Two decrees signed a day apart, in the wake of Gavin Newsom's decree in California: the first sets up a body of experts with the state, the second instructs its IT director to write independent audit standards.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order creating the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Cabinet, a body that brings together experts in the field and state government officials with a mandate to ensure that AI progress is appropriately supervised and monitored. The formula remains broad: it is first and foremost a matter of providing the executive branch with its own capacity for expertise rather than setting obligations on companies.
The next day, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek went a step further by directing the state's chief information officer to develop standards that define what constitutes a sufficient independent review of model security. The same executive order directs the administration to assess the feasibility of a "kill switch" requirement for border models — a shutdown mechanism, therefore, mandated by regulation and not left to the discretion of the provider.
The two texts follow the executive order signed a few days earlier by Gavin Newsom in California, which accelerates the implementation of the state's law establishing independent oversight of AI companies and also pushes the idea of a shutdown mechanism. The context is one of legislative inflation: across the United States, the legislatures of 45 states have tabled more than 1,500 AI-related bills since the beginning of 2026, on topics ranging from generative AI to algorithmic responsibility, hiring decisions and non-consensual sexual deepfakes.
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