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Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 3/22/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3211
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3211 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 1-102 and 5-101 as follows:
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| (775 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
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| Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy |
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| of this State:
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| (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all |
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| individuals
within Illinois the freedom from discrimination |
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| against any individual because
of his or her race, color, |
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| religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, |
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| physical or mental handicap, military status, or unfavorable
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| discharge from military service in connection with employment, |
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| real estate
transactions, access to financial credit, and the |
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| availability of public
accommodations.
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| (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and Higher |
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| Education.
To prevent sexual harassment in employment and |
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| sexual harassment in
higher education.
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| (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship |
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| Status-Employment.
To prevent discrimination based on |
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| citizenship status in employment.
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| (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial |
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| Status-Real Estate
Transactions. To prevent discrimination |
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| based on familial status in real
estate transactions. |
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| (D-1) Freedom from Discrimination Based on |
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| Breastfeeding-Places of Public Accommodation. To prevent |
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| discrimination based on breastfeeding in places of public |
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| accommodation.
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| (E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the |
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| public health,
welfare and safety by protecting the interest of |
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| all people in Illinois
in maintaining personal dignity, in |
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| realizing their full productive
capacities, and in furthering |
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| their interests, rights and privileges as
citizens of this |
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| State.
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| (F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To secure |
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| and
guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19 |
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| of Article I
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
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| (G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To establish |
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| Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of |
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| this State in all
of its decisions, programs and activities, |
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| and to assure that all State
departments, boards, commissions |
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| and instrumentalities rigorously take
affirmative action to |
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| provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the
effects of |
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| past discrimination in the internal affairs of State
government |
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| and in their relations with the public.
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| (H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this State |
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| against
unfounded charges of unlawful discrimination, sexual |
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| harassment in
employment and sexual harassment in higher |
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| education, and discrimination
based on citizenship status in |
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| employment.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-579; 88-178.)
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| (775 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-101)
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| Sec. 5-101. Definitions) The following definitions are |
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| applicable
strictly in the context of this Article:
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| (A) Place of Public Accommodation. (1) "Place of public
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| accommodation" means a business, accommodation, refreshment,
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| entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any |
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| kind,
whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, |
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| facilities, privileges,
advantages or accommodations are |
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| extended, offered, sold, or otherwise
made available to the |
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| public.
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| (2) By way of example, but not of limitation, "place of |
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| public
accommodation" includes facilities of the following |
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| types: inns,
restaurants, eating houses, hotels, soda |
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| fountains, soft drink parlors,
taverns, roadhouses, barber |
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| shops, department stores, clothing stores,
hat stores, shoe |
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| stores, bathrooms, restrooms, theatres, skating rinks,
public |
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| golf courses, public golf driving ranges, concerts, cafes,
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| bicycle rinks, elevators, ice cream parlors or rooms, |
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| railroads,
omnibuses, busses, stages, airplanes, street cars, |
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| boats, funeral
hearses, crematories, cemeteries, fitness |
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| clubs, and public conveyances on land, water,
or air, public |
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| swimming pools and other places of public accommodation
and |
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| amusement.
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| (B) Operator. "Operator" means any owner, lessee, |
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| proprietor,
manager, superintendent, agent, or occupant of a |
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| place of public
accommodation or an employee of any such person |
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| or persons.
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| (C) Public Official. "Public official" means any officer or |
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| employee
of the state or any agency thereof, including state |
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| political subdivisions,
municipal corporations, park |
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| districts, forest preserve districts, educational
institutions |
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| and schools.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1267.)".
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