Illinois House Bill 5459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / 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 for a vendor to disallow a candidate on the basis of unlawful discrimination to take a required test for application or consideration of the government job. Provides that if a vendor violates the Act, then the vendor is subject to a $50,000 fine for each violation. Provides that any government contract with a vendor that violates the Act shall be terminated. Provides that a government entity shall not contract with a vendor for one year after a determination that the vendor has violated the new provisions. Effective immediately.

RIGHTS-GOVT JOB CANDIDATES

Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-03-17	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	6-103	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5459&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5459.htm