to
user
prompts.
38
(2)
An
agency
shall
procure,
deploy,
or
use
a
large
language
model
only
39
if
the
model
is
developed
and
implemented
in
accordance
with
the
following
40
principles:
41
2
(a)
Truth
-
seeking:
A
large
language
model
shall
prioritize
factual
ac
-
1
curacy,
historical
fidelity,
scientific
inquiry,
and
objectivity
when
2
responding
to
prompts
seeking
information
or
analysis.
Where
reliable
3
information
is
incomplete,
disputed,
or
unavailable,
the
model
shall
4
acknowledge
such
uncertainty;
and
5
(b)
Ideological
neutrality:
A
large
language
model
shall
function
as
6
a
neutral,
nonpartisan
tool
and
shall
not
intentionally
manipulate
out
-
7
puts
to
advance
or
suppress
an
ideological
agenda,
including
DEI
con
-
8
cepts.
Ideological,
normative,
or
policy
-
based
responses
may
be
gener
-
9
ated
only
when
expressly
requested
by
the
user
or
when
clearly
disclosed
10
and
readily
accessible
to
the
user.
1
1
(3)(a)
No
agency
shall
procure,
deploy,
or
use
a
large
language
model
12
that
is
designed,
trained,
fine
-
tuned,
or
configured
to:
13
(i)
Alter
factual
information
or
historical
representation
for
14
the
purpose
of
achieving
outcomes
associated
with
DEI;
15
(ii)
Suppress,
refuse,
or
condition
the
generation
of
lawful
con
-
16
tent
based
on
the
race
or
sex
of
individuals
or
groups;
17
(iii)
Embed
DEI
-
based
constraints,
guardrails,
or
response
poli
-
18
cies
that
override
accuracy
or
objectivity;
or
19
(iv)
Require
users
to
adopt,
affirm,
or
comply
with
DEI
concepts
20
as
a
condition
of
receiving
information.
21
(b)
Nothing
in
this
subsection
shall
prohibit
a
large
language
model
22
from
accurately
describing
DEI
concepts,
history,
or
critiques
in
an
23
informational,
academic,
or
analytical
context
when
such
information
24
is
requested
by
the
user.
25
(4)(a)
Any
contract
entered
into
by
an
agency
for
the
procurement
or
use
26
of
a
large
language
model
shall
require
compliance
with
this
paragraph.
27
(i)
A
contract
shall
require
the
vendor
to
provide
the
agency
with
28
reasonable
access,
subject
to
confidentiality
and
nondisclosure
29
protections,
to
materials
necessary
to
verify
compliance
with
30
this
section,
including
but
not
limited
to:
31
1.
System
prompts
and
content
policies;
32
2.
Model
specifications
and
training
directives;
33
3.
Evaluation
methodologies
and
testing
results;
and
34
4.
Source
code,
configuration
files,
or
other
backend
tech
-
35
nical
materials,
if
necessary
to
assess
intentional
ideo
-
36
logical
manipulation.
37
(ii)
A
contract
shall
provide
that,
upon
a
finding
of
material
38
noncompliance
following
notice
and
a
reasonable
opportunity
to
39
cure,
the
agency
may
terminate
the
contract
and
require
the
vendor
40
to
bear
reasonable
decommissioning
or
transition
costs.
41
(b)
Agencies
may
utilize
state
personnel
or
independent
technical
ex
-
42
perts
to
conduct
compliance
reviews.
43
(5)
Each
agency
shall
adopt
procedures
to
ensure
compliance
with
this
44
section,
including
periodic
review
of
large
language
model
performance.
In
45
evaluating
compliance,
agencies
shall
consider:
46
(a)
Whether
distortions
or
biases
are
systemic
or
intentional
rather
47
than
incidental
errors;
48
(b)
The
intended
use
and
operational
context
of
the
model;
and
49
(c)
The
technical
feasibility
of
corrective
action.
50
3
(6)
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
construed
to:
1
(a)
Regulate
private
speech
or
restrict
the
development
or
sale
of
ar
-
2
tificial
intelligence
systems
outside
state
government;
3
(b)
Mandate
ideological
viewpoints
or
prohibit
lawful
academic
in
-
4
quiry;
or
5
(c)
Create
a
private
right
of
action.
6
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
7
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
8
passage
and
approval.
9