# AI rules in Illinois

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.

- **Approach:** Targeted binding rules
- **Key bodies:** Illinois Department of Human Rights, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
- **Last reviewed:** 4 Oct 2026

## Rules (3)
- [HB 3773](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-il-hb3773-human-rights-act-ai-employment/index.md): In force, Law, effective 1 Jan 2026. 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.
- [Illinois AI therapy ban (WOPR Act)](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-il-wopr-act-ai-therapy-2025/index.md): In force, Law, effective 1 Aug 2025. 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.
- [Illinois AI Safety Measures Act](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-il-sb315-ai-safety-measures-act-2026/index.md): Enacted, not yet in force, Law, effective 1 Jan 2027. 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.

## Upcoming deadlines
- 1 Jan 2027: First obligations apply ([Illinois AI Safety Measures Act](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-il-sb315-ai-safety-measures-act-2026/index.md))
- 1 Jan 2028: Large frontier developers must publish frontier AI frameworks; audit and reporting duties begin ([Illinois AI Safety Measures Act](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-il-sb315-ai-safety-measures-act-2026/index.md))

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