Illinois Senate Bill 2078

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-06 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism Act. Requires the Secretary of State to implement changes to require all Illinois-issued identification documents to reflect the holder's sex as defined in the Act. Requires all State agencies to remove or change their forms and communications to reflect the changes in the Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to issue guidance to ensure the freedom to express the binary nature of sex and the right to single-sex space in workplaces. Requires the Department of Human Rights to prioritize investigation and litigation to the right and freedoms identified and created under the Act. Provides that the Act takes priority over and supersedes any other State law or rule that appears to or purports to be in conflict with the Act. Makes other changes. Repeals the Equitable Restroom Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to delete "gender-related identity" from the definition of "sexual orientation."

HUMAN RIGHTS-GENDER IDEOLOGY

Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	35	Act	Repealed Code	Citation Text
775	5	1-103	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2078&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=161571&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=201359&DocName=10400SB2078&DocNum=2078&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=161571&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=