101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4977

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 42/20 new

    Amends the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act. Provides that employers that rely solely upon artificial intelligence to determine whether an applicant will qualify for an in-person interview must gather and report certain demographic information to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Requires the Department to analyze the data and report to the Governor and General Assembly whether the data discloses a racial bias in the use of artificial intelligence.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act
5is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 42/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Report of demographic data.
8    (a) An employer that relies solely upon an artificial
9intelligence analysis of a video interview to determine whether
10an applicant will be selected for an in-person interview must
11collect and report the following demographic data:
12        (1) the race and ethnicity of applicants who are and
13    are not afforded the opportunity for an in-person interview
14    after the use of artificial intelligence analysis; and
15        (2) the race and ethnicity of applicants who are hired.
16    (b) The demographic data collected under subsection (a)
17must be reported to the Department of Commerce and Economic
18Opportunity annually by December 31. The report shall include
19the data collected in the 12-month period ending on November 30
20preceding the filing of the report.
21    (c) The Department must analyze the data reported and
22report to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1 of each
23year whether the data discloses a racial bias in the use of

 

 

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