Sponsor
David Schweikert
Representative · R-AZ
Representative · R-AZ
The bill lets parties use limited non-generative AI in arbitration to speed preparation and resolution while preserving consent and banning generative models, but it creates significant accountability, fairness, and privacy risks and limits remedies if AI causes errors.
Small-business owners and taxpayers: AI tools can be used to identify relevant law and recommend document organization, speeding case preparation and lowering legal costs for disputing parties.
Hospitals, health systems and small-business owners: Arbitrators may accept AI-delivered final decisions, which can shorten resolution timelines and reduce arbitration backlogs.
People with disabilities and other parties: Requiring written mutual consent before any AI use preserves party control and informed agreement about AI involvement in proceedings.
Small-business owners and hospitals/health-systems: Parties who consent to AI use cannot later vacate or modify an award solely because of an AI error, leaving harmed parties with limited remedies.
Taxpayers and small-business owners: Allowing AI to file supporting documents or deliver decisions, combined with a broad allowance for "any other purpose a party determines necessary," raises accuracy, accountability, and fairness concerns and risks power imbalances favoring better-resourced parties.
Hospitals, health systems and people with disabilities: The rule does not set data-handling or confidentiality standards for AI, potentially exposing sensitive case data to third-party systems and increasing privacy risks.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows parties to use non‑generative AI in arbitration with written consent, bans generative AI, and bars vacatur solely for AI errors.
Official title: To permit the use of artificial intelligence in arbitration, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 15, 2026 by David Schweikert · Last progress July 15, 2026
Permits parties in private arbitration to use certain non‑generative artificial intelligence tools for tasks like identifying law, organizing evidence, preparing filings, and issuing awards if every party gives written consent, while banning generative AI. It prevents a party who agreed to AI use from getting an arbitration award vacated, modified, or corrected solely because of an AI error, and otherwise does not change existing arbitration procedures under title 9.