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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3571

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Mike Simmons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 65/10
820 ILCS 65/45
820 ILCS 65/47 new

Amends the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act. Provides that, when required to report the reason for a mass layoff or
closing, the employer shall disclose any artificial intelligence-related
job impacts, including the number of employees laid off substantially due
to the replacement or automation by artificial intelligence of the
functions performed by the employees. Provides that, if the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity issues any public report disclosing mass
layoffs or closings, the Department shall include the reason for the mass
layoff or closing in the report, including whether the mass layoff or
closing is substantially due to artificial intelligence. Makes other
changes.
LRB104 18784 SPS 32227 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning employment.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining
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Notification Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 45 and
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by adding Section 47 as follows:

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(820 ILCS 65/10)
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Sec. 10.
Notice.
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(a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation,
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or employment loss unless, 60 days before the order takes
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effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the
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following:
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(1) affected employees and representatives of affected
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employees; and
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(2) the Department of Commerce and Economic
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Opportunity and the chief elected official of each
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municipal and county government within which the
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employment loss, relocation, or mass layoff occurs.
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(a-5) An owner of an investor-owned electric generating
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plant or coal mining operation may not order a mass layoff,
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relocation, or employment loss unless, 2 years before the
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order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the
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order to the following:

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(1) affected employees and representatives of affected
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employees; and
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(2) the Department of Commerce and Economic
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Opportunity and the chief elected official of each
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municipal and county government within which the
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employment loss, relocation, or mass layoff occurs.
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(b) An employer required to give notice of any mass
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layoff, relocation, or employment loss under this Act shall
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include in its notice the elements required by the federal
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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C.
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2101 et seq.).
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(b-5) When required to report the reason for a mass layoff
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or closing, the employer shall disclose any artificial
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intelligence-related job impacts, including the number of
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employees laid off substantially due to the replacement or
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automation by artificial intelligence of the functions
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performed by the employees. The Director of Labor may, by
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rule, require an employer to report any other information
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related to artificial intelligence-related job impacts deemed
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appropriate by the Director. As used in this subsection,
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"artificial intelligence" has the meaning set forth in
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subsection (N) of Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights
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Act.

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(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), an
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employer is not required to provide notice if a mass layoff,
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relocation, or employment loss is necessitated by a physical

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calamity or an act of terrorism or war.
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(d) The mailing of notice to an employee's last known
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address or inclusion of notice in the employee's paycheck
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shall be considered acceptable methods for fulfillment of the
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employer's obligation to give notice to each affected employee
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under this Act.
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(e) In the case of a sale of part or all of an employer's
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business, the seller shall be responsible for providing notice
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for any plant closing or mass layoff in accordance with this
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Section, up to and including the effective date of the sale.
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After the effective date of the sale of part or all of an
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employer's business, the purchaser shall be responsible for
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providing notice for any plant closing or mass layoff in
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accordance with this Section. Notwithstanding any other
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provision of this Act, any person who is an employee of the
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seller (other than a part-time employee) as of the effective
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date of the sale shall be considered an employee of the
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purchaser immediately after the effective date of the sale.
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(f) An employer which is receiving State or local economic
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development incentives for doing or continuing to do business
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in this State may be required to provide additional notice
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pursuant to Section 15 of the Business Economic Support Act.
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(g) The rights and remedies provided to employees by this
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Act are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
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contractual or statutory rights and remedies of the employees,
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and are not intended to alter or affect such rights and

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remedies, except that the period of notification required by
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this Act shall run concurrently with any period of
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notification required by contract or by any other law.
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(h) It is the sense of the General Assembly that an
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employer who is not required to comply with the notice
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requirements of this Section should, to the extent possible,
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provide notice to its employees about a proposal to close a
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plant or permanently reduce its workforce.
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(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)

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(820 ILCS 65/45)
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Sec. 45.
Advisory notice from Department of Commerce and
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Economic Opportunity.
Before September 30 of each year, the
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Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with the
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cooperation of the Department of Employment Security, must
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issue a written notice to each employer that reported to the
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Department of Employment Security that the employer paid wages
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to 75 or more individuals with respect to any quarter in the
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immediately preceding calendar year. The notice must indicate
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that the employer may be subject to this Act and must generally
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advise the employer about the requirements of this Act
,
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including reporting the reason for the mass layoff or closing,

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and the remedies provided for violations of this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 93-915, eff. 1-1-05.)

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(820 ILCS 65/47 new)

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Sec. 47.
Monthly reports from Department of Commerce and
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Economic Opportunity.
If the Department of Commerce and
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Economic Opportunity issues any public report disclosing mass
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layoffs or closings obtained from the required notice set
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forth Section 10, the Department of Commerce and Economic
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Opportunity shall include the reason for the mass layoff or
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closing in the report, including whether the mass layoff or
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closing is substantially due to artificial intelligence.

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