HB 31 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

OMA-AUTOMATED REQUEST

Summary
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Defines "automated request" as a request that a public body has a reasonable belief was drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence or submitted without any specific, affirmative action taken by a human. Provides that a public body shall respond to an automated request within 5 business days after receipt and provide certain types of notice to the requester. Provides procedures for the requester to dispute having the request treated as an automated request. Adds automated requests to certain provisions regarding requests for a commercial purpose and voluminous requests. Allows a public body to charge requesters for the costs of any search for and review of the records or other personnel costs associated with reproducing the records associated with an automated request. Provides that a person whose request to inspect or copy a public record is treated as an automated request may not file a request for review with the Public Access Counselor, with certain exceptions.
Tags: Government Transparency
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Dec 2024
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Governor
Introduced Dec 6, 2024 Last action Mar 21, 2025
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Mar 21, 2025
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Feb 4, 2025
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Assigned to Executive Committee
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Jan 9, 2025
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Referred to Rules Committee
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Dan Didech
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