New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety): requirements, deadlines and compliance actions
New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)
What is New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety)?
The RAISE Act requires large developers of frontier AI models (defined by training compute and revenue thresholds) to publish and follow a safety and security protocol, report critical safety incidents to the state within a set period, not deploy models that create unreasonable risk of critical harm, and submit to Attorney General enforcement with civil penalties; the chapter amendments create a state oversight office and align definitions with California's Transparency in Frontier AI Act.
Status note: Signed by the Governor in December 2025 with chapter amendments agreed to align with California SB 53; effective date reported as 1 January 2027. Confirm the final text and date on the Senate website before relying on it.
Who does it apply to?
Large frontier-model developers whose models are available in New York; not deployers of ordinary AI systems.
- Sectors
- Cross-sector / all sectors
- AI use cases
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Risk categories
- Systemic-risk general-purpose model
- AI system types
- General-purpose AI model
When do the requirements apply?
2025-06-12: passed Legislature; 2025-12-19: signed with agreed chapter amendments; 2027-01-01: reported effective date.
Signing and effective dates reported in press coverage; verify against the enrolled chapter text.
Official sources
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New York State Senate: bill S6953
New York State Senate · 19 Dec 2025 · Tier 1 source
Change history
Record version 1: Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.. Full edit history is in the GitHub repository.
Informational only, not legal advice. Verify every claim against the linked official sources and consult qualified counsel before acting.