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California SB 53 (TFAIA)

Publish a frontier AI framework; report critical safety incidents to the Office of Emergency Services within 15 days; whistleblower protection; up to USD 1M per violation, AG-enforced

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from California SB 53 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCalifornia SB53SB 53Duty holderFrontierdevelopersApplies from2026-01-01In forceArtefactPublishedsafety…LayersLayer 05Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from California SB 53 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCalifornia SB 53 · SB 53Duty holderFrontier developersApplies from2026-01-01 · In forceArtefactPublished safety frameworkLayersLayer 05Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-USCA-SB53. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: California SB 53, SB 53.
  • Duty holder: Frontier developers.
  • Applies from: 2026-01-01, In force.
  • Artefact: Published safety framework.
  • Layers: Layer 05, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-USCA-SB53
Instrument
California SB 53 (TFAIA) law
Clause
SB 53
In scope
Frontier developers (models trained above ~10^26 FLOP); the framework duty binds large frontier developers (developer revenue over USD 500M)
Applies from
In force

The artefact that evidences it

Published safety framework; incident pipeline reporting to the state; transparency artefacts.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Frontier-developer laws, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). California SB 53 (TFAIA) (AIGE-OBL-USCA-SB53). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usca-sb53. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{California SB 53 (TFAIA) (AIGE-OBL-USCA-SB53)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-usca-sb53},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}