Full Text of SB2990 103rd General Assembly
SB2990 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2990 Introduced 1/31/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 775 ILCS 5/3-102 | from Ch. 68, par. 3-102 | 775 ILCS 5/3-106 | from Ch. 68, par. 3-106 |
| Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it a violation of the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Act to unlawfully discriminate using credit score and history, including insufficient credit history. Limits these provisions to landlord and tenant agreements only. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning property. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3-102 and 3-106 as follows: | 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/3-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-102) | 7 | | Sec. 3-102. Civil rights violations; real estate | 8 | | transactions and other prohibited acts. It is a civil rights | 9 | | violation for an owner or any other person, or for a real | 10 | | estate broker or salesman, because of unlawful discrimination, | 11 | | familial status, immigration status, source of income, credit | 12 | | score and history including insufficient credit history, or an | 13 | | arrest record, as defined under subsection (B-5) of Section | 14 | | 1-103, to: | 15 | | (A) Transactions. Refuse to engage in a real estate | 16 | | transaction with a person or to discriminate in making | 17 | | available such a transaction; | 18 | | (B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges | 19 | | of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of | 20 | | facilities or services in connection therewith; | 21 | | (C) Offers. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a | 22 | | bona fide offer in a real estate transaction from a | 23 | | person; |
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| 1 | | (D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate a real estate | 2 | | transaction with a person; | 3 | | (E) Representations. Represent to a person that real | 4 | | property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or | 5 | | lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring | 6 | | a property listing to the person's attention, or to refuse | 7 | | to permit the person to inspect real property; | 8 | | (F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, circulate, | 9 | | post, mail, publish or cause to be made, printed, | 10 | | circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice, | 11 | | statement, advertisement or sign, or use a form of | 12 | | application for a real estate transaction, or make a | 13 | | record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real | 14 | | estate transaction, that indicates any preference, | 15 | | limitation, or discrimination based on unlawful | 16 | | discrimination or unlawful discrimination based on | 17 | | familial status, immigration status, source of income, or | 18 | | an arrest record, or an intention to make any such | 19 | | preference, limitation, or discrimination; | 20 | | (G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a | 21 | | listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful | 22 | | discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial | 23 | | status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest | 24 | | record in a real estate transaction is intended. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-896, eff. 1-1-23; 103-232, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
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| 1 | | (775 ILCS 5/3-106) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-106) | 2 | | Sec. 3-106. Exemptions. Nothing contained in Section 3-102 | 3 | | shall prohibit: | 4 | | (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes. | 5 | | (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so | 6 | | long as the following criteria are met: | 7 | | (a) The owner does not own or have a beneficial | 8 | | interest in more than 3 single family homes at the time | 9 | | of the sale; | 10 | | (b) The owner or a member of the owner's family was | 11 | | the last current resident of the home; | 12 | | (c) The home is sold without the use in any manner | 13 | | of the sales or rental facilities or services of any | 14 | | real estate broker or salesman, or of any employee or | 15 | | agent of any real estate broker or salesman; | 16 | | (d) The home is sold without the publication, | 17 | | posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement | 18 | | or written notice in violation of paragraph (F) of | 19 | | Section 3-102. | 20 | | (2) This exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of | 21 | | Section 3-102. | 22 | | (B) Apartments. Rental of a housing accommodation in a | 23 | | building which contains housing accommodations for not more | 24 | | than 4 families living independently of each other, if the | 25 | | owner resides in one of the housing accommodations. This | 26 | | exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102. |
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| 1 | | (C) Private Rooms. Rental of a room or rooms in a private | 2 | | home by an owner if the owner or a member of the owner's family | 3 | | resides therein or, while absent for a period of not more than | 4 | | 12 months, if the owner or a member of the owner's family | 5 | | intends to return to reside therein. This exemption does not | 6 | | apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102. | 7 | | (D) Reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions | 8 | | regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy | 9 | | a dwelling. | 10 | | (E) Religious Organizations. A religious organization, | 11 | | association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or | 12 | | organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in | 13 | | conjunction with a religious organization, association, or | 14 | | society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of a | 15 | | dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial | 16 | | purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving | 17 | | preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion | 18 | | is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. | 19 | | (F) Sex. Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing | 20 | | accommodation to persons of one sex. | 21 | | (G) Persons Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses. Conduct | 22 | | against a person because such person has been convicted by any | 23 | | court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or | 24 | | distribution of a controlled substance as defined in Section | 25 | | 102 of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). | 26 | | (H) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing |
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| 1 | | appraisals of real property from taking into consideration | 2 | | factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or | 3 | | familial status or source of income in furnishing appraisals. | 4 | | (H-1) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building | 5 | | with 4 or fewer units (including the unit in which the owner | 6 | | resides) from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a | 7 | | person based upon that person's sexual orientation. | 8 | | (I) Housing for Older Persons. No provision in this | 9 | | Article regarding familial status shall apply with respect to | 10 | | housing for older persons. | 11 | | (1) As used in this Section, "housing for older | 12 | | persons" means housing: | 13 | | (a) provided under any State or Federal program | 14 | | that the Department determines is specifically | 15 | | designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as | 16 | | defined in the State or Federal program); or | 17 | | (b) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons | 18 | | 62 years of age or older; or | 19 | | (c) intended and operated for occupancy by persons | 20 | | 55 years of age or older and: | 21 | | (i) at least 80% of the occupied units are | 22 | | occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of | 23 | | age or older; | 24 | | (ii) the housing facility or community | 25 | | publishes and adheres to policies and procedures | 26 | | that demonstrate the intent required under this |
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| 1 | | subdivision (c); and | 2 | | (iii) the housing facility or community | 3 | | complies with rules adopted by the Department for | 4 | | verification of occupancy, which shall: | 5 | | (aa) provide for verification by reliable | 6 | | surveys and affidavits; and | 7 | | (bb) include examples of the types of | 8 | | policies and procedures relevant to a | 9 | | determination of compliance with the | 10 | | requirement of clause (ii). | 11 | | These surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in | 12 | | administrative and judicial proceedings for the purposes | 13 | | of such verification. | 14 | | (2) Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements | 15 | | for housing for older persons by reason of: | 16 | | (a) persons residing in such housing as of the | 17 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989 who do | 18 | | not meet the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or | 19 | | (c); provided, that new occupants of such housing meet | 20 | | the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of | 21 | | this subsection; or | 22 | | (b) unoccupied units; provided, that such units | 23 | | are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the age | 24 | | requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of this | 25 | | subsection. | 26 | | (3)(a) A person shall not be held personally liable |
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| 1 | | for monetary damages for a violation of this Article if | 2 | | the person reasonably relied, in good faith, on the | 3 | | application of the exemption under this subsection (I) | 4 | | relating to housing for older persons. | 5 | | (b) For the purposes of this item (3), a person may | 6 | | show good faith reliance on the application of the | 7 | | exemption only by showing that: | 8 | | (i) the person has no actual knowledge that the | 9 | | facility or community is not, or will not be, eligible | 10 | | for the exemption; and | 11 | | (ii) the facility or community has stated | 12 | | formally, in writing, that the facility or community | 13 | | complies with the requirements for the exemption. | 14 | | (J) Child Sex Offender Refusal to Rent. Refusal of a child | 15 | | sex offender who owns and resides at residential real estate | 16 | | to rent any residential unit within the same building in which | 17 | | the child sex offender resides to a person who is the parent or | 18 | | guardian of a child or children under 18 years of age. | 19 | | (K) Arrest Records. Inquiry into or the use of an arrest | 20 | | record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State | 21 | | or federal law. | 22 | | (L) Financial Institutions. A financial institution as | 23 | | defined in Article 4 from considering source of income or | 24 | | immigration status in a real estate transaction in compliance | 25 | | with State or federal law. | 26 | | (M) Immigration Status. Inquiry into or the use of |
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| 1 | | immigration status if the inquiry or use is in compliance with | 2 | | State or federal law. | 3 | | (N | | | ) Credit Reports. The consideration and use of credit | 4 | | scores and credit history including insufficient credit | 5 | | history is prohibited only for landlord and tenant agreements. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 102-896, eff. 1-1-23; 103-232, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
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