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Illinois Senate passed Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315) including testing requirement

On 21 May 2026, the Illinois Senate passed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315), following the adoption of four floor amendments. The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act requires large frontier developers to retain an ind…

  • SB0315, Illinois General Assembly (Official)

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
Concerns
Safety
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-01-24
under deliberation

On 24 January 2025, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315) was introduced to the …

2026-05-21
under deliberation

On 21 May 2026, the Illinois Senate passed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315)…

2026-05-29
adopted

On 29 May 2026, the Illinois General Assembly adopted the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures A…

2026-07-06
adopted

On 6 July 2026, the Governor of Illinois signed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety…

2027-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2027, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act enters into force. The Act requi…