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Illinois House · HB 4980

Meaningful Human Control of AI Act

Re-referred / stalled ★ Watch list
Sponsor
Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Committee
Labor & Commerce
Last action
April 17, 2026
Effective if passed
2027-01-01
Verified

Public employers couldn't use automated decision systems to make consequential decisions about employees without continuing, meaningful human review. Includes impact assessments and a private right of action.

What it does

Prohibits public employers from using automated decision systems without meaningful and continuing human review. Mandates impact assessments and biennial reassessments. Anti-retaliation protections. Private right of action.

Analyst read

Cleared committee 18-9 (party line) with an adopted amendment and was held on 2nd reading for a week before getting kicked back to Rules at the Apr 17 deadline — a classic ‘whip count came up short’ signal. Despite the 25+ co-sponsor coalition, Rashid couldn’t get a floor majority for a public-employer ADS mandate. Expected to return in May with a narrower substitute (likely cabinet-only or with civil-service exemptions), but passage this session is now uncertain.

Enforcement

Dept of Labor enforcement + private right of action

Amendments

  • Amendment 1 · March 9, 2026 · Adopted House Committee Amendment No. 1 by Rep. Rashid — extends 'employee' definition to include employee candidates and corrects a citation; adopted by voice vote on Mar 19

Procedural history

  1. 2026-04-17 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee Missed 3rd-reading deadline; sent back to Rules
  2. 2026-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate; Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading Reached floor but not advanced
  3. 2026-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading
  4. 2026-03-19 HCA No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce by Voice Vote; Do Pass as Amended 18-9-0 Passed committee on party lines
  5. 2026-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 filed by Rep. Rashid
  6. 2026-03-04 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
  7. 2026-02-26 More co-sponsors (West II, Grasse, Guzzardi, Cassidy)
  8. 2026-02-25 20+ co-sponsors added (Sheehan, Kifowit, Blair-Sherlock, Crawford, Davis, Ortíz, Jiménez, Williams, Avelar, Hirschauer, Yang Rohr, Gordon-Booth, González, Andrade) Massive coalition build
  9. 2026-02-06 First Reading; Referred to Rules Committee
  10. 2026-02-04 Filed by Rep. Rashid

Regulatory vectors

Primary sources 1

  1. Bill status HB 4980 — Bill Status & Full Action History Illinois General Assembly · ilga.gov · retrieved

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