Chicago – May 29, 2026
Lawmakers are looking to put Illinois on the vanguard of regulations of artificial intelligence, with a series of bills aimed at the technology.
Mirroring similar efforts in New York and California, Illinois lawmakers have been pursuing a package of bills that would target various segments of the industry, introducing greater oversight, promoting transparency and even impacting the way the technology is used in schools.
Of the eight bills being weighed by lawmakers, at least one is already headed to the desk of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. That bill, Senate Bill 315, requires large AI developers to provide independent, third-party reports explaining how they plan to mitigate any catastrophic risks their users could face.
It would also require companies to provide transparency reports, and to report any safety-related incidents that occur to users of the technology.
Pritzker has praised the bill, and he has indicated that he plans to sign it.
