Illinois Senate Bill 3747 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall (instead of may) administratively close a charge pending before the Department if the issues which are the basis of the charge are being litigated in a State or federal court proceeding. Amends provisions concerning charges filed under the Real Estate Transactions Article. Adds language providing that: the Department shall issue its report within 365 days after the filing of a charge or any agreed extension; if the Department does not do so, the aggrieved party has 90 days to file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission or commence a civil action; if the aggrieved party files a complaint or commences a civil action or the time for doing so has expired, the Department shall cease its investigation and dismiss the charge. Provides that the failure of the Department to do so constitutes grounds for a circuit court order permanently enjoining the investigation, and the Department may be liable for costs, attorney's fees, and damages incurred by the respondent as a result of the action of the Department; the Department shall stay administrative proceedings after the filing of a civil action; and, if a civil action is filed, the Department shall act no further on the charge and shall close the file. Deletes language providing that: the Department shall, within 100 days after the filing of a charge, unless it is impracticable to do so, issue and file a complaint or issue an order that no complaint be issued; the Department's failure to issue and file a complaint or issue an order that no complaint be issued within 100 days after the filing of a charge does not deprive the Department of jurisdiction; and the Director of Human Rights shall make available to the aggrieved party and the respondent, upon request following completion of the Department's investigation, information derived from an investigation and any final investigative report.

HUMAN RTS-HOUSING-TIME LIMITS

Rep. Ronald Sandack [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2012-03-30	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2012-03-09	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 30, 2012
2012-03-07	Senate	To Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Process and Procedure
2012-02-24	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2012-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2012-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2012-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ron Sandack

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	7-109.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
775	5	7B-102	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3747&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB3747.htm