SPRINGFIELD – Several new laws take effect in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2026, including regulations on artificial intelligence, eliminating the state’s grocery tax, and more after receiving Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature.AI Amendments To Human Rights Act Target Employment DiscriminationHouse Bill 3773 makes it a civil rights violation for employers to use artificial intelligence (AI) to discriminate against employees or potential new hires based on race, gender, age, and ability when it comes to “recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment.”Under the new law, employers who fail to notify their employees about their use of AI for these purposes also commit a civi

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