How Illinois AI law arrived, in order
Follow selected enacted laws, legislative proposals, and upcoming effective dates. Linked milestones lead to the bill or statute records behind them.
Milestones
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AI Video Interview Act Takes Effect
The AI Video Interview Act (820 ILCS 42) takes effect, requiring notice, explanation, and consent before AI analysis of covered recorded job interviews.
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AIVIA Reporting Amendment Takes Effect
PA102-0047's reporting amendment takes effect. The demographic-reporting trigger is solely-AI analysis determining selection for an in-person interview, not every AI-assisted hiring use.
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Purported-Child Depiction Amendment Takes Effect
PA103-1081 amends Section 11-20.4 with the ordinary-viewer indistinguishability test. The offense's other statutory elements and limits remain important; full criminal and collateral amendment reconciliation is not established by this event.
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WOPR Act Signed into Law
Governor Pritzker signs HB 1806, limiting how AI may be used in therapy and psychotherapy services.
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Community College AI Instruction Limit Signed
Governor Pritzker signs HB 1859 as PA 104-0201, barring Illinois community colleges from using AI as the sole source of instruction in place of qualified faculty.
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Wave of New AI Bills Introduced
Over 20 new AI bills filed in the 104th General Assembly, including frontier model regulation, companion AI protections, data privacy measures, and AI disclosure requirements.
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Original Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline
Original procedural deadline for committee action on pending bills. Extended to April 24, 2026 for AI and Social Media committee bills. Multiple House bills re-referred to Rules.
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House AI Bills Held on 2nd Reading
HB 4980 (Meaningful Human Control of AI Act) and HB 3021 (AI Consumer Fraud Deception) were both re-referred to House Rules under Rule 19(a) after reaching the House calendar. Neither received a House floor vote before the spring deadline. The official action histories record the procedural steps but do not establish why the bills were not called.
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Senate AI Committee Deadline Extended
All 12 priority Senate AI bills survive the AI and Social Media committee deadline — but none received a 'Do Pass' vote. The committee chair extended the deadline to May 15 across the board, signaling continued negotiation rather than enactment. SB 3262 (Companion AI Protection) had 'All Senators' added en bloc as co-sponsor on April 10, an unusually strong consensus signal.
SB 3312SB 3261SB 3262SB 3263SB 3364SB 2255SB 3601SB 3368SB 3384SB 3180SB 3890SB 2994
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Senate Passes Frontier AI Safety Bill (SB 315)
The Illinois Senate passes SB 315, the AI Safety Measures Act, 52-5. The bill carries Sen. Edly-Allen's frontier-model framework (previously tracked as SB 3312) and omits the catastrophe liability shield from the competing SB 3444.
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House Passes SB 315 Unanimously, 110-0
The Illinois House passes SB 315, 110-0. The bill would require independent third-party audits of large frontier AI developers’ compliance with safety practices.
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Spring Session Ends — Three Tracked AI Bills Passed Both Chambers
By spring adjournment, SB 315 (frontier AI safety), SB 318 (ticket-bot prevention), and SB 3114 (human review of insurance-claim downcoding) had passed both chambers; they were sent to the Governor later in June. SB 316 (companion-AI safeguards) and SB 317 (consumer chatbot disclosure) passed the Senate on May 21 but were re-referred to House Rules on May 31. Neither reached the Governor. This is a selected set of AI bills, not an exhaustive count of the 104th General Assembly.
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Ticket Bot Prevention Act Signed — PA 104-0474
Gov. Pritzker signs SB 318 as PA 104-0474 at Concord Music Hall, Chicago, as part of a consumer-protection package. The Act prohibits creating or using bots to exceed online ticket-purchase limits or bypass sales-volume controls, requires covered event-facility owners, operators, and sales agents to report known violations to the Illinois Attorney General, and incorporates Consumer Fraud Act remedies and penalties. Effective January 1, 2027. SB 318 was one of three AI bills in this reference that passed both chambers by spring adjournment.
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AI Cyberbullying School Law Takes Effect
PA104-0338 takes effect. The unauthorized-digital-replica limb is tied separately to the 2026-2027 school year and the statute's bullying conditions. The current citation is 105 ILCS 5/22-110, formerly Section 27-23.7; later amendments remain subject to the entry's stated reconciliation limit.
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AI Safety Measures Act Signed — PA 104-0538
SB315 is signed as PA104-0538. The Act distinguishes frontier developers from large frontier developers and begins January 1, 2027. The framework duty begins January 1, 2028; the annual audit begins then or 90 days after first qualifying, whichever is later. Other duties have separate triggers.
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Transparency in Downcoding Act Signed — PA 104-0568
SB3114 is signed as PA104-0568. It permits automated identification of possible downcoding while requiring a natural person to make or review determinations. The January 1, 2028 issue, amendment, delivery or renewal trigger and statutory coverage exclusions must be applied.
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Effective Dates for Two Enacted AI Laws
PA104-0474 and PA104-0538 take effect. SB315's Section 18 in-state large-developer filing and fee begin; its framework and audit duties use separate later dates. This event does not assign an effective date to un-enacted companion-AI or chatbot-disclosure bills.
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Frontier Framework and Downcoding Milestones
SB315's framework duty begins; annual audits begin then or 90 days after first qualifying, whichever is later. SB3114 begins with its statutory issue, amendment, delivery or renewal trigger and coverage exclusions. These are not uniform start dates for every duty or policy.
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