HB5456 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 19443 LNS 68915 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5456

Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

775 ILCS 5/3-102.2 new

Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a commercial residential property owner to discriminate against a housing grant recipient on the basis of credit score or debt obligation. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning human rights.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by adding Section 3-102.2 as follows:

(775 ILCS 5/3-102.2 new)

Sec. 3-102.2. Credit score or debt obligation. It is a civil rights violation for a commercial residential property owner to discriminate against a housing grant recipient on the basis of credit score or debt obligation.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.