Illinois House Bill 4848

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-13 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Protective Medical Equipment Freedom Act. Provides that all individual in the State have the right to wear protective medical equipment in any place of public accommodation where they have a lawful right to be without obligation to disclose health status or any other protected information, and no person, entity, or authority shall deny, restrict, or infringe upon this right. Provides that operators and public officials shall not discriminate against or penalize medical device wearers for exercising their right to wear protective medical equipment. Provides that discrimination under the Act includes, but is not limited to: denial of service; eviction from premises; any form of harassment to remove or refrain from wearing such equipment for any amount of time; specified actions taken by employers; and provision of unequal goods, services, facilities, advantages, or accommodations. Sets forth provisions concerning the protection against retaliation, the exceptions for security requirements, operational safety, age and identity restricted products, and financial institution customer identification, and an undue hardship exemption. Effective immediately.

PROTECTIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]	Rep. Michael Crawford [D]	Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]
Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]	Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]
Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]	Rep. Aaron Ortiz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-18	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2026-02-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2026-02-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2026-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-06	House	First Reading
2026-02-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2026-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2026-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2026-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2026-02-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
2026-02-03	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4848&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166132&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207478&DocName=10400HB4848&DocNum=4848&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=166132&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=