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1 | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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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 Sections 1-102, 1-103, 5-101, and 5-102 as follows:
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6 | (775 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
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7 | Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | of this State:
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9 | (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | individuals
within Illinois the freedom from discrimination | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | against any individual because
of his or her race, color, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | physical or mental disability
handicap , military status, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | unfavorable
discharge from military service in connection with | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | employment, real estate
transactions, access to financial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | credit, and the availability of public
accommodations.
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17 | (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and Higher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Education.
To prevent sexual harassment in employment and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | sexual harassment in
higher education.
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20 | (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Status-Employment.
To prevent discrimination based on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | citizenship status in employment.
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23 | (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Status-Real Estate
Transactions. To prevent discrimination | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | based on familial status in real
estate transactions.
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26 | (E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | public health,
welfare and safety by protecting the interest of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | all people in Illinois
in maintaining personal dignity, in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | realizing their full productive
capacities, and in furthering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | their interests, rights and privileges as
citizens of this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | State.
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32 | (F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To secure |
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1 | and
guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19 | ||||||
2 | of Article I
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
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3 | (G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To establish | ||||||
4 | Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of | ||||||
5 | this State in all
of its decisions, programs and activities, | ||||||
6 | and to assure that all State
departments, boards, commissions | ||||||
7 | and instrumentalities rigorously take
affirmative action to | ||||||
8 | provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the
effects of | ||||||
9 | past discrimination in the internal affairs of State
government | ||||||
10 | and in their relations with the public.
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11 | (H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this State | ||||||
12 | against
unfounded charges of unlawful discrimination, sexual | ||||||
13 | harassment in
employment and sexual harassment in higher | ||||||
14 | education, and discrimination
based on citizenship status in | ||||||
15 | employment.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 87-579; 88-178.)
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17 | (775 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103)
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18 | Sec. 1-103. General Definitions. When used in this Act, | ||||||
19 | unless the
context requires otherwise, the term:
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20 | (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who | ||||||
21 | is at least
40 years old, except with regard to any practice | ||||||
22 | described in Section
2-102, insofar as that practice concerns | ||||||
23 | training or apprenticeship
programs. In the case of training or | ||||||
24 | apprenticeship programs, for the
purposes of Section 2-102, | ||||||
25 | "age" means the chronological age of a person
who is 18 but not | ||||||
26 | yet 40 years old.
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27 | (B) Aggrieved Party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who | ||||||
28 | is alleged
or proved to have been injured by a civil rights | ||||||
29 | violation or believes he
or she will be injured by a civil | ||||||
30 | rights violation under Article 3 that is
about to occur.
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31 | (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the | ||||||
32 | Department
by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department | ||||||
33 | under its
authority.
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34 | (D) Civil Rights Violation. "Civil rights violation" | ||||||
35 | includes and
shall be limited to only those specific acts set |
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1 | forth in Sections
2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-103, 3-104, | ||||||
2 | 3-104.1, 3-105, 4-102, 4-103,
5-102, 5A-102 and 6-101 of this | ||||||
3 | Act.
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4 | (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights | ||||||
5 | Commission
created by this Act.
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6 | (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed | ||||||
7 | by
the Department with the Commission following an | ||||||
8 | investigation and
finding of substantial evidence of a civil | ||||||
9 | rights violation.
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10 | (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including | ||||||
11 | the
Department who files a charge of civil rights violation | ||||||
12 | with the Department or
the Commission.
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13 | (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human | ||||||
14 | Rights
created by this Act.
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15 | (I) Disability
Handicap . "Disability"
"Handicap" means a | ||||||
16 | determinable physical or mental
characteristic of a person, | ||||||
17 | including, but not limited to, a determinable
physical | ||||||
18 | characteristic which necessitates the person's use of a guide,
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19 | hearing or support dog, the history of such characteristic, or | ||||||
20 | the
perception of such characteristic by the person complained | ||||||
21 | against, which
may result from disease, injury, congenital | ||||||
22 | condition of birth or
functional disorder and which | ||||||
23 | characteristic:
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24 | (1) For purposes of Article 2 is unrelated to the | ||||||
25 | person's ability
to perform the duties of a particular job | ||||||
26 | or position and, pursuant to
Section 2-104 of this Act, a | ||||||
27 | person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
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28 | disability
handicap ;
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29 | (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the | ||||||
30 | person's ability
to acquire, rent or maintain a housing | ||||||
31 | accommodation;
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32 | (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a | ||||||
33 | person's ability to
repay;
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34 | (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a | ||||||
35 | person's ability to
utilize and benefit from a place of | ||||||
36 | public accommodation.
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1 | (J) Marital Status. "Marital status" means the legal status | ||||||
2 | of being
married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.
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3 | (J-1) Military Status. "Military status" means a person's | ||||||
4 | status on
active duty in the armed forces of the United States.
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5 | (K) National Origin. "National origin" means the place in | ||||||
6 | which a
person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
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7 | (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals, | ||||||
8 | partnerships,
associations or organizations, labor | ||||||
9 | organizations, labor unions, joint
apprenticeship committees, | ||||||
10 | or union labor associations, corporations, the
State of | ||||||
11 | Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, | ||||||
12 | units
of local government, legal representatives, trustees in | ||||||
13 | bankruptcy
or receivers.
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14 | (M) Public Contract. "Public contract" includes every | ||||||
15 | contract to which the
State, any of its political subdivisions | ||||||
16 | or any municipal corporation is a
party.
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17 | (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious | ||||||
18 | observance
and practice, as well as belief, except that with | ||||||
19 | respect to employers, for
the purposes of Article 2, "religion" | ||||||
20 | has the meaning ascribed to it in
paragraph (F) of Section | ||||||
21 | 2-101.
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22 | (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
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23 | (P) Unfavorable Military Discharge. "Unfavorable military | ||||||
24 | discharge"
includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the | ||||||
25 | United States, their
Reserve components or any National Guard | ||||||
26 | or Naval Militia which are
classified as RE-3 or the equivalent | ||||||
27 | thereof, but does not include those
characterized as RE-4 or | ||||||
28 | "Dishonorable".
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29 | (Q) Unlawful Discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination" | ||||||
30 | means discrimination
against a person because of his or her | ||||||
31 | race, color, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, sex, | ||||||
32 | marital status, disability
handicap , military status, or | ||||||
33 | unfavorable
discharge from military service as those terms are | ||||||
34 | defined in this Section.
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35 | (Source: P.A. 88-178; 88-180; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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1 | (775 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-101)
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2 | Sec. 5-101. Definitions) The following definitions are | ||||||
3 | applicable
strictly in the context of this Article:
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4 | (A) Place of Public Accommodation. (1) "Place of public
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5 | accommodation" means :
a business, accommodation, refreshment,
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6 | entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any | ||||||
7 | kind,
whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, | ||||||
8 | facilities, privileges,
advantages or accommodations are | ||||||
9 | extended, offered, sold, or otherwise
made available to the | ||||||
10 | public.
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11 | (2) | ||||||
12 | (a) an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, | ||||||
13 | except
for an establishment located within a building that | ||||||
14 | contains
not more than 5 rooms for rent or hire and that is | ||||||
15 | actually
occupied by the proprietor of such establishment | ||||||
16 | as the
residence of such proprietor; | ||||||
17 | (b) a restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving | ||||||
18 | food or
drink; | ||||||
19 | (c) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, | ||||||
20 | stadium,
or other place of exhibition or entertainment; | ||||||
21 | (d) an auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or | ||||||
22 | other
place of public gathering; | ||||||
23 | (e) a bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware | ||||||
24 | store,
shopping center, or other sales or rental | ||||||
25 | establishment; | ||||||
26 | (f) a laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, | ||||||
27 | beauty
shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral | ||||||
28 | parlor, gas
station, office of an accountant or lawyer, | ||||||
29 | pharmacy, insurance
office, professional office of a | ||||||
30 | health care provider,
hospital, or other service | ||||||
31 | establishment; | ||||||
32 | (g) a terminal, depot, or other station used for | ||||||
33 | specified
public transportation; | ||||||
34 | (h) a museum, library, gallery, or other place of | ||||||
35 | public
display or collection; | ||||||
36 | (i) a park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of
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1 | recreation; | ||||||
2 | (j) a nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, | ||||||
3 | or
postgraduate private school, or other place of | ||||||
4 | education; | ||||||
5 | (k) a day care center, senior citizen center, homeless
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6 | shelter, food bank, adoption agency, or other social | ||||||
7 | service
center establishment; and | ||||||
8 | (l) a gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf | ||||||
9 | course, or
other place of exercise or recreation.
By way of | ||||||
10 | example, but not of limitation, "place of public
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11 | accommodation" includes facilities of the following types: | ||||||
12 | inns,
restaurants, eating houses, hotels, soda fountains, | ||||||
13 | soft drink parlors,
taverns, roadhouses, barber shops, | ||||||
14 | department stores, clothing stores,
hat stores, shoe | ||||||
15 | stores, bathrooms, restrooms, theatres, skating rinks,
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16 | public golf courses, public golf driving ranges, concerts, | ||||||
17 | cafes,
bicycle rinks, elevators, ice cream parlors or | ||||||
18 | rooms, railroads,
omnibuses, busses, stages, airplanes, | ||||||
19 | street cars, boats, funeral
hearses, crematories, | ||||||
20 | cemeteries, and public conveyances on land, water,
or air, | ||||||
21 | public swimming pools and other places of public | ||||||
22 | accommodation
and amusement.
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23 | (B) Operator. "Operator" means any owner, lessee, | ||||||
24 | proprietor,
manager, superintendent, agent, or occupant of a | ||||||
25 | place of public
accommodation or an employee of any such person | ||||||
26 | or persons.
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27 | (C) Public Official. "Public official" means any officer or | ||||||
28 | employee
of the state or any agency thereof, including state | ||||||
29 | political subdivisions,
municipal corporations, park | ||||||
30 | districts, forest preserve districts, educational
institutions | ||||||
31 | and schools.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 81-1267.)
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33 | (775 ILCS 5/5-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-102)
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34 | Sec. 5-102. Civil Rights Violations: Public | ||||||
35 | Accommodations. It is a civil
rights violation for any person |
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1 | on the basis of unlawful discrimination to:
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2 | (A) Enjoyment of Facilities , Goods, and Services . Deny or | ||||||
3 | refuse to another the full and equal
enjoyment of the | ||||||
4 | facilities , goods and services of any public place of | ||||||
5 | accommodation;
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6 | (B) Written Communications. Directly or indirectly, as the | ||||||
7 | operator of
a place of public accommodation, publish, | ||||||
8 | circulate, display or mail any
written communication, except a | ||||||
9 | private communication sent in response to
a specific inquiry, | ||||||
10 | which the operator knows is to the effect that any of
the | ||||||
11 | facilities of the place of public accommodation will be denied | ||||||
12 | to any
person or that any person is
unwelcome, objectionable or | ||||||
13 | unacceptable because of unlawful discrimination;
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14 | (C) Public Officials. Deny or refuse to another, as a | ||||||
15 | public official,
the full and equal enjoyment of the | ||||||
16 | accommodations, advantage, facilities
or privileges of the | ||||||
17 | official's office or services or of any property under
the | ||||||
18 | official's care because of unlawful discrimination.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 81-1216.)
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