Law / United States / Illinois
Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act
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In force in 107 days, effective 1 January 2027.
An AI governance rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This law does not take effect until 2027-01-01; what follows is what a large frontier AI developer must do once it is in force.
- Create, implement, publish, and annually update a frontier AI framework covering catastrophic-risk assessment, mitigations, cybersecurity, internal governance, third-party evaluations, and risks from your own internal use of your frontier models.
- Publish a transparency report and a summary of your catastrophic-risk assessment before deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model.
- Obtain an annual independent third-party audit of your compliance, and meet the Act's access, retention, and publication requirements for the audit results.
- Report a critical safety incident, and provide whistleblower protections and an internal reporting channel for employees who raise a good-faith safety concern.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
What it reaches
Obligation class
Governance, Reporting, Disclosure
Who checks it
Audit expectation
periodic
Who audits it
Independent third party
Where the report goes
Kept, Filed with regulator, Produced on request, Published summary, Published
What this law does
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The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act will require a large frontier AI developer to create, implement, publish, and annually update a frontier AI framework addressing catastrophic-risk assessment, mitigations, cybersecurity, internal governance, third-party evaluations, and risks from a developer's own internal use of its frontier models, and to publish a transparency report and a summary of its catastrophic-risk assessment before deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model.
A developer must obtain an annual independent third-party audit and meet access, retention, and publication requirements for the results, report a critical safety incident, and provide whistleblower protections and internal reporting channels for covered employees; the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, administer reporting and issue guidance.
The Act establishes civil penalties for violations and expressly creates no private right of action, and takes effect January 1, 2027. The bill (as Senate Floor Amendment No. 2, further narrowed by Amendments No. 3 and No. 4) was approved by the Governor on July 6, 2026.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Bill Status page, Illinois General Assembly (ilga.gov)
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