Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act

• Authority: Illinois
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2019-08-09

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Compromise of privacy

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with focus on unfair discrimination (1.1), privacy compromise (2.1), and potentially unequal performance (1.3). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination/toxicity and privacy domains, specifically addressing risks in AI-based employment screening.

Sector coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Information
• Finance & Insurance
• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Management, Administrative & Support Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This Act governs AI use across all employment sectors in Illinois, as it applies to any employer using AI for video interview analysis. While not sector-specific, it has universal application to hiring practices across all industries operating in Illinois.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Illinois General Assembly with mandatory obligations and legal enforceability through state law mechanisms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Illinois General Assembly; People of the State of Illinois
• Summary: The document is enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, representing the People of the State of Illinois, as stated in the opening legislative language.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer
• Summary: The Act explicitly targets employers who use AI to analyze video interviews of applicants for positions based in Illinois. These employers are deploying AI systems for hiring decisions.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific enforcement agency is named in the document. As a state statute, enforcement would typically fall to Illinois state agencies with jurisdiction over employment law, though this is not explicitly stated.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific monitoring body is identified in the document. Monitoring and compliance oversight would be implied through general state regulatory mechanisms for employment law.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Collect and Process Data
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with specific requirements for how employers must deploy AI video interview analysis systems and ongoing obligations for data management and deletion.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and AI analysis systems used to evaluate video interviews. It does not specify particular types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.) or technical thresholds, focusing instead on the functional application of AI in employment screening.