HB 2705

                                                PRINTER'S NO.   3781
              THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                  HOUSE BILL
                  No. 2705
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, BRENNAN, PIELLI, HADDOCK, SANCHEZ,
   HILL-EVANS, PASHINSKI, OTTEN, D. WILLIAMS, GALLAGHER, RIVERA
   AND KHAN, JULY 15, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 16, 2026
                              AN ACT
1 Providing for a report on artificial intelligence in the
2    workforce; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and
3    Industry and Department of Community and Economic
4    Development.
5    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1.   Short title.
8    This act shall be known and may be cited as the Artificial
9 Intelligence Workforce Impact Act.
10 Section 2.   Findings and declarations.
11    The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
12(1)   The field of artificial intelligence is evolving
13    quickly and has the potential to disrupt jobs. It is
14    imperative to prepare the workforce in this Commonwealth to
15    develop and work alongside this new technology and mitigate
16    job displacement.
17(2)   To prepare for the growth, development and
18    deployment of artificial intelligence, the Commonwealth needs
1    a proactive approach that includes identifying the following:
2(i)    Data and data access necessary to properly
3analyze the impact of artificial intelligence on the
4workforce in this Commonwealth.
5(ii)    Industries in this Commonwealth projected to be
6most impacted by artificial intelligence.
7(iii)    Opportunities for Commonwealth workers and
8other stakeholders to influence the impact of artificial
9intelligence across industries in this Commonwealth.
10(iv)    Demographics of those whose career
11opportunities are most likely to be affected by growth of
12artificial intelligence.
13(v)    The skills, expertise and education needed to
14effectively use artificial intelligence.
15(vi)    Methods to ensure that necessary skills,
16expertise and education are accessible to all segments of
17the current and future workforce.
18 Section 3.   Definitions.
19    The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
20 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
21 context clearly indicates otherwise:
22    "Artificial intelligence."
23(1)   A machine-based system that can, for a given set of
24    human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations
25    or decisions influencing real or virtual environments,
26    including the ability to:
27(i)    perceive real and virtual environments;
28(ii)    abstract perceptions made under paragraph (1)
29into models through analysis in an automated manner; and
30(iii)    use model inference to formulate options for
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1information or action based on outcomes under
2subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
3(2)   The term includes generative artificial
4    intelligence.
5    "Generative artificial intelligence."     The class of models
6 that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in
7 order to generate derived synthetic content.
8    "Institutions of higher education."   The term includes any of
9 the following:
10(1)   A community college operating under Article XIX-A of
11    the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
12    Public School Code of 1949.
13(2)   A university within the State System of Higher
14    Education.
15(3)   The Pennsylvania State University.
16(4)   The University of Pittsburgh.
17(5)   Temple University.
18(6)   Lincoln University.
19(7)   Any other institution that is designated as "State-
20    related" by the Commonwealth.
21(8)   Any accredited private or independent college or
22    university.
23(9)   Any private licensed school as defined in the act of
24    December 15, 1986 (P.L.1585, No.174), known as the Private
25    Licensed Schools Act.
26    "Nonpublic school."   A nonprofit school, other than a public
27 school located within this Commonwealth, in which a resident of
28 this Commonwealth may legally fulfill the compulsory school
29 attendance requirements of this act and that meets the
30 applicable requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
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1 1964 (Public Law 88-352, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq.).
2    "School entity."      A public school, including a charter school
3 or cyber charter school, private school, nonpublic school,
4 intermediate unit or area career and technical school operating
5 within this Commonwealth.
6    "Synthetic content."     Information, such as images, videos,
7 audio clips or text, that has been significantly modified or
8 generated by algorithms, including by artificial intelligence.
9 Section 4.     Report.
10    (a)   Impact study and report.--The Department of Labor and
11 Industry in consultation with the Department of Community and
12 Economic Development and the Office of Administration shall, in
13 collaboration with the individuals and entities described in
14 subsection (c), conduct a comprehensive study on artificial
15 intelligence and its future impact on the workforce in this
16 Commonwealth and submit a final report to the General Assembly
17 not later than 18 months after the effective date of this
18 subsection. The report shall include the information and
19 recommendations listed in subsection (b) and a summary of the
20 collaboration efforts conducted under subsection (c).
21    (b)   Required information.--The following shall be included
22 in the report submitted under subsection (a):
23(1)   An identification of the specific data relating to
24    the workforce, and the availability of the data, necessary to
25    properly analyze the impact and growth of artificial
26    intelligence on the workforce of this Commonwealth and
27    outline how much of this data is privately owned and stored,
28    and the effectiveness of Federal, State or industry efforts,
29    including public-private partnerships, to make privately
30    owned data on the workforce of this Commonwealth available
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1  for research purposes.
2      (2)   Identification of industries and occupations
3  projected to have the most growth in artificial intelligence
4  use, whether the technology is likely to result in the
5  enhancement of workers' capabilities or replacement, and
6  level of education currently consistent with industries and
7  occupations identified.
8      (3)   Identification of opportunities for workers,
9  educators, institutions of higher education, the General
10  Assembly or other relevant stakeholders to influence the
11  impact of artificial intelligence on workers across various
12  industries.
13      (4)   Analysis of demographics which currently stand to
14  experience expanded career opportunities and which
15  demographics currently appear most vulnerable to career
16  displacement due to artificial intelligence.
17      (5)   Analysis of the skills, expertise and education,
18  including computer science literacy, needed to effectively
19  use artificial intelligence in the workplace over the next
20  two decades, compared to the levels of the expertise and
21  education of the workforce as of the effective date of this
22  paragraph, differentiating between core competencies required
23  of the entire workforce and competencies required within the
24  industries and occupations identified in paragraph (2).
25      (6)   Identification of methods by which necessary skills,
26  expertise and education can be effectively delivered to the
27  workforce in this Commonwealth.
28      (7)   Identification of industry leaders and institutions
29  of higher education located in this Commonwealth at the
30  forefront of research and application of artificial
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1  intelligence in the industries and occupations identified in
2  paragraph (2).
3      (8)    Identification of the resources and opportunities
4  required for school entities and institutions of higher
5  education to deliver skills, expertise and education
6  identified in paragraph (5).
7      (9)    Recommendations to alleviate worker displacement,
8  prepare future workers for future economic opportunities and
9  any other relevant observations or recommendations within the
10  field of artificial intelligence, which shall include
11  recommendations on methods:
12(i)    to expand public access to privately owned
13      workforce data, for the purpose of researching the effect
14      of emerging technologies on the workforce in this
15      Commonwealth;
16(ii)    for stakeholders, workers, educators,
17      institutions of higher education, the General Assembly or
18      other relevant stakeholders to effectively mitigate
19      negative impacts of artificial intelligence on segments
20      of the workforce in this Commonwealth;
21(iii)    to reskill or otherwise offset socioeconomic
22      harm to demographics identified in paragraph (4) as most
23      vulnerable to career displacement due to artificial
24      intelligence;
25(iv)    to encourage low cost, open source sharing of
26      industry valued credentials certifying the types of
27      skills, expertise and education identified in paragraph
28      (5);
29(v)    to ensure that core skills and competencies
30      identified in paragraph (5) can be evaluated, updated and
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1made public by relevant stakeholders as needed, given
2rapid developments in the field of artificial
3intelligence;
4(vi)    to ensure that institutions of higher education
5receive resources and opportunities identified in
6paragraph (8);
7(vii)    to promote knowledge sharing and capacity
8building between industry leaders and institutions
9identified in paragraph (7); and
10(viii)    to ensure that the skills, expertise and
11education needed to effectively use artificial
12intelligence in the workplace are delivered to vulnerable
13demographics identified in paragraph (4), rural workers
14and other historically underserved segments of the
15workforce in this Commonwealth.
16    (c)   Collaboration.--In preparing the report under subsection
17 (a), the Secretary of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of
18 Community and Economic Development shall collaborate, through a
19 series of public meetings, roundtables or other methods, with:
20(1)   school entities;
21(2)   institutions of higher education;
22(3)   workforce-training organizations;
23(4)   public sector and private sector labor
24    organizations;
25(5)   a broad range of business and industrial
26    stakeholders in the technology, manufacturing, employment,
27    human resources and service sectors, including companies,
28    think tanks and industry organizations;
29(6)   in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor and
30    Industry and Secretary of Community and Economic Development,
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1    any Federal agency determined to be appropriate; and
2(7)   in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor and
3    Industry and Secretary of Community and Economic Development,
4    any Commonwealth agency determined to be appropriate.
5 Section 5.   Expiration.
6    This act shall expire upon transmittal of the impact study
7 and report under section 4.
8 Section 6.   Effective date.
9    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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