Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 936
       
       
        
       By Senator Davis
       
       
       
       
       
       5-01344A-25                                            2025936__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a statewide study on automation and
    3         workforce impact; defining the term “artificial
    4         intelligence”; requiring the Bureau of Workforce
    5         Statistics and Economic Research of the Department of
    6         Commerce to study the economic impact of automation,
    7         artificial intelligence, and robotics on employment in
    8         the state; specifying contents of the study;
    9         authorizing the bureau to consult with specified
   10         entities to complete the study; requiring the bureau
   11         to submit to the Governor and Legislature a report by
   12         a specified date; requiring the bureau to conduct the
   13         study at specified intervals of time; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Statewide Study on Automation and Workforce
   19  Impact.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term “artificial
   21  intelligence” or “AI” means a machine-based system that can, for
   22  a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions,
   23  recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual
   24  environments. An artificial intelligence system uses machine and
   25  human-based inputs to:
   26         (a) Perceive real and virtual environments.
   27         (b) Abstract perceptions into models through analysis in an
   28  automated manner.
   29         (c) Model inferences to formulate options for information
   30  or action.
   31         (2) The Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic
   32  Research of the Department of Commerce shall study the economic
   33  impact of automation, AI, and robotics on employment in the
   34  state, with a specific focus on job losses and gains due to AI
   35  and automation.
   36         (3) The study shall analyze:
   37         (a) Industries most affected and projected job displacement
   38  over the next 10 years, particularly due to use of AI.
   39         (b) Geographic regions within this state most vulnerable to
   40  job loss or displacement.
   41         (c) Demographics of workers that are most at risk.
   42         (d) Impact on wages and job quality in key job sectors.
   43         (e) Economic benefits, including productivity growth and
   44  job creation.
   45         (f) Workforce training programs addressing job loss or
   46  displacement.
   47         (g) Policy recommendations for workforce resilience,
   48  including education and retraining investments.
   49         (h) The rate and scale of job loss or displacement caused
   50  specifically by AI compared to other forms of automation.
   51         (4) The bureau may consult with:
   52         (a) Business and industry representatives.
   53         (b) Academic institutions with labor economics expertise.
   54         (c) Local economic councils and chambers of commerce.
   55         (d) Any groups the bureau deems necessary to complete the
   56  study.
   57         (5) The bureau must submit to the Governor, the President
   58  of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a
   59  report of its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025,
   60  and every 3 years thereafter pursuant to subsection (6).
   61         (6) The bureau must conduct the study every 3 years to
   62  assess automation’s impact on the workforce and to update its
   63  policy recommendations.
   64         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.