IL SB 315 — Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act

Summary

AI law The proposed bill, known as the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, creates a comprehensive state-level regulatory framework aimed at managing catastrophic risks associated with highly advanced, large-scale machine learning systems. It applies strictly to "frontier developers" (entities meeting high compute training thresholds and generating at least $500 million in revenue), requiring them to formulate, publish, and annually update a structured safety framework. The legislation mandates that these developers perform rigorous catastrophic-risk assessments, issue public transparency reports before deploying any new or substantially modified frontier models, and submit to annual independent third-party audits of their safety and cybersecurity protocols. Data law Public Act 104-0538 amends the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to specifically exempt proprietary frontier AI frameworks, audit documentation, and critical safety incident reports submitted to state agencies from public disclosure. Additionally, the Act amends the Illinois Whistleblower Act to shield employees who disclose good-faith safety concerns or statutory violations from employer retaliation. Privacy law The proposed bill amends the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to insert an explicit statutory exemption shielding proprietary and sensitive information submitted by frontier developers from public disclosure requests. This protection covers catastrophic-risk assessments, critical safety incident data, internal corporate cybersecurity blueprints, and detailed third-party audit reports delivered to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security or the Attorney General. Cybersecurity law Public Act 104-0538 requires frontier developers to establish technical and organizational safeguards against cybersecurity breaches involving model parameters or catastrophic loss of model control. Developers are statutorily required to notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security and the Attorney General within 72 hours of discovering any "critical safety incident" (including unauthorized access, modification, or exfiltration of model weights). If the incident poses an imminent threat of death or serious physical injury, notification must occur within 24 hours.

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