Quick Hits

• Illinois has postponed proposed rules on notice of AI use to make employment decisions.
• The rules would have implemented the 2024 amendments to the state’s human rights law.
• The IDHR cited the need to collaborate with other state agencies.
• The impact of the postponement on the proposed AI rules is currently unclear.

The surprise move comes just weeks after the agency, on May 15, 2026, published the proposed rules to implement the August 2024 amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). Publication in the Illinois Register triggered a forty-five-day notice period that now appears to have been halted.

According to the announcement, “IDHR is currently reviewing matters related to the proposed rulemaking and will provide updated information regarding next steps as it becomes available. Postponement is necessary to allow for continued collaboration with other state agencies.”

A public hearing scheduled for June 10, 2026, on the proposed rules “has been temporarily postponed,” IDHR’s announcement stated.

The proposed rules are meant to implement changes to the IHRA made under Illinois House Bill (HB) 3773, Public Act 103-0804, which was enacted in August 2024 and took effect on January 1, 2026. The law prohibits the use of AI that discriminates against employees based on protected characteristics, even if the discrimination is unintentional, and requires employers to provide notice of the use of AI for “recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment,...

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