101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3640

 

Introduced , by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-7.1  from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1
775 ILCS 5/1-101.1
775 ILCS 5/1-102  from Ch. 68, par. 1-102
775 ILCS 5/1-103  from Ch. 68, par. 1-103
775 ILCS 5/3-103  from Ch. 68, par. 3-103
775 ILCS 5/3-106  from Ch. 68, par. 3-106

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Deletes language from the definition of "sexual orientation" concerning gender identity. Provides that "gender identity" means a person's deeply felt, inherent sense of who the person is as a particular gender and that a person's gender identity may be the same or different from the sex of the person assigned at birth. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes gender identity (rather than just gender) within the definition of a hate crime. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gender identity.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 12-7.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
7    Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
8    (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the
9actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
10gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental
11disability, or national origin of another individual or group
12of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other
13motivating factor or factors, he or she commits assault,
14battery, aggravated assault, intimidation, stalking,
15cyberstalking, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to
16residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal
17trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob
18action, disorderly conduct, transmission of obscene messages,
19harassment by telephone, or harassment through electronic
20communications as these crimes are defined in Sections 12-1,
2112-2, 12-3(a), 12-7.3, 12-7.5, 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3,
2225-1, 26-1, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and
23(a)(3) of Section 12-6, and paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(5) of

 

 

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1Section 26.5-3 of this Code, respectively.
2    (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a
3Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a
4second or subsequent offense.
5    (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense
6and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense if
7committed:
8        (1) in, or upon the exterior or grounds of, a church,
9    synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
10    identified or associated with a particular religion or used
11    for religious worship or other religious purpose;
12        (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for
13    the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
14        (3) in a school or other educational facility,
15    including an administrative facility or public or private
16    dormitory facility of or associated with the school or
17    other educational facility;
18        (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious
19    community center;
20        (5) on the real property comprising any location
21    specified in clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection
22    (b-5); or
23        (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real
24    property comprising any location specified in clauses (1)
25    through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
26    (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court

 

 

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1shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or
2impose a fine in an amount to be determined by the court based
3on the severity of the crime and the injury or damages suffered
4by the victim. In addition, any order of probation or
5conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an
6adjudication of delinquency shall include a condition that the
7offender perform public or community service of no less than
8200 hours if that service is established in the county where
9the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any
10order of probation or conditional discharge entered following a
11conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a
12condition that the offender enroll in an educational program
13discouraging hate crimes involving the protected class
14identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to the offense the
15offender committed. The educational program must be attended by
16the offender in-person and may be administered, as determined
17by the court, by a university, college, community college,
18non-profit organization, the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide
19Commission, or any other organization that provides
20educational programs discouraging hate crimes, except that
21programs administered online or that can otherwise be attended
22remotely are prohibited. The court may also impose any other
23condition of probation or conditional discharge under this
24Section. If the court sentences the offender to imprisonment or
25periodic imprisonment for a violation of this Section, as a
26condition of the offender's mandatory supervised release, the

 

 

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1court shall require that the offender perform public or
2community service of no less than 200 hours and enroll in an
3educational program discouraging hate crimes involving the
4protected class identified in subsection (a) that gave rise to
5the offense the offender committed.
6    (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
7of a criminal prosecution, any person suffering injury to his
8or her person, damage to his or her property, intimidation as
9defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section
1012-6 of this Code, stalking as defined in Section 12-7.3 of
11this Code, cyberstalking as defined in Section 12-7.5 of this
12Code, disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of
13Section 26-1 of this Code, transmission of obscene messages as
14defined in Section 26.5-1 of this Code, harassment by telephone
15as defined in Section 26.5-2 of this Code, or harassment
16through electronic communications as defined in paragraphs
17(a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code as a result of
18a hate crime may bring a civil action for damages, injunction
19or other appropriate relief. The court may award actual
20damages, including damages for emotional distress, as well as
21punitive damages. The court may impose a civil penalty up to
22$25,000 for each violation of this subsection (c). A judgment
23in favor of a person who brings a civil action under this
24subsection (c) shall include attorney's fees and costs. After
25consulting with the local State's Attorney, the Attorney
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1the State for an injunction or other equitable relief under
2this subsection (c). In addition, the Attorney General may
3request and the court may impose a civil penalty up to $25,000
4for each violation under this subsection (c). The parents or
5legal guardians, other than guardians appointed pursuant to the
6Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, of an
7unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount of any
8judgment for all damages rendered against such minor under this
9subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount provided
10under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
11    (d) "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
12paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights
13Act. "Gender identity" has the meaning provided in Section
141-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
15(Source: P.A. 99-77, eff. 1-1-16; 100-197, eff. 1-1-18;
16100-260, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
17    Section 10. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
18changing Sections 1-101.1, 1-102, 1-103, 3-103, and 3-106 as
19follows:
 
20    (775 ILCS 5/1-101.1)
21    Sec. 1-101.1. Construction. Nothing in this Act shall be
22construed as requiring any employer, employment agency, or
23labor organization to give preferential treatment or special
24rights based on sexual orientation or gender identity or to

 

 

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1implement affirmative action policies or programs based on
2sexual orientation or gender identity.
3(Source: P.A. 93-1078, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
4    (775 ILCS 5/1-102)  (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
5    Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy
6of this State:
7    (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all
8individuals within Illinois the freedom from discrimination
9against any individual because of his or her race, color,
10religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of
11protection status, marital status, physical or mental
12disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender
13identity, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military
14service in connection with employment, real estate
15transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability
16of public accommodations.
17    (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and
18Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education. To prevent sexual
19harassment in employment and sexual harassment in elementary,
20secondary, and higher education.
21    (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship
22Status-Employment. To prevent discrimination based on
23citizenship status in employment.
24    (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial
25Status-Real Estate Transactions. To prevent discrimination

 

 

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1based on familial status in real estate transactions.
2    (E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the
3public health, welfare and safety by protecting the interest of
4all people in Illinois in maintaining personal dignity, in
5realizing their full productive capacities, and in furthering
6their interests, rights and privileges as citizens of this
7State.
8    (F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To secure
9and guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19
10of Article I of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
11    (G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To establish
12Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of
13this State in all of its decisions, programs and activities,
14and to assure that all State departments, boards, commissions
15and instrumentalities rigorously take affirmative action to
16provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the effects of
17past discrimination in the internal affairs of State government
18and in their relations with the public.
19    (H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this State
20against unfounded charges of unlawful discrimination, sexual
21harassment in employment and sexual harassment in elementary,
22secondary, and higher education, and discrimination based on
23citizenship status in employment.
24(Source: P.A. 98-1050, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
25    (775 ILCS 5/1-103)  (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1-103. General definitions. When used in this Act,
2unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
3    (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who
4is at least 40 years old, except with regard to any practice
5described in Section 2-102, insofar as that practice concerns
6training or apprenticeship programs. In the case of training or
7apprenticeship programs, for the purposes of Section 2-102,
8"age" means the chronological age of a person who is 18 but not
9yet 40 years old.
10    (B) Aggrieved party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who
11is alleged or proved to have been injured by a civil rights
12violation or believes he or she will be injured by a civil
13rights violation under Article 3 that is about to occur.
14    (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the
15Department by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department
16under its authority.
17    (D) Civil rights violation. "Civil rights violation"
18includes and shall be limited to only those specific acts set
19forth in Sections 2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-102.1, 3-103,
203-104, 3-104.1, 3-105, 3-105.1, 4-102, 4-103, 5-102, 5A-102,
216-101, and 6-102 of this Act.
22    (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights
23Commission created by this Act.
24    (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed
25by the Department with the Commission following an
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1rights violation.
2    (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including
3the Department who files a charge of civil rights violation
4with the Department or the Commission.
5    (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human
6Rights created by this Act.
7    (I) Disability. "Disability" means a determinable physical
8or mental characteristic of a person, including, but not
9limited to, a determinable physical characteristic which
10necessitates the person's use of a guide, hearing or support
11dog, the history of such characteristic, or the perception of
12such characteristic by the person complained against, which may
13result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
14functional disorder and which characteristic:
15        (1) For purposes of Article 2, is unrelated to the
16    person's ability to perform the duties of a particular job
17    or position and, pursuant to Section 2-104 of this Act, a
18    person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
19    disability;
20        (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the
21    person's ability to acquire, rent, or maintain a housing
22    accommodation;
23        (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a
24    person's ability to repay;
25        (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a
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1    public accommodation;
2        (5) For purposes of Article 5, also includes any
3    mental, psychological, or developmental disability,
4    including autism spectrum disorders.
5    (J) Marital status. "Marital status" means the legal status
6of being married, single, separated, divorced, or widowed.
7    (J-1) Military status. "Military status" means a person's
8status on active duty in or status as a veteran of the armed
9forces of the United States, status as a current member or
10veteran of any reserve component of the armed forces of the
11United States, including the United States Army Reserve, United
12States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy Reserve, United
13States Air Force Reserve, and United States Coast Guard
14Reserve, or status as a current member or veteran of the
15Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard.
16    (K) National origin. "National origin" means the place in
17which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
18    (K-5) "Order of protection status" means a person's status
19as being a person protected under an order of protection issued
20pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, Article
21112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Stalking No
22Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act, or an
23order of protection issued by a court of another state.
24    (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals,
25partnerships, associations or organizations, labor
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1or union labor associations, corporations, the State of
2Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions,
3units of local government, legal representatives, trustees in
4bankruptcy or receivers.
5    (L-5) Pregnancy. "Pregnancy" means pregnancy, childbirth,
6or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or
7childbirth.
8    (M) Public contract. "Public contract" includes every
9contract to which the State, any of its political subdivisions,
10or any municipal corporation is a party.
11    (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious
12observance and practice, as well as belief, except that with
13respect to employers, for the purposes of Article 2, "religion"
14has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (F) of Section
152-101.
16    (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
17    (O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means
18actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or
19bisexuality, or gender-related identity, whether or not
20traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
21birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or
22sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
23    (O-2) Gender identity. "Gender identity" means a person's
24deeply felt, inherent sense of who the person is as a
25particular gender. A person's gender identity may be the same
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1    (P) Unfavorable military discharge. "Unfavorable military
2discharge" includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the
3United States, their Reserve components, or any National Guard
4or Naval Militia which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent
5thereof, but does not include those characterized as RE-4 or
6"Dishonorable".
7    (Q) Unlawful discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination"
8means discrimination against a person because of his or her
9race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex,
10marital status, order of protection status, disability,
11military status, sexual orientation, gender identity,
12pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service as
13those terms are defined in this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 100-714, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-4-18.)
 
15    (775 ILCS 5/3-103)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-103)
16    Sec. 3-103. Blockbusting. It is a civil rights violation
17for any person to:
18    (A) Solicitation. Solicit for sale, lease, listing or
19purchase any residential real estate within this State, on the
20grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective
21entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person
22or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national
23origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender
24identity, marital status, familial status or disability.
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1written material or statements designed to induce any owner of
2residential real estate in this State to sell or lease his or
3her property because of any present or prospective changes in
4the race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex,
5sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial
6status or disability of residents in the vicinity of the
7property involved.
8    (C) Creating Alarm. Intentionally create alarm, among
9residents of any community, by transmitting communications in
10any manner, including a telephone call whether or not
11conversation thereby ensues, with a design to induce any owner
12of residential real estate in this state to sell or lease his
13or her property because of any present or prospective entry
14into the vicinity of the property involved of any person or
15persons of any particular race, color, religion, national
16origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender
17identity, marital status, familial status or disability.
18(Source: P.A. 97-877, eff. 8-2-12.)
 
19    (775 ILCS 5/3-106)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-106)
20    Sec. 3-106. Exemptions. Nothing contained in Section 3-102
21shall prohibit:
22    (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes.
23        (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so
24    long as the following criteria are met:
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1        interest in more than three single family homes at the
2        time of the sale;
3            (b) The owner or a member of his or her family was
4        the last current resident of the home;
5            (c) The home is sold without the use in any manner
6        of the sales or rental facilities or services of any
7        real estate broker or salesman, or of any employee or
8        agent of any real estate broker or salesman;
9            (d) The home is sold without the publication,
10        posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement
11        or written notice in violation of paragraph (F) of
12        Section 3-102.
13        (2) This exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of
14    Section 3-102.
15    (B) Apartments. Rental of a housing accommodation in a
16building which contains housing accommodations for not more
17than 4 families living independently of each other, if the
18owner resides in one of the housing accommodations. This
19exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102.
20    (C) Private Rooms. Rental of a room or rooms in a private
21home by an owner if he or she or a member of his or her family
22resides therein or, while absent for a period of not more than
23twelve months, if he or she or a member of his or her family
24intends to return to reside therein.
25    (D) Reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions
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1dwelling.
2    (E) Religious Organizations. A religious organization,
3association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or
4organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in
5conjunction with a religious organization, association, or
6society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of a
7dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial
8purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving
9preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion
10is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.
11    (F) Sex. Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing
12accommodation to persons of one sex.
13    (G) Persons Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses. Conduct
14against a person because such person has been convicted by any
15court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or
16distribution of a controlled substance as defined in Section
17102 of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
18    (H) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing
19appraisals of real property from taking into consideration
20factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or
21familial status in furnishing appraisals.
22    (H-1) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building
23with 4 or fewer units (including the unit in which the owner
24resides) from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a
25person based upon that person's sexual orientation or gender
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1    (I) Housing for Older Persons. No provision in this Article
2regarding familial status shall apply with respect to housing
3for older persons.
4        (1) As used in this Section, "housing for older
5    persons" means housing:
6            (a) provided under any State or Federal program
7        that the Department determines is specifically
8        designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as
9        defined in the State or Federal program); or
10            (b) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons
11        62 years of age or older; or
12            (c) intended and operated for occupancy by persons
13        55 years of age or older and:
14                (i) at least 80% of the occupied units are
15            occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of
16            age or older;
17                (ii) the housing facility or community
18            publishes and adheres to policies and procedures
19            that demonstrate the intent required under this
20            subdivision (c); and
21                (iii) the housing facility or community
22            complies with rules adopted by the Department for
23            verification of occupancy, which shall:
24                    (aa) provide for verification by reliable
25                surveys and affidavits; and
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1                policies and procedures relevant to a
2                determination of compliance with the
3                requirement of clause (ii).
4        These surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in
5    administrative and judicial proceedings for the purposes
6    of such verification.
7        (2) Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements for
8    housing for older persons by reason of:
9            (a) persons residing in such housing as of the
10        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989 who do
11        not meet the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or
12        (c); provided, that new occupants of such housing meet
13        the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of
14        this subsection; or
15            (b) unoccupied units; provided, that such units
16        are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the age
17        requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of this
18        subsection.
19        (3) (a) A person shall not be held personally liable
20        for monetary damages for a violation of this Article if
21        the person reasonably relied, in good faith, on the
22        application of the exemption under this subsection (I)
23        relating to housing for older persons.
24            (b) For the purposes of this item (3), a person may
25        show good faith reliance on the application of the
26        exemption only by showing that:

 

 

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1                (i) the person has no actual knowledge that the
2            facility or community is not, or will not be,
3            eligible for the exemption; and
4                (ii) the facility or community has stated
5            formally, in writing, that the facility or
6            community complies with the requirements for the
7            exemption.
8    (J) Child Sex Offender Refusal to Rent. Refusal of a child
9sex offender who owns and resides at residential real estate to
10rent any residential unit within the same building in which he
11or she resides to a person who is the parent or guardian of a
12child or children under 18 years of age.
13(Source: P.A. 95-42, eff. 8-10-07; 95-820, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.