Full Text of SB1847 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to | 5 | | as the CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for | 6 | | Natural Hair) Act. | 7 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 1-103 as follows: | 9 | | (775 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103) | 10 | | Sec. 1-103. General definitions. When used in this Act, | 11 | | unless the
context requires otherwise, the term:
| 12 | | (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who | 13 | | is at least
40 years old, except with regard to any practice | 14 | | described in Section
2-102, insofar as that practice concerns | 15 | | training or apprenticeship
programs. In the case of training | 16 | | or apprenticeship programs, for the
purposes of Section 2-102, | 17 | | "age" means the chronological age of a person
who is 18 but not | 18 | | yet 40 years old.
| 19 | | (B) Aggrieved party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who | 20 | | is alleged
or proved to have been injured by a civil rights | 21 | | violation or believes he
or she will be injured by a civil | 22 | | rights violation under Article 3 that is
about to occur.
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| 1 | | (B-5) Arrest record. "Arrest record" means: | 2 | | (1) an arrest not leading to a conviction; | 3 | | (2) a juvenile record; or | 4 | | (3) criminal history record information ordered | 5 | | expunged, sealed, or impounded under Section 5.2 of the | 6 | | Criminal Identification Act. | 7 | | (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the | 8 | | Department
by an aggrieved party or initiated by the | 9 | | Department under its
authority.
| 10 | | (D) Civil rights violation. "Civil rights violation" | 11 | | includes and
shall be limited to only those specific acts set | 12 | | forth in Sections
2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-102.1, 3-103, | 13 | | 3-104, 3-104.1, 3-105, 3-105.1, 4-102, 4-103,
5-102, 5A-102, | 14 | | 6-101, and 6-102 of this Act.
| 15 | | (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights | 16 | | Commission
created by this Act.
| 17 | | (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed | 18 | | by
the Department with the Commission following an | 19 | | investigation and
finding of substantial evidence of a civil | 20 | | rights violation.
| 21 | | (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including | 22 | | the
Department who files a charge of civil rights violation | 23 | | with the Department or
the Commission.
| 24 | | (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human | 25 | | Rights
created by this Act.
| 26 | | (I) Disability. "Disability" means a determinable physical |
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| 1 | | or mental
characteristic of a person, including, but not | 2 | | limited to, a determinable
physical characteristic which | 3 | | necessitates the person's use of a guide,
hearing or support | 4 | | dog, the history of such characteristic, or the
perception of | 5 | | such characteristic by the person complained against, which
| 6 | | may result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth | 7 | | or
functional disorder and which characteristic:
| 8 | | (1) For purposes of Article 2, is unrelated to the | 9 | | person's ability
to perform the duties of a particular job | 10 | | or position and, pursuant to
Section 2-104 of this Act, a | 11 | | person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
| 12 | | disability;
| 13 | | (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the | 14 | | person's ability
to acquire, rent, or maintain a housing | 15 | | accommodation;
| 16 | | (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a | 17 | | person's ability to
repay;
| 18 | | (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a | 19 | | person's ability to
utilize and benefit from a place of | 20 | | public accommodation;
| 21 | | (5) For purposes of Article 5, also includes any | 22 | | mental, psychological, or developmental disability, | 23 | | including autism spectrum disorders. | 24 | | (J) Marital status. "Marital status" means the legal | 25 | | status of being
married, single, separated, divorced, or | 26 | | widowed.
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| 1 | | (J-1) Military status. "Military status" means a person's | 2 | | status on
active duty in or status as a veteran of the armed | 3 | | forces of the United States, status as a current member or | 4 | | veteran of any
reserve component of the armed forces of the | 5 | | United States, including the United
States Army Reserve, | 6 | | United States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy
| 7 | | Reserve, United States Air Force Reserve, and United States | 8 | | Coast Guard
Reserve, or status as a current member or veteran | 9 | | of the Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National
| 10 | | Guard.
| 11 | | (K) National origin. "National origin" means the place in | 12 | | which a
person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
| 13 | | (K-5) "Order of protection status" means a person's status | 14 | | as being a person protected under an order of protection | 15 | | issued pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, | 16 | | Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the | 17 | | Stalking No Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order | 18 | | Act, or an order of protection issued by a court of another | 19 | | state. | 20 | | (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals, | 21 | | partnerships,
associations or organizations, labor | 22 | | organizations, labor unions, joint
apprenticeship committees, | 23 | | or union labor associations, corporations, the
State of | 24 | | Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, | 25 | | units
of local government, legal representatives, trustees in | 26 | | bankruptcy
or receivers.
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| 1 | | (L-5) Pregnancy. "Pregnancy" means pregnancy, childbirth, | 2 | | or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or | 3 | | childbirth. | 4 | | (M) Public contract. "Public contract" includes every | 5 | | contract to which the
State, any of its political | 6 | | subdivisions, or any municipal corporation is a
party.
| 7 | | (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious | 8 | | observance
and practice, as well as belief, except that with | 9 | | respect to employers, for
the purposes of Article 2, | 10 | | "religion" has the meaning ascribed to it in
paragraph (F) of | 11 | | Section 2-101.
| 12 | | (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
| 13 | | (O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means | 14 | | actual or
perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, | 15 | | bisexuality, or gender-related identity,
whether or not | 16 | | traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
| 17 | | birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or | 18 | | sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
| 19 | | (P) Unfavorable military discharge. "Unfavorable military | 20 | | discharge"
includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the | 21 | | United States, their
Reserve components, or any National Guard | 22 | | or Naval Militia which are
classified as RE-3 or the | 23 | | equivalent thereof, but does not include those
characterized | 24 | | as RE-4 or "Dishonorable".
| 25 | | (Q) Unlawful discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination" | 26 | | means discrimination
against a person because of his or her |
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| 1 | | actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin,
| 2 | | ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection | 3 | | status, disability, military status, sexual
orientation, | 4 | | pregnancy,
or unfavorable
discharge from military service as | 5 | | those terms are defined in this Section.
As used in Articles 2 | 6 | | and 5A of this Act, "race" includes traits historically | 7 | | associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair | 8 | | texture and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and | 9 | | twists.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 100-714, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | 11 | | 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-565, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-18-19.)
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