Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.

A2069

ASSEMBLY, No. 2069

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Venezia, Scharfenberger, Assemblywoman Flynn,
Assemblyman Sampson and Assemblywoman McCoy

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce
Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial
intelligence on growth of State's economy.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct a
study and issue a report on the impact of artificial intelligence on the growth
of the State's economy.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� The
Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the New
Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, shall conduct a study
on the impact of artificial intelligence-powered technology and automation on the
growth of the State's economy

and shall prepare and submit a written
report, within one year of the effective date of this act, to the Governor and,
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature,
the chairperson of the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
and the chairperson of the Senate Economic Growth Committee, or their successor
committees, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

����� a.�� the
predicted impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market for
highly-skilled and highly-educated professionals, such as doctors, lawyers,
data analysts, and similarly skilled workers;

����� b.�� the
occupations or industries most impacted by an expansion of the use of
artificial intelligence;

����� c.�� the
implications of these findings on the long-term plans for educating the next
generation of highly-skilled employees;

����� d.�� new
professions that may come into existence as a result of the expansion of the
use of artificial intelligence and automation; and

���� e.���� the
impact of artificial intelligence on labor productivity and the growth of the
State's economy.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall expire upon the submission of the written report
to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 1 of this act.

STATEMENT

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This bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce
Development (commissioner), in consultation with the New Jersey Commission on
Science, Innovation and Technology, to conduct a study on the economic impacts
of artificial intelligence on the State�s economy concerning professions
requiring a highly-skilled and highly-educated workforce. Following the
completion of the study, the commissioner is to prepare and submit, within one
year of the effective date of the bill, a written report concerning the study
to the Governor, the Legislature, the chairperson of the Assembly Science,
Innovation and Technology Committee, and the chairperson of the Senate Economic
Growth Committee, or their successor committees.

����� The written report is to include the predicted impact
of artificial intelligence on the market for professions requiring a
highly-skilled and highly-educated workforce and other professions requiring a
post-graduate education, which jobs will be most impacted by this expansion,
the educational implications of these findings, and any new professions that
may come into being as a result of this expansion.