Illinois House Bill 2261

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation, because of immigration status, to: refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or otherwise make unavailable or deny real property; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of a real estate transaction; refuse to receive or fail to transmit a bona fide offer in a real estate transaction from a person; refuse to negotiate a real estate transaction with a person; represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease, fail to bring a property listing to a person's attention, or refuse to permit a person to inspect real property; make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish, or cause such actions, any notice, statement, advertisement, or sign, use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on immigration status, or an intention to make such preference, limitation, or discrimination; offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that discrimination based on immigration status in a real estate transaction is intended; refuse to engage in loan modification services; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of loan modification services; discriminate in making loan modification services available; solicit for sale, lease, listing, or purchase any residential real estate on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person of any particular immigration status; distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease property because of any present or prospective changes in the immigration status of residents in the vicinity of the property involved; or intentionally create alarm by transmitting communications to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease property because of any present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person of any particular immigration status. Provides that nothing prohibits inquiry into or the use of immigration status if the inquiry or use is otherwise required by federal law. Makes other changes.

HUMAN RIGHTS-REAL ESTATE

Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Hoan Huynh [D]
Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-27	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-22	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-22	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-21	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
2023-03-17	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-17	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2023-03-09	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-08	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 008-004-000
2023-03-02	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2023-02-27	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Will Guzzardi
2023-02-27	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2023-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-02-21	House	Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
2023-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2023-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-14	House	First Reading
2023-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	3-101	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	3-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	3-102.10	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	3-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	3-104.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	3-106	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2261&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2261.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2261ham001.htm