Illinois mandates third-party audits

- Illinois enacted the AI Safety Measures Act, requiring transparency and safety rules plus annual third-party audits for large frontier-AI developers starting January 2028. - California pushed the California AI Transparency Act effective date to August 2, 2026 to align with the EU AI Act's transparency rules, creating overlap. - Together these state moves create a de facto national framework of overlapping audits, transparency, and enforcement obligations. (crowell.com) (natlawreview.com)