{"id":39236,"date":"2026-05-28T08:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=39236"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:32:24","slug":"illinois-lawmakers-pass-landmark-ai-accountability-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/39236-illinois-lawmakers-pass-landmark-ai-accountability-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Lawmakers Pass Landmark AI Accountability Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Daniel Didech, D-Buffalo Grove, speaks on the House floor May 27. His bill would make Illinois the third state to regulate frontier AI models. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure aims to promote accountability among the most powerful AI models<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois House lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would regulate how the largest artificial intelligence companies report on the capabilities of their models.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill, which passed the Senate last week, requires large developers to create and publish a framework detailing how to company handles model capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill is modeled after laws in New York and California, with Illinois lawmakers hoping to take the \u201cde facto\u201d national standard one state further as it heads to the governor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By JENNA SCHWEIKERT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com\u00a0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following in the footsteps of New York and California, Illinois state lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that seeks to increase transparency and accountability among the largest and most capable artificial intelligence models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=315&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=157797&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Bill 315<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> passed unanimously in the House with Wednesday and now heads to the governor for consideration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legislators modeled the bill after 2025 laws in New York and California, hoping to further a national standard they say is lacking at the federal level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis legislation enacts critical protections against the most catastrophic risks that advanced AI systems pose to public safety,\u201d House sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech, D-Buffalo Grove, said. \u201cArtificial intelligence is among the most significant technological developments of modern time. It has the potential to drastically improve the quality of life of people throughout the world, but only if deployed and developed responsibly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB315 is targeted towards the most capable models developed by the largest companies through its thresholds \u2014 $500 million in revenue and a massive computing measurement. OpenAI and Anthropic both supported the bill throughout its process and it passed the House 110-0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs these models grow more powerful, this kind of enforceable accountability matters more than ever,\u201d Cesar Fernandez, Anthropic\u2019s head of U.S., state and local government relations said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cIllinois lawmakers have set a new standard, and we hope other states and the federal government build on their dedication to AI safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen, D-Libertyville, compared the technology to the \u201cwild, wild West,\u201d and said lawmakers can\u2019t take the same approach they did with social media, an approach that was minimal until recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is not about stopping innovation, but rather about balancing the great promise of AI with its potential harms,\u201d Edly-Allen said while introducing the bill in committee on May 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a 52-5 vote, state senators <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/bill-regulating-powerful-ai-models-advances-as-advocates-say-its-only-the-first-step\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approved the bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill would require developers to create and publish a transparency framework explaining how the company applies industry standards, measures model capabilities and chance of catastrophic risk, and identifies and responds to safety incidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developers would also be required to employ third-party auditors to ensure compliance with the framework, a provision that is still a point of contention for some industry stakeholders, including TechNet, a coalition of tech executives across the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe remain concerned that Illinois would effectively be requiring private actors to make highly subjective determinations requiring AI safety compliance without established national standards, certifications, or clear regulatory guardrails,\u201d TechNet representative Ninia Linero said in committee May 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocates like Secure AI, a nonprofit seeking meaningful AI regulations, supported the third-party requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Didech said he had conversations with House legal staff and the AI working group of lawmakers conducted research to see if there are companies that can effectively conduct those audits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGiven \u2026 the fact that there is already a developing robust ecosystem of these small boutique firms, and also the large international accounting firms that have the capabilities to perform these audits, we were comfortable keeping it in the bill,\u201d Didech said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later amendments also addressed concerns from Senate Republicans, Secure AI, Anthropic and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency by clarifying third party qualifications, what the audit should include and protocols for protecting proprietary information. Lawmakers also extended the effective date from 2027 to 2028 and added an amendment saying the bill doesn\u2019t create a pathway for private citizens to sue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Illinois attorney general would have exclusive authority to enforce civil penalties up to $3 million per violation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amendments also require large frontier developers to file disclosure statements with primary contacts and places of business and to pay proportional fees to cover the expense of administering the act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker, who said he looks forward to signing it in a post he made on social media Wednesday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Daniel Didech, D-Buffalo Grove, speaks on the House floor May 27. His bill would make Illinois the third state to regulate frontier AI models. 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