Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 593

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that references throughout the Act to people with a disability will be by use of the term "person with a disability" or the term "disabled" (at present, "handicapped"). In the definition of "place of public accommodation", deletes the existing examples and inserts language listing facilities that are considered public accommodations for purposes of the Article. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to deny or refuse full and equal enjoyment of goods of any place of public accommodation. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation for a health care professional to respond to a person protected under the Act by referring the person to another professional or to refuse to treat or provide services to that person, if in the normal exercise of his or her profession the health care professional would for the same reason respond in the same way to an individual who is not protected under the Act who seeks or requires the same or similar treatment or services. Effective immediately.

Further amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the definition of public accommodation includes but is not limited to (instead of, means) the designated facilities or businesses. Provides that the Department's jurisdiction over public accommodations, which includes schools, does not include jurisdiction over charges involving educational curriculum content, course content, or course offerings. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation for a lawyer, accountant, insurance agent, or other private professional service provider to refer or to refuse to provide services for any non-discriminatory reason if the professional would normally for the same reason refer or refuse to provide services to a person not protected under the Act.

Further amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that a place of public accommodation includes a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate school, or other place of education in regard to the failure to enroll an individual or the denial of access to its facilities, goods, or services, (instead of a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate school, or other place of education) except that the Department shall not have jurisdiction over charges involving curriculum content, course content, or course offerings, conduct of the class by the teacher or instructor, or any activity within the classroom or connected with a class activity such as physical education (instead of jurisdiction over charges involving curriculum content, course content, or course offerings). Provides in one Section that it is not a civil rights violation for a medical, dental, or other health care professional or a private professional service provider such as a lawyer, accountant, or insurance agent to refer or refuse to treat or provide services to an individual in a protected class for any non-discriminatory reason if, in the normal course of his or her operations or business, the professional would for the same reason refer or refuse to treat or provide services to an individual who is not in the protected class of the individual who seeks or requires the same or similar treatment or services (instead of describing the 2 classes medical and non-medical professionals with slightly different exceptions).

Further amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. In the subsection that describes a lodging establishment as a place of public accommodation, provides that the owner-occupied lodging establishment exception applies to an establishment located in a building that contains not more than 5 units (instead of rooms). Provides that a non-sectarian adoption agency (instead of an adoption agency) is a place of public accommodation subject to the Act.

Date	Chamber	Action
10/17/2007	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0668

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2007	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
2/8/2007	Senate	First Reading
2/8/2007	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/21/2007	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/2/2007	Senate	Postponed - Executive
3/2/2007	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
3/6/2007	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
3/8/2007	Senate	Postponed - Executive
3/12/2007	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
3/13/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
3/13/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
3/14/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
3/14/2007	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/15/2007	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000
3/15/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
3/21/2007	Senate	Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Dale A. Righter
3/23/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
3/23/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
3/27/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive
3/28/2007	Senate	Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Human Rights.
3/28/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000
3/29/2007	Senate	Second Reading
3/29/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton
3/29/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2007
3/30/2007	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007
4/20/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
4/20/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules
4/25/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Executive
4/26/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
4/26/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules
5/2/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Executive
5/3/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 007-000-001
5/10/2007	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
5/10/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Cullerton
5/10/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
5/10/2007	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
5/10/2007	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
5/14/2007	House	Arrived in House
5/14/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
5/14/2007	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
5/15/2007	House	First Reading
5/15/2007	House	Referred to Rules Committee
5/17/2007	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
5/17/2007	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
5/18/2007	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
5/18/2007	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
5/18/2007	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
5/25/2007	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000
5/25/2007	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/29/2007	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/29/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/31/2007	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
5/31/2007	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/29/2007	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/28/2007	Senate	Governor Amendatory Veto
10/2/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
10/2/2007	Senate	Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. John J. Cullerton
10/2/2007	Senate	3/5 Vote Required
10/2/2007	Senate	Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000
10/4/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
10/5/2007	House	Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. John A. Fritchey
10/10/2007	House	3/5 Vote Required
10/10/2007	House	Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 112-000-000
10/10/2007	Senate	Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
10/17/2007	Senate	Effective Date October 10, 2007
10/17/2007	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0668

	Fiscal Note (Dept. of Human Rights)
	The fiscal impact of SB 593 is as follows: (1) PSA - $37,400; (1) Office Associate - $32,388; (5) Investigator I - $218,900; (1) Tech Advisor - $45,828; Personal Services - $334,516; Employer Retirement - $38,570; Social Security - $25,590; Travel - $45,000; Training - $25,000; Overhead Expenses - $51,480; Total Fiscal Impact - $520,156.