Advocacy Category: State Legislation

Sponsored by Senator Gounardes and Assembly Member Bores, the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act requires the largest AI developers to develop a safety plan and incident reporting to protect against widespread harm and risks to public safety.

Introduced in 2023 and 2024 and sponsored by Senator Rezin, the Illinois Age-Appropriate Design Code provides safety-by-design and privacy-by-default to kids and teens online.

Introduced in 2023 and sponsored by Reps. Bahner and Elkins, the Minnesota Age-Appropriate Design Code provides safety-by-design and privacy-by-default to kids and teens online. Design It For Us advocates testified and rallied in support of the bill.

The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for All Act, sponsored by Senator Gounardes and Assembly Member Bores, would require social media platforms with algorithmic feeds to provide all users with the ability to turn off their user-personalization algorithm. It would also require platforms to allow users to turn off notifications and autoplay, as well as to set screen time limits if the user so chooses, and prohibit platforms from hiding behind “dark patterns.”