California
FEHA automated-decision system rules in force since October 1, 2025, plus a CCPA ADMT pre-use notice with a January 1, 2027 compliance deadline. Two agencies, two deadlines, and meeting one does nothing for the other.
AI hiring laws by state
AI hiring laws by state
Three US jurisdictions now require you to tell a candidate when an automated tool helps decide their application. Each names a different agency, a different date, and a different set of records to keep. Start with your state below: what the rule says, who enforces it, and what your workflow has to produce.
In force today
Reviewed August 26, 2026. Each page links the agency directly, so you can read the rule before you act on it.
Illinois
HB 3773 amended the Illinois Human Rights Act effective January 1, 2026. Notice is required when AI is used in a covered employment decision, and ZIP code may not stand in for a protected class.
New York City
Local Law 144 has applied to automated employment decision tools since July 5, 2023: at least ten business days notice, plus a published independent bias audit summary. A city ordinance, not New York State law.
Enacted but not yet operative
Colorado, Connecticut, New York State and the federal picture are each on their own clock. Colorado's has already been reset twice.
Pending and future AI hiring laws
What has been signed but is not yet enforceable, what has been delayed, and what a multi-state employer can reasonably plan around today.
Operating across several of them at once
Most staffing agencies do not get to pick one. Different notice text, different triggers and different retention periods have to run through the same recruiters.
Every page names its source
Every page names the agency, the effective date, the government source, and the day we last reviewed it. The links go straight to the agency, so you can read the rule yourself.
When you are ready to act on one, Notice Tracking runs the workflow: your counsel-approved wording, the notice out the door, delivery recorded as the provider reports it, and an export you can still produce months later.
Common questions
Which US jurisdictions currently require a candidate notice when AI is used in hiring?
As of August 26, 2026, three are in force: Illinois (HB 3773, since January 1, 2026), New York City (Local Law 144, since July 5, 2023), and California, where the Civil Rights Council's FEHA rules on automated-decision systems took effect October 1, 2025 and the CPPA's CCPA ADMT pre-use notice carries a January 1, 2027 compliance deadline. Colorado and Connecticut have enacted laws whose employment notice duties are not yet operative.
Is New York City's law the same as a New York State law?
No. Local Law 144 is a municipal ordinance enforced by the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and applies to positions located in New York City, not to New York State generally.
Who decides which of these laws applies to my organization?
Your counsel does. These pages set out what each agency has published and when it was last checked, so you can take something concrete into that conversation. Once the decision is made, Notice Tracking runs the workflow it produces.
The requirement is one problem. Proving what you sent is the other.
Notice Tracking keeps approved template versions, candidate references, send timestamps, provider-returned delivery events and export history in one place, so the record exists before anyone asks for it.
This page is general information about published government requirements, last reviewed August 26, 2026. Requirements change; confirm the current text with the agency and your own counsel before relying on it.