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Illinois regulates AI in hiring (Human Rights Act amendment in force 1 Jan 2026), bans AI-delivered therapy, and in July 2026 enacted a frontier-model safety law with mandatory annual third-party audits.

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Latest developments in Illinois

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In force (2)

  • HB 3773
    LawIllinois General Assembly / GovernorBinding

    Makes it a civil-rights violation for employers to use AI that has the effect of discriminating on the basis of protected classes in recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge or other terms of employment, or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes. Employers must notify employees when they use AI for these purposes.

    In forceEffective 1 Jan 2026
  • Illinois AI therapy ban (WOPR Act)
    LawIllinois General Assembly / GovernorBinding

    Prohibits offering therapy or psychotherapy in Illinois unless delivered by a licensed professional, and bars licensed professionals from letting AI make independent therapeutic decisions, communicate therapeutically with clients, or generate treatment plans without professional review. AI may be used for administrative and supplementary support.

    In forceEffective 1 Aug 2025

Adopted, not yet in force (1)

  • Illinois AI Safety Measures Act
    LawIllinois General Assembly / GovernorBinding

    Requires large frontier developers (over $500M revenue; models trained above 10^26 operations) to publish and annually update a frontier AI framework, issue transparency reports before deployment, protect unreleased model weights, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours (24 hours for imminent threats) and file annual disclosures with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. It is the first US law to require annual independent third-party audits of frontier developers.

    Enacted, not yet in forceApplies 1 Jan 2027

What the rules require

Obligation types found across Illinois's instruments. Filled dot: imposed by a binding instrument. Ring: guidance only.

Prohibited usesIllinois AI therapy ban (WOPR Act)
Transparency to usersHB 3773, Illinois AI Safety Measures Act
Registration or filingIllinois AI Safety Measures Act
Human oversightIllinois AI therapy ban (WOPR Act)
Incident reportingIllinois AI Safety Measures Act
Bias and non-discriminationHB 3773
Frontier model safetyIllinois AI Safety Measures Act
Security testingIllinois AI Safety Measures Act
PenaltiesIllinois AI therapy ban (WOPR Act), Illinois AI Safety Measures Act

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