Connecticut signs SB 5 on online safety, with frontier-developer whistleblower duties
Concerns Connecticut online safety and frontier AI law (SB 5)
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In brief
Connecticut signs SB 5 on online safety, with frontier-developer whistleblower duties. Recorded for Connecticut (United States) on 27 May 2026. It concerns the Connecticut online safety and frontier AI law (SB 5). Public Act 26-15 was signed. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted. In practice: Large frontier developers should have an anonymous internal reporting process by 1 January 2027.
- Date
- 27 May 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut (United States)
- Impact
- High
- Status afterwards
- Adopted
- Official source
- Connecticut General Assembly
What changed?
Public Act 26-15 was signed. Its frontier provisions, effective 1 October 2026, protect whistleblowers and require large frontier developers to set up an internal reporting process and report to their boards. Recorded from search extracts of the General Assembly's pages.
What does it mean in practice?
Large frontier developers should have an anonymous internal reporting process by 1 January 2027.
Official source
Public Act 26-15 (SB 5)Connecticut General Assembly · 27 May 2026
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Connecticut signs SB 5 on online safety, with frontier-developer whistleblower duties” [AIPT-CHG-0150, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0150 (accessed 21 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Permanent id AIPT-CHG-0150: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.
Cite the official text alongside it: Public Act 26-15 (SB 5), Connecticut General Assembly, https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/act/Pa/pdf/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.PDF.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_connecticutsignssb5ononl,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{Connecticut signs SB 5 on online safety, with frontier-developer whistleblower duties}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-05-27-connecticut-sb-5-online-safety-signed}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-05-27-connecticut-sb-5-online-safety-signed},
urldate = {2026-10-21},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 21 October 2026}
}
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