Senate Executive Committee (with its AI and Social Media Subcommittee, SEXC-AISM)
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- Illinois, United States — Illinois
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2026-12-21
Named seats
- Cristina Castro — chair, D
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
Senate committee of reference for the 2026 AI package; the AI and Social Media subcommittee sits under Executive. SB 315 and the companion Senate AI bills were heard on this track in May 2026.
Current business
SB 315 (AI Safety Measures Act, Edly-Allen) — signed 6 Jul 2026, effective 1 Jan 2027. Companion 2026 Senate package: SB 316 (chatbot safeguards, Ellman), SB 317 (customer-service chatbot disclosure, Ventura), SB 318 (ticket-resale bots, Stadelman), SB 340 (consumer data, Murphy), SB 343 (rental pricing algorithms, Guzmán), SB 415 (facial recognition in schools, Villa), SB 416 (AI classroom grading, Martwick).
Status
VERIFIED — package reported out of committee 13 May 2026; SB 315 signed. Illinois is the only state so far to add mandatory third-party frontier-model audits on top of the California/New York disclosure model.
Public route
YES — electronic witness slips, same system as the House. Senate slips may be submitted and edited until the end of the hearing day. Anyone may file as an individual; you do not need to attend or speak.
Agency route
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul — AI Safety Measures Act enforcement; consumer complaints https://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/file-a-complaint/consumer/
Research note
Executive Committee chair verified via the Illinois Senate Democrats' official 104th GA committee-assignment page, 2026-09-22. The AI and Social Media subcommittee is listed on ILGA as SEXC-AISM but had no scheduled hearings at time of check; its chair is not separately published.