Does New York RAISE Act require Record-Keeping & Documentation?

New York • enacted

Yes — 1 provision

Requirements at a glance

This regulation imposes 6 specific requirements for Record-Keeping & Documentation across 1 provision:

Large Frontier Developer Disclosure

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Obligation:
Record Keeping
enacted
Effective:
Jan 1, 2027
Risk tier:
general-purpose
Scope:
Large frontier developers that develop, deploy or operate a frontier model wholly or partly in New York (§§ 1425, 1428(1)). The § 1426 academic-research and Empire AI/institute exceptions apply

Requirements

RequirementDetails
Current filing and assessmentA covered large frontier developer may not develop, deploy or operate a frontier model wholly or partly in New York without a current disclosure statement filed with the DFS Office and payment of its required pro rata share of the department's Article 44-B operating expenses (§ 1428(1), (4))
Renewal eventsFile in the form and manner prescribed by the Office and renew every two years, upon transfer of frontier-model ownership, or upon a material change to previously reported information, whichever occurs first (§ 1428(2))
Business identity and officesIdentify the developer, every name under which it does business, its principal place of business and each New York office (§ 1428(3)(a)-(b))
Conditional beneficial-owner historyIf the developer or ultimate parent is private or closely held, list current persons or entities with at least a 5% beneficial interest and persons who formerly held at least a 5% beneficial interest in the owner or its predecessors during the preceding five years. If the owner or ultimate parent is publicly traded, list current persons or entities with at least a 50% beneficial interest (§ 1428(3)(c))
Government contactsIdentify primary, secondary and tertiary contacts; the primary contact receives Article 44-B inquiries from the Office or other governmental entities (§ 1428(3)(d))
Public filer list boundaryThe Office must publish a list of large frontier developers that filed disclosure statements, excluding their contact information. Section 1428(6) does not state that the disclosure statements themselves are public

Penalties

ViolationFine
No current disclosure or uncorrected false information (§ 1428(5))After notice and hearing, the Office may levy $1,000 for each day the entity fails to file the required disclosure or correct false information
Unpaid assessment (§ 1428(5))After notice and hearing, the Office may levy an amount equal to the assessments owed, in addition to other applicable penalties or liability
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