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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5173 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation for a place of public accommodation to refuse to serve a person based upon a determination that the person's pants are not appropriately sized and secured at the waist in a manner that prevents the pants from falling more than 3 inches below the hips and permitting exposure of the person or the person's undergarments.
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| | HB5173 | | LRB100 16645 JLS 31782 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-102.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/5-102.1) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-102.1. No Civil Rights Violation: Public |
| 8 | | Accommodations. |
| 9 | | (a) It is not a civil rights violation for a medical, |
| 10 | | dental, or other health care professional or a private |
| 11 | | professional service provider such as a lawyer, accountant, or |
| 12 | | insurance agent to refer or refuse to treat or provide services |
| 13 | | to an individual in a protected class for any |
| 14 | | non-discriminatory reason if, in the normal course of his or |
| 15 | | her operations or business, the professional would for the same |
| 16 | | reason refer or refuse to treat or provide services to an |
| 17 | | individual who is not in the protected class of the individual |
| 18 | | who seeks or
requires the same or similar treatment or |
| 19 | | services.
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| 20 | | (b) With respect to a place of public accommodation defined |
| 21 | | in paragraph (11) of Section 5-101, the exercise of free |
| 22 | | speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or |
| 23 | | expression of religiously based views by any individual or |