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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 3-102.10 and 3-106 and by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 3-102.2 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (775 ILCS 5/3-102.2 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 3-102.2. Civil rights violations; conviction record. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (A) It is a civil rights violation to inquire into a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | person's conviction record as defined under subsection (G-5) | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of Section 1-103 prior to making a conditional offer to sell, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | lease, or rent real property. As used in this Section, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "conditional offer" means an offer to sell, lease, or rent | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | real property contingent on conducting a criminal history | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | check or criminal background check. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (B) Unless otherwise authorized by law, it is a civil | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | rights violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | salesman, because of conviction record, to: | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (1) refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | a person or to discriminate in making available such a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | transaction; | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (2) alter the terms, conditions, or privilege of a |
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1 | real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities | ||||||
2 | or services in connection therewith; | ||||||
3 | (3) refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona | ||||||
4 | fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a | ||||||
5 | person; | ||||||
6 | (4) refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction | ||||||
7 | with a person; | ||||||
8 | (5) represent to a person that real property is not | ||||||
9 | available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in | ||||||
10 | fact it is so available, or to fail to bring a property | ||||||
11 | listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to permit him | ||||||
12 | or her to inspect real property; | ||||||
13 | (6) make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish, or | ||||||
14 | cause to be made, printed, circulated, posted, mailed, or | ||||||
15 | published any notice, statement, advertisement, or sign, | ||||||
16 | or use a form of application for a real estate | ||||||
17 | transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection | ||||||
18 | with a prospective real estate transaction, that indicates | ||||||
19 | any preference or limitation, or an intention to make any | ||||||
20 | such preference, limitation, or discrimination; or | ||||||
21 | (7) offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing | ||||||
22 | of real property with knowledge that discrimination in a | ||||||
23 | real estate transaction is intended. | ||||||
24 | (C) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require | ||||||
25 | an owner or any other person to conduct a criminal history | ||||||
26 | check or criminal background check after making a conditional |
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1 | offer to sell, lease, or rent real property. Unless otherwise | ||||||
2 | authorized by law, it is a civil rights violation to use a | ||||||
3 | conviction record as a basis to rescind a conditional offer to | ||||||
4 | sell, lease, or rent real property, unless: | ||||||
5 | (1) there is a substantial relationship between one or | ||||||
6 | more of the previous criminal offenses and the offer made; | ||||||
7 | (2) the granting or continuation of the offer would | ||||||
8 | involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety | ||||||
9 | or welfare of specific individuals or the general public; | ||||||
10 | or | ||||||
11 | (3) the use is otherwise authorized by law. | ||||||
12 | As used in this subsection, "substantial relationship" | ||||||
13 | means a consideration of whether the conditional offer | ||||||
14 | presents an opportunity for the same or a similar offense to | ||||||
15 | occur and whether the circumstances leading to the conduct for | ||||||
16 | which the person was convicted will recur as a result of the | ||||||
17 | offer. | ||||||
18 | (D) In making a determination pursuant to subsection (C), | ||||||
19 | an owner or any other person who elects to, or is otherwise | ||||||
20 | required to, consider a person's conviction record in | ||||||
21 | connection with a conditional offer shall consider the | ||||||
22 | following factors before making a preliminary decision that | ||||||
23 | the conviction record is disqualifying: | ||||||
24 | (1) the nature and severity of the conduct underlying | ||||||
25 | the conviction; | ||||||
26 | (2) whether the nature of the conviction presents a |
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1 | direct threat to the health or safety of other tenants or | ||||||
2 | to the property; | ||||||
3 | (3) the terms of the sentence; | ||||||
4 | (4) the number of convictions on the person's record; | ||||||
5 | (5) the age of the person at the time of the | ||||||
6 | conviction; | ||||||
7 | (6) the length of time since the conviction; and | ||||||
8 | (7) evidence of rehabilitation. | ||||||
9 | (E) If, after considering the factors in subsection (C), | ||||||
10 | the owner or any other person making the conditional offer | ||||||
11 | makes a preliminary decision that the conviction record is | ||||||
12 | disqualifying, the owner or person making the conditional | ||||||
13 | offer shall provide written notification to the disqualified | ||||||
14 | person within 5 business days which shall contain the | ||||||
15 | following: | ||||||
16 | (1) notice of the disqualifying conviction or | ||||||
17 | convictions that are the basis of the preliminary decision | ||||||
18 | and the reasons for the disqualification; | ||||||
19 | (2) a copy of the conviction record or other | ||||||
20 | information relied upon to make the preliminary decision | ||||||
21 | to disqualify; and | ||||||
22 | (3) an explanation of the disqualified person's right | ||||||
23 | to respond to the decision of the owner or any other person | ||||||
24 | making the conditional offer before the preliminary | ||||||
25 | decision becomes final. The explanation shall inform the | ||||||
26 | disqualified person that the response may include, but is |
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1 | not limited to, submission of evidence challenging the | ||||||
2 | accuracy of the conviction record that is the basis for | ||||||
3 | the disqualification, or evidence of mitigation, such as | ||||||
4 | rehabilitation. | ||||||
5 | (F) The disqualified person shall have at least 5 business | ||||||
6 | days to respond to the notification as provided under | ||||||
7 | subsection (D). | ||||||
8 | (G) The owner or person making the conditional offer shall | ||||||
9 | consider information submitted by the disqualified person | ||||||
10 | before making a final decision. If an owner or any other person | ||||||
11 | making the conditional offer makes a final decision based on | ||||||
12 | the disqualified person's conviction record, the owner or any | ||||||
13 | other person making the conditional offer shall provide | ||||||
14 | written notification to the disqualified person within 5 | ||||||
15 | business days which shall contain the following: | ||||||
16 | (1) notice of the disqualifying conviction or | ||||||
17 | convictions that are the basis of the final decision and | ||||||
18 | the reasons for the disqualification; | ||||||
19 | (2) any existing procedure the owner or any other | ||||||
20 | person making the conditional offer has for the | ||||||
21 | disqualified person to challenge the decision or request | ||||||
22 | reconsideration; and | ||||||
23 | (3) the right to file a charge with the Department. | ||||||
24 | (775 ILCS 5/3-102.10) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 3-102.10. Third-party loan modification service |
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1 | provider. | ||||||
2 | (A) It is a civil rights violation for a third-party loan | ||||||
3 | modification service provider, because of unlawful | ||||||
4 | discrimination, familial status, immigration status, source of | ||||||
5 | income, or an arrest record, or a conviction record, to: | ||||||
6 | (1) refuse to engage in loan modification services; | ||||||
7 | (2) alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such | ||||||
8 | services; or | ||||||
9 | (3) discriminate in making such services available, | ||||||
10 | including, but not limited to, by making a statement, | ||||||
11 | advertisement, representation, inquiry, listing, offer, or | ||||||
12 | solicitation that indicates a preference or the intention | ||||||
13 | to make such a preference in making such services | ||||||
14 | available. | ||||||
15 | (B) For purposes of this Section, "third-party loan | ||||||
16 | modification service provider" means a person or entity, | ||||||
17 | whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of | ||||||
18 | receiving consideration, provides assistance or services to a | ||||||
19 | loan borrower to obtain a modification to a term of an existing | ||||||
20 | real estate loan or to obtain foreclosure relief. "Third-party | ||||||
21 | loan modification service provider" does not include lenders, | ||||||
22 | brokers or appraisers of mortgage loans, or the servicers, | ||||||
23 | subsidiaries, affiliates, or agents of the lender. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 102-362, eff. 1-1-22; 103-232, eff. 1-1-24 .) | ||||||
25 | (775 ILCS 5/3-106) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-106) |
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1 | Sec. 3-106. Exemptions. Nothing contained in Sections | ||||||
2 | Section 3-102 and 3-102.2 shall prohibit: | ||||||
3 | (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes. | ||||||
4 | (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so | ||||||
5 | long as the following criteria are met: | ||||||
6 | (a) The owner does not own or have a beneficial | ||||||
7 | interest in more than 3 single family homes at the time | ||||||
8 | of the sale; | ||||||
9 | (b) The owner or a member of the owner's family was | ||||||
10 | the last current resident of the home; | ||||||
11 | (c) The home is sold without the use in any manner | ||||||
12 | of the sales or rental facilities or services of any | ||||||
13 | real estate broker or salesman, or of any employee or | ||||||
14 | agent of any real estate broker or salesman; | ||||||
15 | (d) The home is sold without the publication, | ||||||
16 | posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement | ||||||
17 | or written notice in violation of paragraph (F) of | ||||||
18 | Section 3-102. | ||||||
19 | (2) This exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of | ||||||
20 | Section 3-102. | ||||||
21 | (B) Apartments. Rental of a housing accommodation in a | ||||||
22 | building which contains housing accommodations for not more | ||||||
23 | than 4 families living independently of each other, if the | ||||||
24 | owner resides in one of the housing accommodations. This | ||||||
25 | exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102. | ||||||
26 | (C) Private Rooms. Rental of a room or rooms in a private |
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1 | home by an owner if the owner or a member of the owner's family | ||||||
2 | resides therein or, while absent for a period of not more than | ||||||
3 | 12 months, if the owner or a member of the owner's family | ||||||
4 | intends to return to reside therein. This exemption does not | ||||||
5 | apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102. | ||||||
6 | (D) Reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions | ||||||
7 | regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy | ||||||
8 | a dwelling. | ||||||
9 | (E) Religious Organizations. A religious organization, | ||||||
10 | association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or | ||||||
11 | organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in | ||||||
12 | conjunction with a religious organization, association, or | ||||||
13 | society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of a | ||||||
14 | dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial | ||||||
15 | purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving | ||||||
16 | preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion | ||||||
17 | is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. | ||||||
18 | (F) Sex. Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing | ||||||
19 | accommodation to persons of one sex. | ||||||
20 | (G) Persons Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses. Conduct | ||||||
21 | against a person because such person has been convicted by any | ||||||
22 | court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or | ||||||
23 | distribution of a controlled substance as defined in Section | ||||||
24 | 102 of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). | ||||||
25 | (H) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing | ||||||
26 | appraisals of real property from taking into consideration |
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1 | factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or | ||||||
2 | familial status or source of income in furnishing appraisals. | ||||||
3 | (H-1) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building | ||||||
4 | with 4 or fewer units (including the unit in which the owner | ||||||
5 | resides) from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a | ||||||
6 | person based upon that person's sexual orientation or | ||||||
7 | conviction record . | ||||||
8 | (I) Housing for Older Persons. No provision in this | ||||||
9 | Article regarding familial status shall apply with respect to | ||||||
10 | housing for older persons. | ||||||
11 | (1) As used in this Section, "housing for older | ||||||
12 | persons" means housing: | ||||||
13 | (a) provided under any State or Federal program | ||||||
14 | that the Department determines is specifically | ||||||
15 | designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as | ||||||
16 | defined in the State or Federal program); or | ||||||
17 | (b) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons | ||||||
18 | 62 years of age or older; or | ||||||
19 | (c) intended and operated for occupancy by persons | ||||||
20 | 55 years of age or older and: | ||||||
21 | (i) at least 80% of the occupied units are | ||||||
22 | occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of | ||||||
23 | age or older; | ||||||
24 | (ii) the housing facility or community | ||||||
25 | publishes and adheres to policies and procedures | ||||||
26 | that demonstrate the intent required under this |
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1 | subdivision (c); and | ||||||
2 | (iii) the housing facility or community | ||||||
3 | complies with rules adopted by the Department for | ||||||
4 | verification of occupancy, which shall: | ||||||
5 | (aa) provide for verification by reliable | ||||||
6 | surveys and affidavits; and | ||||||
7 | (bb) include examples of the types of | ||||||
8 | policies and procedures relevant to a | ||||||
9 | determination of compliance with the | ||||||
10 | requirement of clause (ii). | ||||||
11 | These surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in | ||||||
12 | administrative and judicial proceedings for the purposes | ||||||
13 | of such verification. | ||||||
14 | (2) Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements | ||||||
15 | for housing for older persons by reason of: | ||||||
16 | (a) persons residing in such housing as of the | ||||||
17 | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989 who do | ||||||
18 | not meet the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or | ||||||
19 | (c); provided, that new occupants of such housing meet | ||||||
20 | the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of | ||||||
21 | this subsection; or | ||||||
22 | (b) unoccupied units; provided, that such units | ||||||
23 | are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the age | ||||||
24 | requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of this | ||||||
25 | subsection. | ||||||
26 | (3)(a) A person shall not be held personally liable |
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1 | for monetary damages for a violation of this Article if | ||||||
2 | the person reasonably relied, in good faith, on the | ||||||
3 | application of the exemption under this subsection (I) | ||||||
4 | relating to housing for older persons. | ||||||
5 | (b) For the purposes of this item (3), a person may | ||||||
6 | show good faith reliance on the application of the | ||||||
7 | exemption only by showing that: | ||||||
8 | (i) the person has no actual knowledge that the | ||||||
9 | facility or community is not, or will not be, eligible | ||||||
10 | for the exemption; and | ||||||
11 | (ii) the facility or community has stated | ||||||
12 | formally, in writing, that the facility or community | ||||||
13 | complies with the requirements for the exemption. | ||||||
14 | (J) Child Sex Offender Refusal to Rent. Refusal of a child | ||||||
15 | sex offender who owns and resides at residential real estate | ||||||
16 | to rent any residential unit within the same building in which | ||||||
17 | the child sex offender resides to a person who is the parent or | ||||||
18 | guardian of a child or children under 18 years of age. | ||||||
19 | (K) Arrest Records. Inquiry into or the use of an arrest | ||||||
20 | record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State | ||||||
21 | or federal law. | ||||||
22 | (K-5) Conviction Record. Inquiry into or the use of a | ||||||
23 | conviction record if the inquiry or use is otherwise | ||||||
24 | authorized by State or federal law. | ||||||
25 | (K-10) Sex Offender Conviction Records. Use of a criminal | ||||||
26 | conviction that results in a current sex offender registration |
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1 | requirement pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | similar law in another jurisdiction, or a current child sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | offender residency restriction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | (L) Financial Institutions. A financial institution as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | defined in Article 4 from considering source of income or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | immigration status in a real estate transaction in compliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | with State or federal law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (M) Immigration Status. Inquiry into or the use of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | immigration status if the inquiry or use is in compliance with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State or federal law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 102-896, eff. 1-1-23; 103-232, eff. 1-1-24 .) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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