Illinois House Bill 5386

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that in the Articles governing employment, financial credit, and public accommodations it is a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods including practices, policies, and groups of practices or policies that has the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination prohibited under the Act. Changes the definition of "unlawful discrimination" to mean discrimination against a person, whether by purpose or effect, because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in the Act.

HUMAN RIGHTS-DISPARTE IMPACT

Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Norma Hernandez [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]	Rep. Maurice West [D]
Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2026-03-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-03-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2026-03-04	House	Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
2026-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2026-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2026-02-17	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2026-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-10	House	First Reading
2026-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	1-101.2	New Code	See Bill Text
775	5	1-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	2-103.5	New Code	See Bill Text
775	5	4-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	4-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	5-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	6-103	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5386&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=167179&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=208525&DocName=10400HB5386&DocNum=5386&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=167179&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=