HUMAN RIGHTS-REAL ESTATE
Summary
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation, because of immigration status, to: refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or otherwise make unavailable or deny real property; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of a real estate transaction; refuse to receive or fail to transmit a bona fide offer in a real estate transaction from a person; refuse to negotiate a real estate transaction with a person; represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease, fail to bring a property listing to a person's attention, or refuse to permit a person to inspect real property; make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish, or cause such actions, any notice, statement, advertisement, or sign, use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on immigration status, or an intention to make such preference, limitation, or discrimination; offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that discrimination based on immigration status in a real estate transaction is intended; refuse to engage in loan modification services; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of loan modification services; discriminate in making loan modification services available; solicit for sale, lease, listing, or purchase any residential real estate on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person of any particular immigration status; distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease property because of any present or prospective changes in the immigration status of residents in the vicinity of the property involved; or intentionally create alarm by transmitting communications to induce any owner of residential real estate to sell or lease property because of any present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person of any particular immigration status. Provides that nothing prohibits inquiry into or the use of immigration status if the inquiry or use is otherwise required by federal law. Makes other changes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2023
Last action Mar 27, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 27, 2023
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
lower
Mar 17, 2023
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 17, 2023
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 008-004-000
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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