In one paragraph
New York's S 8828 (Chapter 96 of 2026) is the chapter amendment to the RAISE Act (Chapter 699 of 2025). It repealed and replaced General Business Law Article 44-B and set the effective date at January 1, 2027. Developers of frontier models (over 10^26 training operations) must publish transparency reports when deploying and report critical safety incidents to a Department of Financial Services office within 72 hours. Those with over $500 million in revenue must also publish and follow a frontier AI framework, report internal-use risk assessments, file disclosure statements and pay assessments, and face Attorney General penalties up to $1 million, then $3 million. Signed March 27, 2026.
Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.
What it means for business
From January 1, 2027, frontier model developers (over 10^26 training operations) whose models are developed, deployed or operating in New York must publish transparency reports and report critical safety incidents to DFS; those with over $500 million in revenue also need a frontier AI framework.
Key provisions
- Repeals Article 44-B as added by Chapter 699 of 2025 and enacts a new Article 44-B (§§ 1420-1429); amends Chapter 699's effective-date section from the 90th day after signing to January 1, 2027
- Compared with the signed text: coverage turns on a 10^26-operation training threshold, with the heaviest duties for developers with over $500 million in annual revenue (not $100 million in compute spending); reports go to a DFS office (not the Attorney General and DHSES); top penalties fall from $10 million / $30 million to $1 million / $3 million; the ban on deploying a model with an unreasonable risk of critical harm is not carried over
- Large frontier developers must write, implement, follow and publish a frontier AI framework covering catastrophic-risk thresholds, mitigations, third-party assessment, model-weight cybersecurity, incident response and internal use; review it yearly and publish material changes with a justification within 30 days
- Every frontier developer must publish a transparency report before or when deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model; large frontier developers add summaries of catastrophic-risk assessments, results and third-party evaluator involvement; model or system cards count; redactions must be explained and unredacted copies kept five years
- Critical safety incidents (unauthorized access to, modification of or exfiltration of model weights, or loss of control, causing death or bodily injury; harm from a materialized catastrophic risk; or a model deceiving its developer to subvert its controls, outside an evaluation, in a way showing materially increased catastrophic risk) must be reported to the office within 72 hours; one posing an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury must be disclosed within 24 hours to an appropriate authority, such as law enforcement; reports are exempt from FOIL
- Large frontier developers may not develop, deploy or operate a frontier model in New York without a current disclosure statement (ownership, offices, contacts; renewed every two years, on a transfer of ownership or on a material change) and paying a pro rata share of the office's costs; after notice and hearing, the office may impose $1,000 a day for not filing or not correcting false information, plus assessments owed
- The Attorney General may seek civil penalties up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for each later one when a large frontier developer fails to publish or transmit a required document, makes a materially false or misleading statement, fails to report an incident or fails to follow its own framework; no private right of action; academic research by accredited New York colleges and the Empire AI consortium are exempt; the office may adopt rules and must report yearly to the Governor and legislative leaders beginning January 1, 2028
- Signed March 27, 2026 (Chapter 96 of 2026); the effective-date change took effect immediately; the new Article 44-B takes effect January 1, 2027
Latest legislative action
Mar 27, 2026. Signed Chapter 96 of 2026
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Andrew Gounardes D | Primary |
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