Illinois House Bill 4562 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on July 15 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0548
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Increases the amount of civil penalties for civil rights violations relating to real estate transactions as follows: (i) a maximum of $16,000 (instead of $10,000) if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions; (ii) a maximum of $42,500 (instead of $25,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions during the 5-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge; and (iii) a maximum of $70,000 (instead of $50,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed 2 or more civil rights violations concerning real estate transactions during the 7-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge.

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-PENALTIES

Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]

Rep. Al Riley [D]

Rep. Silvana Tabares [D]

Sen. Iris Martinez [D]

2016-05-24 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-13 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-15	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0548
2016-07-15	House	Effective Date January 1, 2017
2016-07-15	House	Governor Approved
2016-06-22	House	Sent to the Governor
2016-05-24	House	Passed Both Houses
2016-05-24	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000
2016-05-10	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
2016-05-10	Senate	Second Reading
2016-05-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
2016-05-04	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
2016-04-27	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2016-04-20	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-04-20	Senate	First Reading
2016-04-20	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2016-04-14	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016
2016-04-14	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2016-04-13	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
2016-04-13	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
2016-04-12	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2016-04-12	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2016-04-07	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2016-04-06	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000
2016-03-23	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2016-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
2016-01-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-01-28	House	First Reading
2016-01-28	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	8B-104	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4562&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4562.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4562eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4562enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/99/099-0548.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/99/house/09900HB4562_04132016_014000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/99/senate/09900HB4562_05242016_003000T.pdf