Comment by Christopher Davis

Vice President of Public Policy at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)
Connecticut already has strong whistleblower laws that protect employees from retaliation. [...] creating a separate, AI-specific whistleblower regime could lead to confusion, duplication, and unintended consequences for employers operating in highly technical and competitive fields. AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified Verified. The source_url (cbia.com/news/issues-policies/sweeping-ai-online-safety-bill, "Sweeping AI, Online Safety Bill Impacts All Industries") returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim and attributed it to Christopher Davis of CBIA as quoted in this exact article. Both passages match: "Connecticut already has strong whistleblower laws that protect employees from retaliation" and the bracketed continuation "creating a separate, AI-specific whistleblower regime could lead to confusion, duplication, and unintended consequences for employers operating in highly technical and competitive fields." Author attribution correct (Christopher Davis, VP of Public Policy at CBIA). Year 2026 correct. Vote "against" correctly aligns with statement 388 ("Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers"): Davis opposes creating an AI-specific whistleblower regime, arguing existing Connecticut whistleblower laws suffice and a separate regime would cause confusion and duplication. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 3h ago
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