Connecticut Passes AI Responsibility and Transparency Act (SB 5) — Frontier Whistleblower Protections, Employment AI Guardrails

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Connecticut's House passed SB 5 by 131-17 (Senate 32-4) in early May, creating one of the nation's most comprehensive state AI laws. Key provisions: frontier model developers (>10²⁶ compute) must protect employees who report catastrophic risk concerns; automated employment decision tools require deployer notification to affected workers; regulatory sandbox for testing new AI products. Governor Lamont confirmed he will sign. Effective dates staggered: whistleblower protections October 2026, employment deployer rules October 2027.