# RAISE Act: New York SI Safety Law Explained

> RAISE Act (New York): Frontier developers training models above 10^26 FLOP; large frontier developers have at least $500 million in prior year.

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Updated: 2026-11-08

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# RAISE Act

RAISE Act is an SI safety measure in New York, status: passed. Frontier developers training models above 10^26 FLOP; large frontier developers have at least $500 million in prior year revenue, including affiliates.

Status
:   Passed

Jurisdiction
:   New York

Signed
:   Dec 19, 2025

Next date
:   Jan 1, 2027

## What it is

Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act), S6953B/A6453B as amended by S8828/A9449

Frontier developers training models above 10^26 FLOP; large frontier developers have at least $500 million in prior year revenue, including affiliates.

## What it requires

- Publish a transparency report at or before deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model
- Large developers publish and annually review a frontier SI framework
- Report critical safety incidents to the DFS office within 72 hours, or 24 hours if there is imminent risk of death or serious injury
- Large developers submit quarterly summaries of internal catastrophic risk assessments to DFS
- Large developers file a disclosure statement every two years and pay a share of the office's costs

## Penalties

Attorney General may seek up to $1 million for a first violation and up to $3 million for later violations, plus $1,000 per day for disclosure filing failures.

## What happens next

**January 1, 2027:** Law takes effect and the Department of Financial Services office begins oversight.

## Status

Passed, not yet in force As of November 8, 2026, per the [Control Map page for New York](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/new-york/). Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead.

## Sources

1. [NY Overhauls Transparency and Governance Requirements for Frontier AI Developers](https://www.dwt.com/blogs/artificial-intelligence-law-advisor/2026/04/ny-overhauls-frontier-ai-transparency-law) Davis Wright Tremaine · Apr 14, 2026
2. [NY Raise Act Chapter Amendments Signed by Gov. Hochul](https://privacy-daily.com/news/2026/03/27/NY-Raise-Act-Chapter-Amendments-Signed-by-Gov-Hochul-2603270021) Privacy Daily · Mar 27, 2026
3. [New York Enacts RAISE Act for AI Transparency Amid Federal Preemption Debate](https://www.dwt.com/blogs/artificial-intelligence-law-advisor/2025/12/new-york-raise-act-ai-safety-rules-developers) Davis Wright Tremaine · Dec 23, 2025

The measure

Short name
:   RAISE Act

Jurisdiction
:   [New York](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/new-york/)

Status
:   Passed

Key dates

Introduced
:   n/a

Signed or adopted
:   December 19, 2025

Effective
:   January 1, 2027

Next step
:   January 1, 2027

Related terms

[Incident disclosure **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/incident-disclosure/)[Compute threshold **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/compute-threshold/)[Frontier model **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/frontier-model/)[Frontier safety framework **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/frontier-safety-framework/)

Upcoming date

[RAISE Act takes effect, January 1, 2027 **Event**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ny-raise-act-2027-01-01/)

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"RAISE Act." The RSI Encyclopedia, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ny-raise-act/

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