Illinois HB 3773 (AI in employment, Human Rights Act amendment): requirements, deadlines and compliance actions
Illinois Public Act 103-0804 (HB 3773): Artificial intelligence in employment decisions – amendment to the Illinois Human Rights Act
What is Illinois HB 3773 (AI in employment, Human Rights Act amendment)?
Signed 9 August 2024 and effective 1 January 2026, the Act makes it a civil-rights violation for an employer to use artificial intelligence in recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge or other terms of employment in a way that subjects employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes, or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes. Employers must notify employees when AI is used for such decisions; the Department of Human Rights is to adopt rules on notice.
Who does it apply to?
Employers covered by the Illinois Human Rights Act using AI in employment decisions affecting Illinois employees and applicants.
- Sectors
- Employment and HR
- AI use cases
- AI in hiring and employment
- Risk categories
- High-risk
- AI system types
- Automated decision-making systemPredictive or scoring system
When do the requirements apply?
2024-08-09: signed; 2026-01-01: effective.
Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.
Official sources
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HB 3773 / Public Act 103-0804
Illinois General Assembly · 9 Aug 2024 · Tier 1 source
Change history
- — Illinois AI-in-employment provisions take effect
- — Illinois makes discriminatory AI in employment a civil-rights violation
Record version 1: Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.. Full edit history is in the GitHub repository.
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