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Illinois House · HB 4705

AI Public Safety & Child Protection Transparency Act

Re-referred / stalled
Sponsor
Rep. Daniel Didech
Committee
Rules Committee
Last action
March 27, 2026
Effective if passed
2027-01-01
Verified

House companion to SB 3261 — frontier AI developers and big chatbot providers post safety and child-protection plans, with whistleblower protections and audits.

What it does

Requires frontier AI model developers and large chatbot providers to create and post safety and child protection plans. Whistleblower protections, third-party audits, civil penalties. House companion to SB 3261.

Analyst read

House companion to Senate SB 3261 (kid/chatbot transparency); Senate version is the lead vehicle and has 12+ co-sponsors. HB 4705 is now functionally a backup — will only advance if Senate stalls.

Enforcement

Civil penalties

Procedural history

  1. 2026-03-27 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  2. 2026-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
  3. 2026-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cochran
  4. 2026-02-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mayfield
  5. 2026-02-06 First Reading; Referred to Rules
  6. 2026-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Du Buclet
  7. 2026-01-29 Filed by Rep. Didech

Regulatory vectors

Primary sources 1

  1. Bill status HB 4705 — Bill Status & Full Action History Illinois General Assembly · ilga.gov · retrieved

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