The RAISE Act,
section by section.

New York’s Article 44-B — General Business Law §§ 1420–1429 — walked one section at a time. Titles and figures here are drawn from the enacted text of the RAISE Act (S.8828). Effective Jan 1, 2027.

10 sections

SectionTitleSummaryGroup
§ 1420DefinitionsDefines the regime's key terms — frontier model, frontier developer, large frontier developer, catastrophic risk, critical safety incident.Foundations
§ 1423Loss of equityA loss of value of equity does not count as damage to or loss of property for the purposes of the article.Foundations
§ 1424Duties and obligationsThe article's duties are cumulative with other law and do not relieve any party of obligations or limit existing rights and remedies.Foundations
§ 1425ScopeThe article applies only to frontier models developed, deployed, or operating in whole or in part in New York State.Foundations
§ 1426ExceptionsThe article does not apply to academic research at accredited NY colleges and universities, or to the Empire AI consortium/institute.Foundations
SectionTitleSummaryGroup
§ 1421Transparency requirementsA large frontier developer must publish a frontier AI framework; before deploying a model, every frontier developer must publish a transparency report.Developer Duties
§ 1422ReportingReport a critical safety incident to the DFS office within 72 hours — and within 24 hours to law enforcement if it poses an imminent risk of death or serious injury.Developer Duties
SectionTitleSummaryGroup
§ 1427ViolationsThe Attorney General may seek civil penalties up to $1M (first violation) and $3M (subsequent). No private right of action.Oversight
§ 1428Large frontier developer disclosureA large frontier developer must file a disclosure statement with the Office, renewed every two years; the Office publishes the list of filers.Oversight
SectionTitleSummaryGroup
§ 1429Rulemaking authorityThe Office may adopt rules to implement the article, including additional reporting or publication requirements that facilitate safety and transparency.Administration

Source: New York General Business Law, Article 44-B (§§ 1420–1429) — the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, enacted in final form by the S.8828 chapter amendment (signed March 27, 2026) which repealed and replaced the original Article 44-B. Titles and content are from the enacted text. The regime takes effect January 1, 2027 (set in § 3 of the act, outside the article itself).

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