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As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 33 AI rules in Illinois: 21 state-level rules and 12 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
Illinois state-level AI rules (21)
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In effect
HB 3773 (AI Employment Discrimination)
Illinois · Effective 2026-01-01 · P.A. 103-0804, amending 775 ILCS 5
Illinois employers may not use AI in ways that discriminate against protected classes in recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, or other employment terms, and may not use zip codes as a proxy for protected characteristics. Employers must notify workers and applicants when AI is used in employment decisions.
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IL BIPA (2008, first-in-nation biometric law)
IL · Effective 2008-10-03 · 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (P.A. 95-994, 2008; amended P.A. 103-0769, 2024)
Signed October 3, 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) was the first state biometric privacy law in the United States — and remains the most powerful. Its private right of action and statutory damages ($1,000 negligent / $5,000 intentional per violation) have driven over $1.5B in class-action settlements, including the $650M Facebook face-tagging settlement (2021) and the $725M TikTok settlement (2021). 2024 amendment (P.A. 103-0769) limited claims to one accrual per person per collection method. Still in effect 2026.
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In effect
BIPA
Illinois · Effective 2008-10-03 · 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.
The strongest US biometric privacy law: companies must get written consent before collecting fingerprints, face scans, voiceprints, or other biometrics, publish retention/destruction policies, and cannot sell biometric data. Individuals can sue directly and recover $1,000–$5,000 per violation, which has produced major settlements against facial recognition and AI companies.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Illinois Children's Social Media Safety Act — algorithmic recommendations ban for minors
Illinois · Effective 2028-01-01 · Illinois HB5511, Children's Social Media Safety Act (signed July 31, 2026; effective January 1, 2028)
Illinois's Children's Social Media Safety Act, signed by Governor Pritzker on July 31, 2026, bans social media platforms from using algorithmic content recommendations for users they know to be minors — restricting feeds to only content the user searched for or from accounts the user chose to follow. It requires operating system providers to verify user age at account setup and share an age-category signal with platforms. It mandates default privacy settings for minors that limit location sharing, nighttime notifications (banned 10 pm – 7 am), and digital currency features. The Illinois Attorney General may enforce violations with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation. The law takes effect January 1, 2028.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Illinois SB 3114 — Transparency in Downcoding Act
Illinois · Effective 2028-01-01 · Illinois PA 104-0568 (SB 3114), signed July 10, 2026; effective January 1, 2028 (Transparency in Downcoding Act)
Illinois Senate Bill 3114, the Transparency in Downcoding Act (Public Act 104-0568), signed by Governor Pritzker on July 10, 2026, prohibits health insurers from using any automated process, system, or tool — including artificial intelligence — as the sole basis for downcoding a medical claim based on medical necessity, unless a human employee or contractor has first reviewed the covered individual's medical record. The law also imposes a parallel obligation on health care providers, prohibiting providers from using AI to submit a health benefits claim without review by a provider or other person involved in developing the claim. Insurers must provide a clear explanation when downcoding, including the rationale and the coding changes applied. Downcoding cannot be based solely on diagnosis codes or targeted at providers who treat complex patients. The Act is effective January 1, 2028.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
AI Safety Measures Act (frontier model audits)
Illinois · Effective 2027-01-01 · IL SB315 (104th General Assembly, 2025-2026)
Illinois is the first state to require independent third-party safety audits of the largest 'frontier' AI developers (companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind). Covered developers — those with >$500M annual gross revenue whose models meet defined compute thresholds — must publish and annually update a frontier AI safety framework addressing catastrophic risks (defined as incidents threatening 50+ deaths, serious injuries, or $1B+ in damages), file transparency reports before deploying new or substantially modified models, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours (24 hours for imminent harm), and protect whistleblowers. Enforced by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security with the Attorney General; civil penalties; no private right of action. Law takes effect January 1, 2027; audit requirements operative January 1, 2028.
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In effect
IL WOPR (AI therapy ban)
IL · Effective 2025-08-01 · P.A. 104-0054; 225 ILCS 8/
Illinois banned AI-only therapy and made it unlawful for AI products to claim or imply they can provide mental-health treatment without a licensed clinician supervising. Aimed at consumer-protection harms from companion/therapy chatbots that misrepresent clinical credentials.
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IL Digital Voice/Likeness Act
IL · Effective 2025-01-01 · 765 ILCS 1075/; P.A. 103-1014
Illinois created a private right of action against anyone who distributes an unauthorized AI 'digital replica' of a person's voice or likeness, with damages up to $150,000 plus attorneys' fees. Aimed at AI voice-clone fraud, fake celebrity endorsements, and unauthorized digital replicas of performers.
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In effect
IL AI Video Interview Act (2019, first-in-nation)
IL · Effective 2020-01-01 · 820 ILCS 42/1 et seq. (P.A. 101-0260, 2019; P.A. 102-0407, 2021)
Signed by Governor Pritzker on August 9, 2019, the Illinois AI Video Interview Act was the first U.S. state law specifically regulating AI in hiring. It requires employer notice, applicant consent, and explanation of how AI works before using AI to analyze a video interview. 2022 amendment (P.A. 102-0407) added demographic data collection. Still in effect 2026 at 820 ILCS 42/1 et seq.
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In effect
IL Drone Surveillance Act
Illinois · Effective 2014-01-01 · 725 ILCS 167
Illinois requires police to obtain a search warrant before using a drone to gather information, subject to narrow exceptions (terrorism, search-and-rescue, crime-scene reconstruction). The 2023 Drones as First Responders amendments (HB 3902) added regulated exceptions for crowd surveillance and emergency response.
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In effect
Attorney General Raoul Urges Tech Companies to Stop the Spre
Illinois · Effective 2025-08-26 · Attorney General Raoul Urges Tech Companies to Stop the Spread of Deepfake Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
The Illinois Attorney General joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general pressing search engines and payment platforms to curb AI-generated deepfake nonconsensual intimate imagery, referencing Illinois's AI-generated CSAM and NCII law.
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In effect
Policy on the Acceptable and Responsible Use of Artificial I
Illinois · Effective 2025-04-01 · Policy on the Acceptable and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence
The Illinois DoIT policy governs how state agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction may develop, deploy, and use AI systems, requiring each utilizing agency to designate an AI point of contact and inventory deployed AI systems within 30 days.
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In effect
IL Bar AI Standing Committee
IL · Effective 2025-01-01 · Ill. Sup. Ct. Policy on AI (eff. Jan. 1, 2025)
Illinois Supreme Court adopted a Policy on Artificial Intelligence (effective January 1, 2025) authorizing AI use by attorneys, judges, and court staff provided it complies with legal and ethical standards. The policy explicitly states that disclosure of AI use should not be required in a pleading, and does not impose mandatory CLE requirements; instead it supports ongoing education on AI and holds all users accountable for thoroughly reviewing AI-generated content before submission.
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In effect
IL DOI AI Bulletin
IL · Effective 2024-03-13 · Illinois DOI Company Bulletin 2024-08 (2024-03-13)
The IL Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in IL must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
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In effect
IL EO 2024-01
IL · Effective 2024-01-22 · Ill. Exec. Order No. 2024-01 (Jan. 22, 2024)
Governor Pritzker's EO 2024-01 establishes Illinois's Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force to study impacts and recommend state-government uses, charged with reporting to the Governor and General Assembly.
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In effect
Cothron v. White Castle
IL · Effective 2023-02-17 · Cothron v. White Castle Sys., Inc., 2023 IL 128004
The Illinois Supreme Court held in February 2023 that BIPA claims accrue each time a biometric identifier is captured or disclosed — so a fingerprint scan to clock in twice a day for years generates thousands of separate violations per worker. The ruling forced the Illinois legislature to amend BIPA in 2024 to cap per-method accrual (P.A. 103-0769).
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In effect
ACLU v. Clearview AI
IL · Effective 2022-05-09 · ACLU v. Clearview AI, Inc., No. 2020-CH-04353 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cty., Ill.)
Clearview AI, which scraped billions of online photos to build a face-search engine sold to police, agreed to a nationwide consent order in May 2022. Clearview is permanently barred from selling its faceprint database to most private U.S. businesses, with additional Illinois-specific restrictions on government contracts.
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In effect
AI Video Interview Act
Illinois · Effective 2020-01-01 · 820 ILCS 42/1 et seq.
Employers using AI to analyze video interviews of Illinois job applicants must tell applicants beforehand, explain how the AI works, get consent, limit video sharing, and delete videos on request within 30 days. Employers relying solely on AI screening must report applicant demographic data to the state.
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In effect
Rosenbach v. Six Flags
IL · Effective 2019-01-25 · Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entm't Corp., 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d 1197
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in January 2019 that a BIPA plaintiff does not need to plead actual injury to be 'aggrieved' under the statute — a violation of BIPA's notice/consent requirements is itself the injury. This made BIPA the most consequential biometric-privacy statute in the U.S. and triggered a wave of AI-faceprint, voiceprint, and fingerprint litigation.
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In effect
IL AV local-preemption (2017)
Illinois · Effective 2017-08-25 · P.A. 100-352; 625 ILCS 65
Illinois has not enacted a comprehensive AV testing/deployment statute; instead, the Autonomous Vehicles Act preempts local governments (including Chicago) from prohibiting the use of automated driving systems or requiring an AV-specific operator license. As of 2026 the legislature still has not adopted a Texas/Florida-style operational framework.
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Proposed / pending
Algorithmic rent price-fixing ban
Illinois · IL SB343 (104th General Assembly, 2025-2026)
Would amend the Illinois Antitrust Act to ban landlords from using shared rent-setting algorithms or third-party pricing software (such as RealPage) to coordinate residential rental prices. Targets "algorithmic" or "AI-enabled" rent price-fixing, where competing landlords feed data into a common service that recommends prices, indirectly coordinating rents across the market. Prohibits fixing, controlling, or maintaining rental pricing or terms for residential units, including through any service or product that involves price coordination.
County and city AI rules in Illinois (12)
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In effect
McLean County Data Center Rules
McLean County, IL · Effective 2026-06-11 · McLean County, Ill., zoning text amendment (adopted June 11, 2026)
McLean County, Illinois — home to large planned data center campuses near Bloomington-Normal — adopted stricter zoning rules for data centers on June 11, 2026. Facility owners must identify and address impacts to roads, emergency services, and utilities; document planned water use, sources, groundwater effects, and wastewater handling; monitor and document electricity consumption; provide specialized training or equipment for the local fire protection district; and file a decommissioning plan with costs for restoring the site when the data center closes.
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In effect
Bloomington Data Center Moratorium
Bloomington, IL · Effective 2026-05-26 · Bloomington, Ill., data center moratorium (adopted May 26, 2026)
Bloomington, Illinois paused data center development for six months. The City Council voted unanimously on May 26, 2026 to halt any facility designed with a capacity greater than 5 megawatts while the city writes data center regulations, with at least two public hearings required during the pause. The council can extend the moratorium beyond six months if needed.
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In effect
Normal Data Center Moratorium
Normal, IL · Effective 2026-05-18 · Normal, Ill., data center moratorium (adopted May 18, 2026)
The Town of Normal, Illinois approved a six-month moratorium on data centers on May 18, 2026 — a week before neighboring Bloomington passed its own — pausing new data center development town-wide while local regulations are drafted. Unlike Bloomington's version, Normal's pause is not limited to facilities over 5 megawatts.
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In effect
Township High School District 211
Palatine, IL · Effective 2025-10-13 · Township High School District 211 — AI Use Guidelines (2025-10-13)
D211 guidelines authorize district-vetted enterprise AI tools, bar student entry of PII into non-approved AI, require teacher disclosure of AI use, and prohibit AI as sole basis for grading or discipline.
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In effect
Evanston deactivates 19 ALPR cameras and terminates Flock Sa
Evanston, IL · Effective 2025-08-26 · Evanston deactivates 19 ALPR cameras and terminates Flock Safety contract
Evanston deactivated all 19 of its Flock cameras and issued a termination notice effective September 26, 2025 after a state audit found Flock illegally shared Illinois data with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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In effect
Naperville Community Unit School District 203
Naperville, IL · Effective 2025-08-25 · Naperville Community Unit School District 203 — AI Use Guidance (2025-08-25)
Affluent Chicago suburban district adopted AI guidance: enterprise tools authorized, ban on student AI account creation under 13, AI disclosure expected on graded work, AI cannot be sole basis for placement or discipline.
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In effect
CTA ZeroEyes AI Gun-Detection Contract Expansion (250 to 1,5
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) · Effective 2025-07-24 · CTA ZeroEyes AI Gun-Detection Contract Expansion (250 to 1,500 cameras)
The CTA board approved a $1.2M contract to expand ZeroEyes AI gun-detection software from 250 to 1,500 platform cameras by mid-2026, over civil-liberties objections about public input and effectiveness.
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In effect
Chicago Public Schools AI Guidebook
Chicago, IL · Effective 2024-08-01 · Chicago Public Schools AI Guidebook — Guidance for Generative AI Use (2024-08-01)
Quarterly-updated CPS guidance permits district-approved tools with teacher permission; bars PII/PHI/confidential data entry. Warns against AI-detection software due to false-positive risk for English learners.
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In effect
CPS AI Guidebook (generative AI guidance for students, staff
Chicago Public Schools, IL · Effective 2024-08-01 · CPS AI Guidebook (generative AI guidance for students, staff, families, administrators)
Chicago Public Schools published an AI Guidebook giving human-in-the-loop generative-AI guidance for students, staff, families, and administrators, requiring teacher permission and AI-use citation by students and barring confidential data in AI tools.
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Proposed / pending
Cook County Jail AI-powered video surveillance system (Brief
Cook County, IL (Cook County Sheriff / Cook County Jail) · Cook County Jail AI-powered video surveillance system (BriefCam) contract
The Cook County Sheriff's Office proposed a $1.12M three-year BriefCam contract to add AI video analytics, facial recognition, and object identification across Cook County Jail's video, drawing opposition from 80 community groups.
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Expired
Oak Park Village Board votes 4-3 to terminate Flock Safety A
Oak Park, IL · Oak Park Village Board votes 4-3 to terminate Flock Safety ALPR contract
The Oak Park Village Board voted 4-3 on August 5, 2025 to cancel its Flock contract and deactivate eight ALPR cameras, citing privacy concerns and misuse of data for immigration enforcement in violation of state law and the village's sanctuary ordinance.
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Proposed / pending
Chicago City AI Ordinance (stalled)
Chicago, IL · Chicago, Ill., Ordinance O2024-0008864 (pending in committee)
A pending Chicago ordinance would set citywide guidelines for how city government adopts AI tools in areas like traffic analysis, public safety, and waste management, create a pilot program, and require semi-annual public reports on the city's AI use. It has sat in committee since April 2024 without a vote.
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