{"slug":"us-new-york-raise-act","title":"New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)","short_title":"New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety)","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","instrument_type":"act","status":"adopted","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"New York State Legislature","summary_plain":"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.","adopted_on":"2025-12-19","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":"2027-01-01","official_source_url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953/amendment/B","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"low","updated_at":"2026-09-12T17:35:47+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-raise-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.","scope_summary":"Large frontier-model developers whose models are available in New York; not deployers of ordinary AI systems.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2025-06-12: passed Legislature; 2025-12-19: signed with agreed chapter amendments; 2027-01-01: reported effective date.","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Signing and effective dates reported in press coverage; verify against the enrolled chapter text.","taxonomy":{"actor":["provider","gpai_provider"],"ai_system_type":["general_purpose_ai_model"],"sector":["cross_sector"],"risk_category":["systemic_risk"],"use_case":["generative_ai"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"New York State Senate: bill S6953","publisher":"New York State Senate","url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953/amendment/B","document_date":"2025-12-19","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":["us-california-sb-53"],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953/amendment/B","source_title":"New York State Senate: bill S6953","source_publisher":"New York State Senate","source_document_date":"2025-12-19","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"low","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.","reviewed_by":null}}