SB 3261 — AI Public Safety & Child Protection Transparency Act

Frontier AI developers and big chatbot platforms would have to publish public-safety and child-protection plans, with whistleblower protections and AG enforcement.

What it does

Mandates that frontier AI model developers and large chatbot providers establish and publish public safety and child protection plans. Creates reporting mechanism for safety incidents, whistleblower protections, third-party audits. Attorney General enforcement with civil penalties.

Analyst read

Now has at least 12 co-sponsors including bipartisan support (Sen. Rezin), and benefits from active media coverage (Sun-Times op-ed Apr 17) framing it as a child-safety measure. Path of least resistance: this bill is the leading Senate vehicle for kid/chatbot transparency and is the most likely to be merged with SB 3262 / SB 3384 in a substitute before clearing committee in May.

Enforcement

Civil penalties (AG enforcement)

Procedural history

2026-04-24 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 Second extension

2026-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Sen. Glowiak Hilton

2026-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Sen. Loughran Cappel

2026-03-27 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026 First extension

2026-03-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026

2026-03-12 Added co-sponsors Porfirio and Ventura

2026-02-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin Republican co-sponsor

2026-02-26 Six co-sponsors added (Walker, Guzmán, Johnson, Ellman, Joyce, D. Turner) Bipartisan signal — Sen. Rezin (R) added next day

2026-02-18 To AI and Social Media

2026-02-17 Assigned to Executive

2026-02-03 Filed by Sen. Edly-Allen; First Reading; Referred to Assignments

AI Public Safety & Child Protection Transparency Act

What it does

Analyst read

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