Illinois Joins Growing State-Level Effort to Regulate Frontier AI With New Safety Measures Act

Illinois’ SB 315 is the first law in the US to mandate third-party audits for large AI developers. On July 7, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 315, known as the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (the Act), into law, making Illinois the latest in a growing group of states to enact legislation governing frontier artificial intelligence.... By: Latham & Watkins LLP