Does Illinois HB 3773 (AI in Employment) require Bias & Discrimination Prevention?

Illinois • enforcing

Yes — 1 provision

Requirements at a glance

This regulation imposes 4 specific requirements for Bias & Discrimination Prevention across 1 provision:

Prohibition on Discriminatory AI in Employment

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Obligation:
Bias Prevention
enforcing
Effective:
Jan 1, 2026
Risk tier:
high-risk
Scope:
employers (including staffing agencies)

Requirements

RequirementDetails
No discriminatory AIProhibition on AI that discriminates based on protected classes or uses zip code as proxy for protected class
Covered decisionsApplies to: recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal, training/apprenticeship selection, discharge, discipline, tenure, terms/privileges/conditions of employment
Employee notificationSection 2-102(L)(2) requires an employer to give notice to an employee that the employer is using AI for the purposes described in paragraph (1); this statutory wording does not independently establish a separate applicant-notice requirement
IDHR implementation rulesSection 2-102(L) directs the Department to adopt necessary implementation and enforcement rules, including notice circumstances and conditions, timing, and means; the current status of implementing rules was not established by this source review

Penalties

ViolationFine
Civil-rights violationGeneral IHRA remedies apply, including Commission cease-and-desist orders, actual damages, hiring or reinstatement, and backpay under § 8A-104; the complete retained enacted text of § 2-102(L) contains no separate AI-specific fine schedule
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