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Hochul signs RAISE Act on frontier AI with agreed changes and fines up to $3m

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Source: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul: Governor signs legislation requiring AI frameworks for frontier modelsAlso reported by Morrison Foerster

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act on 19 December 2025 with agreed chapter amendments (S6953B/A6453B). Large frontier AI developers must publish information on their safety protocols and report safety incidents to the state within 72 hours. A new office in the Department of Financial Services will assess large frontier developers and report annually, and the Attorney General can seek fines of up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for later ones.

Why it matters

Frontier labs faced a second state law on safety disclosures and incident reports, with a dedicated New York oversight office, eight days after a federal order targeted state AI laws.

When
19 Dec 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0129
Who
New York State Department of Financial Services, New York State Attorney General; Kathy Hochul, Andrew Gounardes, Alex Bores
Rules involved
  • RAISE Act New York, Enacted, not yet in force

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Office of Governor Kathy Hochul and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextNew York finalises RAISE Act, aligning frontier AI law closely with California

Cite this story

WTA-N-2025-0129: “Hochul signs RAISE Act on frontier AI with agreed changes and fines up to $3m.” wheresthe.ai, 19 Dec 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-ny-raise-act-signed-2025-12/ (source: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul: Governor signs legislation requiring AI frameworks for frontier models).

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