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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351230</law_id><section_number>19.2-11.14</section_number><catch_line>Use of artificial intelligence-based tool</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="1.3">Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">artificial intelligence-based tool</span>&#x201D; 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. <a id="paragraph-1307962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-11.14/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All decisions related to the <span class="dictionary">pre-<span class="dictionary">trial</span></span> detention or release, <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span>, adjudication, sentencing, <span class="dictionary">probation</span>, <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">artificial intelligence-based tool</span> shall be subject to any challenge or objection permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-1307963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-11.14/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2025, c. 637.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
