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SB3735 - 104th General Assembly

EDUC-TECH RTS/BIOMETRIC INFO
Last Action
2/25/2026 - Senate: To AI and Social Media
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
105 ILCS 5/10-20.40
105 ILCS 5/34-18.34
105 ILCS 85/5
105 ILCS 85/10
105 ILCS 85/15
105 ILCS 85/25
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Student Educational Technologies Rights Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State that a student and the student's parent have the right to: opt out of school-issued personal electronic devices, electronic textbooks, electronic required reading, or electronic or online assignments; request a human teacher review any automated scored grade or scored grade generated by artificial intelligence; and opt out of predictive analytics systems without academic penalty. Amends the School Code. Removes language allowing school districts that collect biometric information from students to adopt specified policies. Prohibits a school district from purchasing or otherwise acquiring biometric systems to use on students. Establishes prohibitions for a school district with respect to biometric systems and biometric information of its students. Sets forth requirements on the destruction of biometric information in the possession of a school district. Makes other changes. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Prohibits an operator from selling or renting any other person's information collected by the operator for K through 12 school purposes or permitting artificial intelligence to train on covered information unless for K through 12 school purposes or in furtherance of improving operability and functionality of the operator's service. Provides, with exceptions, that an operator's artificial intelligence model shall not train on a student's covered information and retain the training data indefinitely. Makes other and conforming changes.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/05/2026 Senate Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2/05/2026 Senate First Reading
2/05/2026 Senate Referred to Assignments
2/24/2026 Senate Assigned to Executive
2/25/2026 Senate To AI and Social Media
3/13/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
3/27/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
4/14/2026 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
4/14/2026 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
4/14/2026 Senate Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura