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State Frontier AI Laws: Every U.S. Law Tracked (4)
Laws targeting the largest, most capable AI developers — covering safety testing, incident reporting, and catastrophic-risk disclosures. Maintained by Stauss PLLC. Last reviewed August 2026.
Laws tracked in this category4
| State | Law |
|---|---|
| California | California Transparency in Frontier AI Act |
What You Need to KnowAmong other things, the law requires a large frontier developer to write, implement, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer's frontier models and describes how the large frontier developer approaches, among other things, incorporating national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework. The law also requires a large frontier developer to transmit to the Office of Emergency Services a summary of any assessment of catastrophic risk resulting from internal use of its frontier models. The law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a mechanism for a frontier developer or a member of the public to report a critical safety incident, and to establish a mechanism for a large frontier developer to confidentially submit summaries of any assessments of the potential for catastrophic risk resulting from internal use of its frontier models. | |
| New York | New York RAISE Act (S 8828 / A 9449) |
What You Need to KnowThe law applies to frontier developers and large frontier developers. Frontier developers are persons who have trained, or initiated the training of, a frontier model, with respect to which the person has used, or intends to use, at least as much computing power to train the frontier model as meets the technical specifications found in the law. Large frontier developers are frontier developers that, together with their affiliates, collectively had annual gross revenues in excess of $500,000,000 in the preceding calendar year. Large frontier developers are required to write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on their websites a frontier AI framework that applies to their frontier models and describes how they handle various topics. Large frontier developers must update their frameworks annually and must publish material modifications to the framework within 30 days. Frontier developers and large frontier developers that deploy a new frontier model or a substantially modified version of an existing frontier model must post a transparency report containing certain information on their website. Large frontier developers that develop, deploy, or operate a frontier model in New York must file a disclosure statement with an office in the Department of Financial Services ("Office") and pay an assessment. Frontier developers also are required to report critical safety incidents to the Office within 72 hours. If the critical safety incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, it must be reported to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours. Large frontier developers are required to periodically transmit to the Office summaries of any assessment of a catastrophic risk. The law is enforceable by the state attorney general. | |
| Illinois | Illinois AI Safety Measures Act (SB 315) |
What You Need to KnowThe law applies to frontier developers and large frontier developers. Frontier developers are persons who train, or initiate the training of, a frontier model using computing power that meets the technical specifications set forth in the law. "Large frontier developer" means frontier developers that, together with their affiliates, collectively have annual gross revenues in excess of $500,000,000 in the preceding calendar year. Large frontier developers are required to write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously disclose on their websites a frontier AI framework that contains certain information. Large frontier developers must update their frameworks annually and must publish material modifications to the framework within 30 days. Frontier developers and large frontier developers that deploy a new frontier model or a substantially modified version of an existing frontier model must post a transparency report containing certain information on their website. Large frontier developers must, starting January 1, 2028 or 90 days after a developer first qualifies as a large frontier developer, annually retain a third party to perform an independent audit of their compliance with the law. Frontier developers are required to report critical safety incidents to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security ("Agency") and the attorney general within 72 hours. If the critical safety incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, it must be reported to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours. Large frontier developers are required to periodically transmit to the Agency summaries of any assessment of a catastrophic risk. Large frontier developers that develop, deploy, or operate a frontier model in Illinois must file a disclosure statement with the Agency and pay a fee. The law also creates whistleblower protections. The law is enforceable by the state attorney general. | |
| Connecticut | Connecticut SB 5 (Frontier AI Provisions) |
What You Need to KnowThe law regulates frontier developers and large frontier developers. Frontier developers are persons doing business in Connecticut who intend to train, initiate the training of, or train a foundation model, and who in doing so use or intend to use a quantity of computing power greater than 10^26 integer or floating-point operations — inclusive of any computing power used for the original training and for any fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, or other material modifications such person applies to a preceding foundation model. Large frontier developers are frontier developers that, together with all persons who directly or indirectly — including through one or more intermediaries — control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the frontier developer, had aggregate annual gross revenues exceeding $500,000,000 for the most recently completed calendar year. The law creates whistleblower protections for employees of frontier developers. Large frontier developers must maintain an internal, anonymous reporting system that allows employees to report activity posing a substantial danger to public health or safety due to a catastrophic risk. In addition, frontier developers must provide their employees clear notice of their rights and responsibilities under the law. The law is enforceable by the state Attorney General. | |
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