HB 1594 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

EMPLOYMENT&ACCOMODATION-WEIGHT

Summary
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization to take certain employment-related actions on the basis of an individual's weight and size. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of a place of public accommodation, because of the weight and size of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any individual any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of the place of public accommodation.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2025
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