New York senator introduces RAISE Act 2.0 to let state pace frontier AI

State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Jordan Wright introduced new legislation, dubbed RAISE Act 2.0, on October 29, 2026, to expand New York's existing frontier AI safety law. The bill, filed as S.10731, builds on the original RAISE Act that Governor Kathy Hochul signed on December 19, 2025.

What it is

The measure is a legislative proposal, not yet enacted, that would amend the RAISE Act by adding new reporting duties, a compute-limiting power for the state, and independent audits of frontier AI developers.

What it requires

Large developers would have to report quarterly on how much of their AI research is automated and how they use their computing power, and disclose any substantial jump in risk within 72 hours. A new state Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity and Trust could limit the computing power developers devote to training or automated AI research, and the Attorney General could ask a court to restrict a model's deployment in New York. Coverage would extend to any company spending over $1 billion on AI development in three years, and developers would need a state-licensed frontier examiner to audit compliance annually and assess catastrophic risk every 90 days. Penalties would rise to as much as $1 million per day for a first violation and $3 million per day for later ones, with a senior officer required to certify filings under penalty of perjury.

What security leaders should do

Security and compliance teams at large AI developers should start tracking compute usage and automated-research metrics now, since the bill would require quarterly disclosures and 72-hour reporting of risk jumps if enacted. Legal and governance functions should also review incident-response playbooks against the bill's broadened definition of critical safety incidents, which the proposal says would include models evading developer controls, unprompted attacks on other systems, and near-misses.