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Bills We Support

Since 2025, SAIP has advised on and promoted legislation at the state level which would increase transparency into how the largest AI developers guard against severe risks presented by advanced AI. We’ve supported prescient lawmakers in their efforts to develop, explain, negotiate, and advance such bills in nine states so far: Utah, Nebraska, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, and California. We are nonpartisan, and so far, our bills are sponsored by five Democrats and four Republicans.

Though no two bills are exactly the same, all our efforts promote a similar and balanced approach focused on transparency. The laws we support address the biggest risks from the biggest AI companies (Meta, OpenAI, Character.AI, etc.) and do not affect startups or small businesses. The requirements the bills we support place on large developers are also broadly consistent with practices that many of these companies have already agreed to voluntarily. A core belief behind our work is that making these practices mandatory avoids a race to the bottom on safety in a competitive and high-stakes industry. Below are links to bills that SAIP has supported, along with where they are in the legislative process.

State

Illinois

Bill

SB 315

Sponsors

Rep. Daniel Didech (D)

Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (D)

Status

Signed into law (2026)

State

California

Bill

SB 53

Sponsor

Sen. Scott Wiener (D)

Status

Signed into law (2025)

State

New York

Sponsors

Asm. Alex Bores (D)

Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D)

Status

Signed into law (2025)

State

Massachusetts

Sponsor

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Status

Referred to Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (2026)

State

California

Sponsor

Asm. Marc Berman (D)

Status

Advanced from Senate Judiciary committee (2026)

State

New York

Sponsors

Asm. Alex Bores (D)

Sen. Michael Gianaris (D, WF)

Status

Passed Senate and Assembly. Awaiting Governor signature (2026)

State

Michigan

Sponsor

Rep. Sarah Lightner (R)

Status

Referred to House Committee on Regulatory Reform (2025)

State

Utah

Bill

HB 286

Sponsors

Rep. Doug Fiefia (R)

Sen. Mike McKell (R)

Status

Favorably recommended by the House Committee on Economic Development by unanimous vote (2026)

State

Nebraska

Sponsors

Sen. Tanya Storer (R)

Sen. Carolyn Bosn (R)

Status

Referred to Banking, Commerce, and Industry Committee (2026)

State

Tennessee

Sponsor

Rep. Jason Zachary (R)

Status

Advanced unanimously from the House Commerce and Senate Judiciary Committees, referred to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (2026)

State

Colorado

Sponsors

Rep. Manny Rutinel (D)

Rep. Matt Soper (R)

Status

Withdrawn (session expired)

This page was last updated on 14 April.


If you’d like to support one of these bills, please send an email to info@secureaiproject.org and we will advise on the best way to do so.