Bill Title: Creates the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. Defines terms. Requires large frontier developers 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 internal use of frontier models. Requires transparency reports before deploying new or substantially modified frontier models and requires summaries of catastrophic-risk assessments. Mandates annual independent third-party audits and establishes access, reporting, retention, and publication requirements for audit results. Requires frontier developers to report critical safety incidents and requires large frontier developers to submit periodic summaries of internal-use risk assessments. Directs the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, to administer reporting mechanisms, issue guidance, and prepare annual reports. Establishes interoperability with certain regulatory regimes. Requires large frontier developers to file disclosure statements and pay fees. Provides whistleblower protections and internal reporting processes for covered employees. Establishes civil penalties for violations and clarifies that no private right of action is created. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt specified information related to the Act from disclosure. Amends the Whistleblower Act to prohibit retaliation for good-faith disclosures of violations of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. Contains home rule limitations and severability provisions. Effective January 1, 2027.
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2026-07-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0538
[SB0315 Detail]
Bill Drafts
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| Enrolled | 2026-05-29 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2026-05-21 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2025-01-24 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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Supplemental Documents
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