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HB 3646

DOIT-AI TASK FORCE

104th Regular Session Introduced by Norma Hernandez and 3 co-sponsors

Creates a DOIT-based Generative AI and NLP Task Force to study AI/NLP impacts and issue periodic recommendations for legislation, policy, and administration.

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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Bill Summary · HB 3646

HB 3646 — Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force (DOIT-AI TASK FORCE)

Summary / Purpose

HB 3646 amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act to (re)establish a Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force. The Task Force is directed to investigate generative artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) software and to produce periodic reports with findings and recommendations for legislation, policy, and administrative action.

Key provisions

  • Establishes the Generative AI & Natural Language Processing Task Force within the Department of Innovation and Technology (DOIT).
  • Lists Task Force responsibilities, including:
    • Recommending legislation or regulation related to consumer information and generative AI.
    • Recommending model school policies for student use of generative AI in classrooms.
    • Assessing use of generative AI to improve delivery of public services.
    • Protecting civil rights and civil liberties in relation to generative AI.
    • Assessing workforce impacts (employment levels, types of jobs, worker deployment).
    • Assessing cybersecurity challenges posed by generative AI.
    • Considering additional AI-related topics raised by testimony or reports.
  • DOIT must provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force.
  • Task Force must file periodic reports with the Governor and General Assembly covering its investigations and responsibilities.

Membership

Members include legislative appointees (one each from the Speaker and the Senate President as co-chairs, and minority leaders from each chamber), DOIT Secretary (or designee), State Superintendent of Education (or designee), executive directors from the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education (or designees), Statewide Chief Information Security Officer (or designee), Attorney General (or designee), two teachers and two principals (appointed/recommended by statewide associations), two AI experts, two cybersecurity experts, two statewide business association members, and two statewide labor association members (many appointed by the Governor).

Meetings & Reporting

  • Required to hold at least five public meetings in a hybrid format (virtual + in-person).
  • At least one meeting must be held in each: Chicago, Springfield, Metro East, Quad Cities, and Southern Illinois.
  • May convene at the call of the co-chairpersons and meet as frequently as needed.
  • Text requires filing “periodic reports by December 31, 2024”; this date predates the bill’s 2025 introduction and appears to be a drafting/artifact issue that would require correction or clarification.

Who is affected

  • State agencies (DOIT and others), public schools, community colleges and higher education institutions, students and educators, workers and labor organizations, businesses, cybersecurity and AI vendors, and Illinois consumers whose data or civil rights may be affected by AI/NLP deployments.

Procedural status (selected actions)

  • Filed: 2025-03-03
  • Passed House (3rd Reading): 2025-04-11 (111–0)
  • Arrived in Senate: 2025-04-14; subsequently referred to Assignments; currently noted as Rule 3-9(a) / Re‑referred to Assignments (2025-06-02).
  • Companion bill: SB 2317
  • Chief Senate sponsor: Sen. Robert Peters; Chief House sponsors: Reps. Norma Hernandez and Abdelnasser Rashid.

Potential impact / considerations

  • Will produce recommendations that could guide school policies, state regulation of AI, cybersecurity preparedness, and workforce transition planning.
  • The Task Force is advisory; substantive legal or fiscal effects would depend on subsequent legislation or rulemaking based on its recommendations.
  • The anomalous report deadline (Dec 31, 2024) should be resolved for clarity on reporting timelines.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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