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HB 8 Illinois House · 98th Regular Session

HUM RTS-PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATE

Summary
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to employment, it is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if she so requests, with the advice of her health care provider. Provides that the term "reasonable accommodations" means actions which would permit such an employee to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation including an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and modified work schedule. Provides that the reasonable accommodations shall be undertaken provided that those actions do not impose an undue hardship on the business, program, or enterprise of the entity from which the actions are requested.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2014
Committee Review
May 2014
House Passage
May 2014
Senate Passage
May 2014
Signed into Law
Aug 2014
Introduced Apr 11, 2014 Signed Aug 26, 2014
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2014 · House May 28, 2014

How they voted

45–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 47
May 20, 2014
D Democratic30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican17
16 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
101
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
11
Aug 26, 2014
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 28, 2014
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 28, 2014
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
lower
May 26, 2014
Lower · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
lower
May 21, 2014
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 21, 2014
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary E. Flowers
lower
May 20, 2014
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
lower
May 20, 2014
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 20, 2014
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hutchinson
upper
May 20, 2014
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (45-0-2)
senate
May 14, 2014
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
upper
May 14, 2014
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
upper
May 14, 2014
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
May 14, 2014
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
upper
May 8, 2014
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 009-000-004
upper
May 1, 2014
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Apr 11, 2014
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 11, 2014
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 10, 2014
Amended
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
Apr 9, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
lower
Apr 9, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 012-006-000
lower
Apr 7, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 3, 2014
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 3, 2014
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler
lower
Apr 2, 2014
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 2, 2014
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
lower
0 primary · 15 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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