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Comment by Ash Kalra

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California assemblymember from San Jose
An employer or vendor acting on behalf of an employer shall not solely rely on output from an ADS to make a hiring, promotion, termination, or disciplinary decision.
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Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review
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AI Verified Relevant: the cited bill text directly prohibits relying solely on ADS output for hiring decisions, and the surrounding provisions require the employer to perform its own evaluation with meaningful human oversight, so the author’s stance on banning fully automated hiring decisions without human review is determinable. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
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AI Verified The bill text explicitly supports this: it says an employer "shall not solely rely on output from an ADS" for a hiring decision, and the surrounding section requires an independent employer evaluation with "meaningful human oversight." That is effectively a ban on fully automated hiring decisions without human review. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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AI Verified Relevant: the quote does more than mention automated systems generally; in the source context, it is paired with a requirement that the employer conduct an independent evaluation and establish "meaningful human oversight" by a designated internal reviewer before using ADS output in hiring, promotion, termination, or discipline. Employment decisions are a high-stakes domain, so this strongly signals a determinable stance on requiring human-in-the-loop oversight for AI systems in high-stakes settings. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
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AI Verified The quote supports the statement: it bars employers from 'solely rely[ing] on output from an ADS' for hiring, promotion, termination, or discipline, and the bill text adds a requirement for 'meaningful human oversight' by a designated reviewer. That is human-in-the-loop oversight for a high-stakes employment context, even if it speaks about ADS/employment decisions rather than all agentic AI systems. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago

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AI Verified The supplied sentence appears verbatim on the official California Legislative Information page for AB 1651 at Labor Code §1554(b). That same page is the 04/18/22 amended version, shows "Date Published: 04/18/2022," and lists the bill as "Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra"; the California State Assembly identifies that legislator as Ash Kalra. So the stored content, author, date, and source URL are consistent with the source. ([leginfo.legislature.ca.gov](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 15d ago
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