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SB 679 Illinois Senate · 93rd Regular Session

HUMAN RTS-LANGUAGE-WORKPLACE

Summary
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless the language restriction is justified by a business necessity and the employer has notified its employees of (i) the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed and (ii) the consequences for violating the language restriction. Defines "business necessity".
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2003
Committee Review
May 2003
Senate Passage
May 2003
House Passage
May 2003
Signed into Law
Jul 2003
Introduced Mar 20, 2003 Signed Jul 18, 2003
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2003 · House May 21, 2003

How they voted

44–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 45
May 29, 2003
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Amendments
6
Jul 18, 2003
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 29, 2003
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 29, 2003
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
upper
May 28, 2003
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 007-000-000
upper
May 28, 2003
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary
upper
May 22, 2003
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
upper
May 22, 2003
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
upper
May 22, 2003
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
upper
May 21, 2003
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-1-1)
house
May 20, 2003
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
lower
May 14, 2003
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
lower
May 13, 2003
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 13, 2003
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
lower
May 1, 2003
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000
lower
Mar 31, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Mar 26, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 20, 2003
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 13, 2003
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
upper
Feb 26, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 19, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

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