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775 ILCS 5/1-102

    (775 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-785)
    Sec. 1-102. Declaration of policy. It is the public policy of this State:
        (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure

for all individuals within Illinois the freedom from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service in connection with employment, real estate transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations, including in elementary, secondary, and higher education.

(B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and

Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education. To prevent sexual harassment in employment and sexual harassment in elementary, secondary, and higher education.

(C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship

Status-Employment. To prevent discrimination based on citizenship status in employment.

(C-5) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Work

Authorization Status-Employment. To prevent discrimination based on the specific status or term of status that accompanies a legal work authorization.

(D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial

Status or Source of Income-Real Estate Transactions. To prevent discrimination based on familial status or source of income in real estate transactions.

(E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the

public health, welfare and safety by protecting the interest of all people in Illinois in maintaining personal dignity, in realizing their full productive capacities, and in furthering their interests, rights and privileges as citizens of this State.

(F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To

secure and guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.

(G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To

establish Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of this State in all of its decisions, programs and activities, and to assure that all State departments, boards, commissions and instrumentalities rigorously take affirmative action to provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the effects of past discrimination in the internal affairs of State government and in their relations with the public.

(H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this

State against unfounded charges of prohibited discrimination in employment, real estate transactions, financial credit, and public accommodations, including in elementary, secondary, and higher education.

(Source: P.A. 102-233, eff. 8-2-21; 102-896, eff. 1-1-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-785)
    Sec. 1-102. Declaration of policy. It is the public policy of this State:
        (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure

for all individuals within Illinois the freedom from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, or unfavorable discharge from military service in connection with employment, real estate transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations, including in elementary, secondary, and higher education.