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HB 252 Illinois House · 101st Regular Session

HUM RIGHTS-EMPLOYER-DEFINITION

Summary
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that "employer" includes any person employing one (instead of 15) or more employees within Illinois during 20 or more calendar weeks within the calendar year of or preceding the alleged violation. Provides that "employer" does not include any place of worship with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by the place of worship of its activities. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds an effective date of July 1, 2020.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Mar 13, 2019 Signed Aug 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2019 · House May 29, 2019

How they voted

27–17
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 48
May 16, 2019
D Democratic30
27 Yea 3
90% Yea
R Republican18
17 Nay 1
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
88
Key actions
10
Committee
12
Amendments
3
Aug 20, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 076-041-000
lower
May 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
lower
May 20, 2019
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Will Guzzardi
lower
May 17, 2019
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
lower
May 17, 2019
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 16, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-17-4)
senate
May 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Labor; 011-006-000
upper
May 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Apr 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
upper
Apr 29, 2019
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 29, 2019
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Labor
upper
Mar 13, 2019
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-010-000
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 49 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.