State and Federal Legislation and AI-related Copyright Office Developments Impacting Private Certification

This presentation by Julia Judish, legal advisor to the Professional Certification Coalition (PCC), and Jeff Evans, Director, Public Policy, at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), will discuss important federal legislative opportunities benefiting the certification community for which the PCC and ASAE have advocated. The session will also address legislative threats to the certification community at the state level in the past year and major legislative trends the PCC is tracking that may affect certification organizations, both in regulated professions and for wholly voluntary certifications. In addition, the session will address how the widespread availability of Generative AI tools is creating uncertainty for certification organizations about legal guardrails for incorporating GenAI content into test development, and how the U.S. Copyright Office is addressing some of those key concerns.