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SB 315
Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315)
Key dates
- Introduced
- n/a
- Signed or adopted
- Jul 6, 2026
- Effective
- Jan 1, 2027
- Next step · in 54 days
- January 1, 2027
Act takes effect; framework and annual audit duties follow on January 1, 2028
Scope
Frontier developers training models above 10^26 FLOP whose models are accessible in Illinois; large frontier developers exceed $500 million in annual revenue.
Penalties
Civil penalties of up to $1 million for a first violation and up to $3 million for later violations, enforced by the Attorney General.
What it requires
- Publish transparency reports before deploying new or substantially modified models
- Large developers publish and annually update a safety framework from January 1, 2028
- Large developers commission annual independent third party audits and post a summary within 30 days
- Report critical safety incidents to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Attorney General within 72 hours, or 24 hours for imminent risk
- Protect whistleblowers and provide anonymous internal reporting channels
Sources
- Gov. Pritzker Signs Nation-Leading Artificial Intelligence Safety Law Office of the Governor of Illinois · Jul 6, 2026
- Illinois Imposes Transparency and Safety Obligations on Frontier AI Systems Crowell & Moring · Jul 8, 2026
- Illinois Governor Signs Frontier AI Model Law Hunton Andrews Kurth · Jul 17, 2026