# New York signs the RAISE Act on frontier-model safety

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2025-12-19
- **Jurisdiction**: New York (United States)
- **Instrument**: New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## What changed

The Governor signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act with agreed amendments aligning it to California SB 53, requiring large frontier developers to publish safety protocols and report critical incidents, reportedly effective 1 January 2027.

## What it means in practice

Frontier-model developers serving New York should align safety documentation with California SB 53 to satisfy both laws; verify the enrolled chapter text.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-12-19-new-york-raise-act-signed
- **Official source**: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953/amendment/B
- **Source document**: S6953-B
- **Published by**: New York State Senate
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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