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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 637<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351230,"identifier":"19.2-11.14","token":"19.2\/1.3\/19.2-11.14","url":"\/19.2-11.14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-11.14\/","token":"19.2\/1.3\/19.2-11.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of artificial intelligence-based tool","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-11.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section, “artificial intelligence-based tool<\/span>” means any machine-based system or algorithm, including machine learning models, predictive analytics, and decision support systems, that analyze data and generate recommendations or predictions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All decisions related to the pre-trial<\/span><\/span> detention or release, prosecution<\/span>, adjudication, sentencing, probation<\/span>, parole<\/span>, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders shall be made by the judicial officer or other person charged with making such decision. No such decision shall be made without the involvement of a human decision-maker. The use of any recommendation or prediction from an artificial intelligence-based tool<\/span> shall be subject to any challenge or objection permitted by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED TOOL (\u00a7 19.2-11.14)\n\nA. As used in this section, “artificial intelligence-based tool”\nmeans any machine-based system or algorithm, including machine learning models,\npredictive analytics, and decision support systems, that analyze data and\ngenerate recommendations or predictions.\n\nB. All decisions related to the pre-trial detention or release, prosecution,\nadjudication, sentencing, probation, parole, correctional supervision, or\nrehabilitation of criminal offenders shall be made by the judicial officer or\nother person charged with making such decision. No such decision shall be made\nwithout the involvement of a human decision-maker. The use of any recommendation\nor prediction from an artificial intelligence-based tool shall be subject to any\nchallenge or objection permitted by law.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 637.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}