Daniel Didech

Illinois State Representative who carried the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, the first state law to mandate third-party safety audits of frontier developers, and who warns that AI’s harms are no longer theoretical and that rogue models endanger essential systems.

Roles

9 Jan 2019 – presentState Representative, 59th District, Illinois House of RepresentativesHouse sponsor of SB 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, signed 6 July 2026 — the first state law to require third-party safety audits of frontier developers.Source →

On the record

3 Sept 2026 · Statement · Joint statement of five state legislators
If researchers cannot reliably prevent their models from going rogue, much of our digital infrastructure and the essential systems that keep our society running are at risk. … Given the urgency, we call on them to work together to eliminate the risk that a catastrophe will result from their rush to build highly capable AI systems before solving problems of alignment and safety.
State Representative, 59th District, Illinois House of Representatives at the time
Signed with Alex Bores and Andrew Gounardes (New York), Mary Edly-Allen (Illinois) and Scott Wiener (California); dated 3 September on its face, published by Wiener's office on 4 September, calling on frontier labs to establish a Mutually Agreed Pacing Framework verified by third parties.
A Joint Statement of State Legislative Sponsors of Frontier AI Safety Laws →
6 Jul 2026 · Speech · Capitol News Illinois
We have already seen the first AI-inspired mass shooting. We have already seen AI systems utilized to attack a municipal water and drainage utility.
State Representative, 59th District, Illinois House of Representatives at the time
At the Chicago signing of SB 315; the article introduces the quotation with "the harms the bill will regulate are not theoretical".
Pritzker signs landmark AI regulation bill that aims to mitigate risks →