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Doug Fiefia

Utah State Representative (Republican); former Google employee; co-chair of a national task force on state AI policy

This bill enacts the AI Transparency Act relating to transparency and whistleblower protections for frontier artificial intelligence models. [It] provides whistleblower protections for employees who report safety concerns of certain artificial intelligence models; [and] establishes remedies for employees who suffer adverse action for whistleblower activities.

AI Verified (Jan 28, 2026)

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1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 286 Doug Fiefia proposes the following substitute bill: Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Doug Fiefia General Description: This bill enacts the AI Transparency Act relating to transparency and whistleblower protections for frontier artificial intelligence models. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: ... provides whistleblower protections for employees who report safety concerns of certain artificial intelligence models; establishes remedies for employees who suffer adverse action for whistleblower activities;

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

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AI Verified The Utah bill description expressly provides whistleblower protections for employees reporting frontier-AI safety concerns. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The bill expressly establishes whistleblower protections for frontier-AI safety reporting; recorded answer for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Utah’s official HB 286 substitute identifies Doug Fiefia as chief sponsor/proposer and contains the quoted bill description and protections. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

The Trump administration is, 'We want zero regulations on AI.' I think that's wrong. I agree with a lot of what Trump says on taxes. I disagree with him on this.

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Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority

This bill enacts the AI Transparency Act relating to transparency and whistleblower protections for frontier artificial intelligence models. It requires developers to report certain safety incidents to the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy.

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AI labs should conduct risk assessments before high-stakes internal deployment of frontier models

A large frontier developer shall write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on the large frontier developer's internet website a public safety plan that describes in detail how the large frontier developer: [...] (b) defines...

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