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AI-authored legislation passes committee for the first time
A draft generated by a commercial language model survives procedural review — raising urgent questions about accountability.
James Okafor
·4 min read
·June 19, 2026
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For the first time in legislative history, a bill drafted substantially by an artificial intelligence system has cleared committee review.