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    Illinois HB 3773

    Employment is the highest-volume AI compliance surface for ordinary companies. Illinois joins NYC's audit law and Colorado's regime in making HR-tech the most regulated AI category in America.

    What it is

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit employers from using AI that discriminates in recruitment, hiring, promotion or discipline — including via zip-code proxies — and requires notice to employees when AI is used in employment decisions.

    Who is affected

    Employment is the highest-volume AI compliance surface for ordinary companies. Illinois joins NYC's audit law and Colorado's regime in making HR-tech the most regulated AI category in America.

    Key obligations

    • No discriminatory use of AI in employment decisions; proxy discrimination covered
    • Notice to applicants/employees when AI is used in covered decisions

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    • 19 March 2026

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      New York joins California in requiring large frontier developers to publish safety protocols and report incidents.

    • 1 January 2026

      US state AI law wave: Texas, California and Illinois statutes take effect

      TRAIGA, SB 53 (frontier transparency), AB 2013 (training-data disclosure) and Illinois HB 3773 all become operative on the same day — the broadest single expansion of binding US AI law.

    • 29 September 2025

      California enacts SB 53, the first US frontier-AI transparency law

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