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Illinois enacts frontier AI law requiring annual independent audits from 2028

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Source: Hunton Andrews Kurth: Illinois governor signs frontier AI model lawAlso reported by Office of the Governor of Illinois, Latham & Watkins

Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, on 6 July 2026. Developers training models with more than 10^26 operations and over $500 million in revenue must publish a frontier AI framework and hire independent auditors every year from 2028, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours (24 hours if death or serious injury is imminent), and file internal-use risk summaries every three months. The Attorney General enforces it, with penalties up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for later ones.

Why it matters

Large frontier labs face mandatory yearly third-party audits in Illinois. California and New York require disclosure only.

When
6 Jul 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0115
Who
Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, Illinois Attorney General; JB Pritzker
Rules involved

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Hunton Andrews Kurth and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Hunton Andrews Kurth

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

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WTA-N-2026-0115: “Illinois enacts frontier AI law requiring annual independent audits from 2028.” wheresthe.ai, 6 Jul 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-il-sb315-ai-safety-measures-act-2026-07/ (source: Hunton Andrews Kurth: Illinois governor signs frontier AI model law).

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