Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1755-E. Stenography services

(a) Prohibition.--Money appropriated for stenography services for administrative proceedings shall not be used to create a stenographic transcript of an administrative proceeding that is solely and exclusively created by artificial intelligence without the presence of a human stenographer in the administrative proceeding, either in person or virtually.

(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Administrative proceeding.”  An action, proceeding or appeal before an executive branch agency.

“Artificial intelligence.”  As follows:

(1) A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, including the ability to:

(i) perceive real and virtual environments;

(ii) abstract perceptions made under subparagraph (i) into models through analysis in an automated manner;  and

(iii) use model inference to formulate options for information or action based on outcomes under subparagraphs (i) and (ii).

(2) The term shall include generative artificial intelligence.

“Stenographic transcript.”  The verbatim transcription of spoken words to text to be used in an administrative proceeding for the purpose of creating a written record.