Amends the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act by requiring employers using AI to analyze video interviews for in-person interview selection to collect demographic data. Requires the collection of race and ethnicity data of applicants selected and not selected for interviews, as well as of those hired. Obligates employers to report this demographic data annually to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity by December 31. Requires the Department to analyze this data and determine any racial bias in the AI use. Instructs the Department to report findings of racial bias to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1 each year.
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Illinois HB 53 (2021)
ETO AGORA · U.S. state and local documents · 2021
Summary
Amends the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act by requiring employers using AI to analyze video interviews for in-person interview selection to collect demographic data.
Requires the collection of race and ethnicity data of applicants selected and not selected for interviews, as well as of those hired.
Obligates employers to report this demographic data annually to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity by December 31.
Requires the Department to analyze this data and determine any racial bias in the AI use.
Instructs the Department to report findings of racial bias to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1 each year.
Requires employers using AI in video interviews to report demographic data to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for analysis; requires the Department to analyze the data and report to the Governor and General Assembly each year on whether the AI systems show evidence of racial bias.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
(820 ILCS 42/20 new)
Sec. 20. Report of demographic data.
(a) An employer that relies solely upon an artificial intelligence analysis of a video interview to determine whether an applicant will be selected for an in-person interview must collect and report the following demographic data:
(1) the race and ethnicity of applicants who are and are not afforded the opportunity for an in-person interview after the use of artificial intelligence analysis; and
(2) the race and ethnicity of applicants who are hired.
(b) The demographic data collected under subsection (a) must be reported to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity annually by December 31. The report shall include the data collected in the 12-month period ending on November 30 preceding the filing of the report.
(c) The Department must analyze the data reported and report to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1 of each year whether the data discloses a racial bias in the use of artificial intelligence.