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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1279 Introduced 2/3/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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775 ILCS 5/5-103 | from Ch. 68, par. 5-103 |
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Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Removes a provision providing that nothing in the Article applies to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open
to the public, except to the extent that the goods, services, facilities,
privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the establishment are made
available to the customers or patrons of another establishment that is a
place of public accommodation.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1279 | | LRB103 29187 LNS 55574 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-103 as follows:
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| 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/5-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-103)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-103. Exemption. Nothing in this Article shall apply |
| 8 | | to:
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| 9 | | (A) (Blank). Private Club. A private club, or other |
| 10 | | establishment not in fact open
to the public, except to the |
| 11 | | extent that the goods, services, facilities,
privileges, |
| 12 | | advantages, or accommodations of the establishment are made
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| 13 | | available to the customers or patrons of another establishment |
| 14 | | that is a
place of public accommodation.
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| 15 | | (B) Facilities Distinctly Private. Any facility, as to |
| 16 | | discrimination
based on sex, which is distinctly private in |
| 17 | | nature such as restrooms, shower
rooms, bath houses, health |
| 18 | | clubs and other similar facilities for which
the Department, |
| 19 | | in its rules and regulations, may grant exemptions based
on |
| 20 | | bona fide considerations of public policy.
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| 21 | | (C) Inn, Hotel, Rooming House. Any facility, as to |
| 22 | | discrimination based
on sex, which restricts the rental of |
| 23 | | rooms to individuals of one sex.
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