Illinois Senate Bill 2616

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 24 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-10-24 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is the public policy of the State to secure for all individuals the freedom from discrimination against any individual because of his or her family responsibilities in employment. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a person, or 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. Changes the definition of "harassment" to include any unwelcome conduct on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived family responsibilities. Defines "family responsibilities" as an employee's actual or perceived provision of personal care to a family member. Defines "personal care" and "family member".

UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION-FAMILY

Sen. Natalie Toro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-10-24	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-10-24	Senate	First Reading
2023-10-24	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Natalie Toro

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	1-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	2-101	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	6-101	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2616&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2616.htm