United States of America: Illinois Governor signed Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315) including testing requirement

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Illinois Governor signed Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315) including testing requirement

On 6 July 2026, the Governor of Illinois signed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. The Act requires developers of covered frontier AI systems, defined as models trained using computing power above a specified threshold…

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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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…