Illinois Senate Bill 1666

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-21 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides, in the Articles governing employment, financial, and public accommodation discrimination, that the use of criteria or methods that have the effect of causing certain discrimination-related civil rights violations is unlawful, unless (i) the use of such criteria or methods is necessary to achieve a substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest or (ii) the substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest cannot be served by another practice that has a less discriminatory effect.

HUMAN RIGHTS-CRITERIA-METHODS

Sen. Robert Martwick [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-21	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2025-02-25	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-05	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-05	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute 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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1666&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160574&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=200361&DocName=10400SB1666&DocNum=1666&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=160574&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=