Bill Sponsors: IL HB2161 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is the public policy of the State to prevent discrimination based on family responsibilities in employment. Defines "family responsibilities" as an employee's actual or perceived provision of care to a family member, whether in the past, present, or future. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for: (1) any employer to refuse to hire, to segregate, to engage in harassment, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment on the basis of family responsibilities; (2) any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify properly, accept applications and register for employment referral or apprenticeship referral, refer for employment, or refer for apprenticeship on the basis of family responsibilities; and (3) any labor organization to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to limit employment opportunities, selection and training for apprenticeship in any trade or craft, or otherwise to take or fail to take, any action which affects adversely any person's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment or as an apprentice, or as an applicant for apprenticeships, or wages, tenure, hours of employment, or apprenticeship conditions on the basis of family responsibilities. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a person, or for 2 or more persons, to conspire to retaliate against a person because he or she has opposed that which he or she reasonably and in good faith believes to be discrimination based on family responsibilities. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0797 [HB2161 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sue Scherer [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-096FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Maura Hirschauer [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-049FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sonya Harper [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-006FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Nabeela Syed [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-051FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaN/A
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-084FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Lindsey LaPointe [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-019FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Daniel Didech [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-059FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Bob Morgan [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-058FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-078FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Aaron Ortiz [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-001FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Mary Canty [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-054FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Laura Faver Dias [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-062FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sharon Chung [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-091FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaN/A
Representative Joyce Mason [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-061FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-098FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Anna Moeller [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-043FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Natalie Toro [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-020N/ABallotpediaVoteSmart
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