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Will the U.S. House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce vote on the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 before 31 July 2022?

Multiple choice Opened 12 May 2022 Closed 23 July 2022 Resolved 1 August 2022 165 forecasts 54 forecasters
In February of 2022, the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and referred to the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce (National Law Review). According to the one-page summary, the bill would empower the Federal Trade Commission to require companies assess the impacts of the automated systems they use and create transparency about those systems. The bill’s proponents argue this is needed to reduce safety risks, errors, and bias in algorithmic decision making, citing examples where automated decision systems wrongly denied pain medications to patients and denied loans to applicants who had been approved for mortgages (Jones Day). However, some worry that the added regulatory burden placed on companies could outweigh the benefits (PYMNTS.com). 
This question will resolve as “Yes, and the bill will be favorably reported to the full committee” if the subcommittee votes to report the bill to the full House Committee on Energy and Commerce before 31 July 2022.  Past markups (i.e., sessions where amendments are offered and the bill is voted on) for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and its subcommittees are available here.

Outcome

Answer Final crowd forecast Resolution
Yes, and the bill will be favorably reported to the full committee 1% Did not happen
Yes, but the bill will not be favorably reported to the full committee 0% Did not happen
No, a vote will not occur 99% Happened

“Final crowd forecast” is the last aggregate crowd probability computed before the question closed – the right-hand end of the chart below, which this table is the accessible equivalent of.

Crowd forecast over time

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% May 2022 Jun 2022 Jul 2022 99% 1% 0%
No, a vote will not occur Yes, and the bill will be favorably reported to the full committee Yes, but the bill will not be favorably reported to the full committee
The aggregate crowd probability, one point per day, from RFI's primary aggregation method. Gaps are days with no computed aggregate. Individual forecasts are not shown.