Illinois HB 1806
From State AI laws: enacted, with proof: Which US states have enacted laws about AI systems, when do they start, who enforces them, and what is the penalty?
State: Illinois
The state whose legislature passed the law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
This Act may be cited as the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: therapy or psychotherapy services
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
Section 20. Prohibition on unauthorized therapy services. (a) An individual, corporation, or entity may not provide, advertise, or otherwise offer therapy or psychotherapy services
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: 8/01/2025
The date the governor signed, as the official record writes it. Dates are left in the form the source uses.
8/01/2025 House Governor Approved
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260320001227/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1806&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: upon becoming law
When the law says its duties begin, in its own words. Some laws start in stages, and the quote shows which duty the date belongs to. Blank if the text gives no date and no official page states one.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: an individual, corporation, or entity
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
An individual, corporation, or entity may not provide, advertise, or otherwise offer therapy or psychotherapy services, including through the use of Internet-based artificial intelligence
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Maximum penalty: $10,000 per violation
The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.
shall pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260819204625/https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/Legislation/PublicActs/104/PDF/104-0054.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Private right of action: Not stated
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Latest change: Not stated
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.