Illinois Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315)
The first US state law to require annual independent audits of large frontier AI developers. Covered developers must publish a frontier AI framework covering catastrophic-risk assessment, mitigations, internal governance, cybersecurity and third-party evaluation, and report critical safety incidents within 72 hours.
Key dates
- Jul 6, 2026Signed by Governor Pritzker
- Jan 1, 2027Act takes effect
Risk areas addressed
Who it applies to
Frontier developers that train, or initiate the training of, a model using more than 10^26 integer or floating-point operations. Additional duties apply to large frontier developers with more than $500M in annual gross revenue in the preceding year.
Penalties & enforcement
Up to $1M for a first violation and up to $3M for subsequent violations.
Enforced by: Illinois Attorney General, with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security
Illinois AI Safety Measures Act is enforced by Illinois Attorney General, with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. The next dated milestone falls on Jan 1, 2027, 77 days away: Act takes effect. In practice that means knowing which of your AI systems fall in scope in frontier AI developers and technology, holding assessments that speak to safety & robustness, security and governance & accountability, and being able to produce that evidence on request, including for systems built outside the jurisdiction.