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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 3. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472)
8    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
9by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
10exempt from inspection and copying:
11        (a) All information determined to be confidential
12    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
13    Development Act.
14        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
15    library users with specific materials under the Library
16    Records Confidentiality Act.
17        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
18    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
19    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
20    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
21    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
22    has received.
23        (d) Information and records held by the Department of

 

 

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1    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
2    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
3    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
4    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
5    Disease Control Act.
6        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
8        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
9    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
10    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
11        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
13    Tuition Act.
14        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
15    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
16    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
17    general's office that would be exempt if created or
18    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
19    that Act.
20        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
21    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
22    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
23    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
24        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
25    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
26    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.

 

 

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1        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
2    or driver identification information compiled by a law
3    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
4    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
6    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
7    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
8    Prevention Review Team Act.
9        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
10    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
11    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
12    authorized under that Article.
13        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
14    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
15    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
16    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
17    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
18    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
19    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
20        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
21    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
22    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
23        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
24    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
25    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
26    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and

 

 

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1    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
2    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
3    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
4    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
5    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
6    Act (repealed).
7        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
8    Personnel Record Review Act.
9        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
10    Illinois School Student Records Act.
11        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
13        (t) (Blank).
14        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
15    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
16    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
17        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
18    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
19    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
20    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
21    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
22    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
23    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
24    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
25    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
26    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

 

 

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1        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
2    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
3    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
4        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
5    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
6    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
7        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
8    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
9    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
10        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
11    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
12    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
13    information about the identity and administrative finding
14    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
15    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
16    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
17    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
18        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
19    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
20    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
21    Act.
22        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
23    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
24        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
25    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
26        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement

 

 

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1    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
2    authorized under that Act.
3        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
4    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
5    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
6        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
7    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
8        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
9    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
10        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
11    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
12    Code.
13        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
14    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
15        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
16    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
17    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
18        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
19    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
20    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
21    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
22    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
23        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
24    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
25        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
26    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public

 

 

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1    Aid Code.
2        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
3    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
4        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
6        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
7    arising out of a peer support counseling session
8    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
9    Suicide Prevention Act.
10        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
11    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
12    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
13    Prevention Act.
14        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
15    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
16    under the Reproductive Health Act.
17        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
19        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
20    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
21    Human Rights Act.
22        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
23    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
24    Act.
25        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.

 

 

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1        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
2    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
3    Public Aid Code.
4        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
6        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
7    information that shall not be made public under the
8    Illinois Insurance Code.
9        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
10    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
11        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
12    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
13        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
14    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
15        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
16    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
17    Police Act.
18        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
19    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
20    Administrative Code of Illinois.
21        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
22    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
23    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
24    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
25        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
26    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic

 

 

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1    Violence Fatality Review Act.
2        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
3    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
4    July 1, 2025.
5        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
6    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
7    Agency Licensing Act.
8        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
9    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
10    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
11    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
12    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
13    Act.
14        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
15    the School Safety Drill Act.
16        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
17    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
18        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
19    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
20    Stewardship Act.
21        (lll) (Reserved).
22        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
23    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
24    Illinois Power Agency Act.
25        (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
2102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
38-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
4102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
56-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
6eff. 1-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23;
7revised 1-2-24.)
 
8    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-472)
9    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
10by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
11exempt from inspection and copying:
12        (a) All information determined to be confidential
13    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
14    Development Act.
15        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
16    library users with specific materials under the Library
17    Records Confidentiality Act.
18        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
19    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
21    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
22    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
23    has received.
24        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
25    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating

 

 

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1    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
2    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
3    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
4    Disease Control Act.
5        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12    Tuition Act.
13        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16    general's office that would be exempt if created or
17    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18    that Act.
19        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
21    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
22    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
25    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information

 

 

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1    or driver identification information compiled by a law
2    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
3    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
5    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
6    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
7    Prevention Review Team Act.
8        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
9    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
10    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
11    authorized under that Article.
12        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
13    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
14    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
15    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
16    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
17    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
18    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
19        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
20    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
21    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
23    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
24    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
25    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
26    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the

 

 

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1    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
2    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
3    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
4    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
5    Act (repealed).
6        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
7    Personnel Record Review Act.
8        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
9    Illinois School Student Records Act.
10        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
12        (t) (Blank).
13        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
14    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
15    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
16        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
17    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
18    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
19    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
20    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
21    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
22    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
23    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
24    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
25    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
26        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification

 

 

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1    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
2    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
3        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
4    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
5    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
6        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
7    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
10    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
11    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
12    information about the identity and administrative finding
13    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
14    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
15    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
16    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
17        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
18    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
19    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
20    Act.
21        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
23        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
24    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
25        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
26    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent

 

 

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1    authorized under that Act.
2        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
3    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
4    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
5        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
6    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
7        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
8    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
9        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
11    Code.
12        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
14        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
15    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
16    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
17        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
18    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
19    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
20    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
21    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
22        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
23    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
24        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
25    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
26    Aid Code.

 

 

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1        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
2    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
3        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
4    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
5        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
6    arising out of a peer support counseling session
7    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
8    Suicide Prevention Act.
9        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
10    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
11    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
12    Prevention Act.
13        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
14    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
15    under the Reproductive Health Act.
16        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
17    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
18        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
19    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
20    Human Rights Act.
21        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
22    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
23    Act.
24        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
26        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under

 

 

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1    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
2    Public Aid Code.
3        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
4    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
5        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
6    information that shall not be made public under the
7    Illinois Insurance Code.
8        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
9    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
10        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
11    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
12        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
13    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
14        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
15    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
16    Police Act.
17        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
18    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
19    Administrative Code of Illinois.
20        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
21    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
22    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
23    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
24        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
25    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
26    Violence Fatality Review Act.

 

 

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1        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
2    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
3    July 1, 2025.
4        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
5    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
6    Agency Licensing Act.
7        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
8    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
9    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
10    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
11    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
12    Act.
13        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
14    the School Safety Drill Act.
15        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
16    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
17        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
18    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
19    Stewardship Act.
20        (lll) (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
21    2-3.196 of the School Code.
22        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
23    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
24    Illinois Power Agency Act.
25        (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
2102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
38-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
4102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
56-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
6eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
7103-580, eff. 12-8-23; revised 1-2-24.)
 
8    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
9changing Sections 3-101, 3-102, 8-101, 8-111, 8B-104, 10-103,
10and 10-104 as follows:
 
11    (775 ILCS 5/3-101)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-101)
12    Sec. 3-101. Definitions. The following definitions are
13applicable strictly in the context of this Article:
14    (A) Real Property. "Real property" includes buildings,
15structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds,
16interests in real estate cooperatives, condominiums, and
17hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest
18therein.
19    (B) Real Estate Transaction. "Real estate transaction"
20includes the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property,
21or any act that otherwise makes available such a transaction
22or alters a person's rights to real property. "Real estate
23transaction" also includes the brokering or appraising of
24residential real property and the making or purchasing of

 

 

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1loans or providing other financial assistance:
2        (1) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing
3    or maintaining a dwelling; or
4        (2) secured by residential real estate.
5    (C) Housing Accommodations. "Housing accommodation"
6includes any improved or unimproved real property, or part
7thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged
8or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of
9one or more individuals.
10    (D) Real Estate Broker or Salesman. "Real estate broker or
11salesman" means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or
12with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists,
13sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property,
14or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these
15activities, or who holds oneself out as engaged in these.
16    (E) Familial Status. "Familial status" means one or more
17individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being
18domiciled with:
19        (1) a parent or person having legal custody of such
20    individual or individuals; or
21        (2) the designee of such parent or other person having
22    such custody, with the written permission of such parent
23    or other person.
24    The protections afforded by this Article against
25discrimination on the basis of familial status apply to any
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1custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18
2years.
3    (F) Conciliation. "Conciliation" means the attempted
4resolution of issues raised by a charge, or by the
5investigation of such charge, through informal negotiations
6involving the aggrieved party, the respondent and the
7Department.
8    (G) Conciliation Agreement. "Conciliation agreement" means
9a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues
10in conciliation.
11    (H) Covered Multifamily Dwellings. As used in Section
123-102.1, "covered multifamily dwellings" means:
13        (1) buildings consisting of 4 or more units if such
14    buildings have one or more elevators; and
15        (2) ground floor units in other buildings consisting
16    of 4 or more units.
17    (I) Immigration Status. "Immigration status" means a
18person's actual or perceived citizenship or immigration
19status.
20(Source: P.A. 103-232, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
21    (775 ILCS 5/3-102)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-102)
22    Sec. 3-102. Civil rights violations; real estate
23transactions and other prohibited acts. It is a civil rights
24violation for an owner or any other person, or for a real
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1familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an
2arrest record, as defined under subsection (B-5) of Section
31-103, to:
4        (A) Transactions. Refuse to engage in a real estate
5    transaction with a person or deny real property, or to
6    discriminate in making available such a transaction;
7        (B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges
8    of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of
9    facilities or services in connection therewith;
10        (C) Offers. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a
11    bona fide offer in a real estate transaction from a
12    person;
13        (D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate a real estate
14    transaction with a person;
15        (E) Representations. Represent to a person that real
16    property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or
17    lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring
18    a property listing to the person's attention, or to refuse
19    to permit the person to inspect real property;
20        (F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, circulate,
21    post, mail, publish or cause to be made, printed,
22    circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice,
23    statement, advertisement or sign, or use a form of
24    application for a real estate transaction, or make a
25    record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real
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1    limitation, or discrimination based on unlawful
2    discrimination or unlawful discrimination based on
3    familial status, immigration status, source of income, or
4    an arrest record, or an intention to make any such
5    preference, limitation, or discrimination;
6        (G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a
7    listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful
8    discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial
9    status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest
10    record in a real estate transaction is intended.
11        (H) Criteria. Use criteria or methods that have the
12    effect of subjecting individuals to unlawful
13    discrimination or discrimination based on familial status,
14    immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record
15    in a real estate transaction. Such criteria or methods are
16    unlawful under this subsection if they are not necessary
17    to achieve a substantial, legitimate, non-discriminatory
18    interest; or if the substantial, legitimate,
19    non-discriminatory interest could be served by another
20    practice that has a less discriminatory effect.
21(Source: P.A. 102-896, eff. 1-1-23; 103-232, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
22    (775 ILCS 5/8-101)
23    Sec. 8-101. Illinois Human Rights Commission.
24    (A) Creation; appointments. The Human Rights Commission is
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1the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than 4 members
2shall be of the same political party. The Governor shall
3designate one member as chairperson. All appointments shall be
4in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a public
5record.
6    (B) Terms. Of the members first appointed, 4 shall be
7appointed for a term to expire on the third Monday of January,
82021, and 3 (including the Chairperson) shall be appointed for
9a term to expire on the third Monday of January, 2023.
10    Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
11contrary, the term of office of each member of the Illinois
12Human Rights Commission is abolished on January 19, 2019.
13Incumbent members holding a position on the Commission that
14was created by Public Act 84-115 and whose terms, if not for
15Public Act 100-1066 this amendatory Act of the 100th General
16Assembly, would have expired January 18, 2021 shall continue
17to exercise all of the powers and be subject to all of the
18duties of members of the Commission until June 30, 2019 or
19until their respective successors are appointed and qualified,
20whichever is earlier.
21    Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term of 4 years
22and until the member's successor is appointed and qualified;
23except that any member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring
24otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be appointed only
25for the unexpired term of the member whom the member shall
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1qualified.
2    (C) Vacancies.
3        (1) In the case of vacancies on the Commission during
4    a recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a
5    temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate
6    when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill the
7    vacancy. Any person so nominated and confirmed by the
8    Senate shall hold office for the remainder of the term and
9    until the person's successor is appointed and qualified.
10        (2) If the Senate is not in session at the time this
11    Act takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary
12    appointments to the Commission as in the case of
13    vacancies.
14        (3) Vacancies in the Commission shall not impair the
15    right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers
16    of the Commission. Except when authorized by this Act to
17    proceed through a 3 member panel, a majority of the
18    members of the Commission then in office shall constitute
19    a quorum.
20    (D) Compensation. On and after January 19, 2019, the
21Chairperson of the Commission shall be compensated at the rate
22of $125,000 per year, or as set by the Compensation Review
23Board, whichever is greater, during the Chairperson's service
24as Chairperson, and each other member shall be compensated at
25the rate of $119,000 per year, or as set by the Compensation
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1of the Commission shall be reimbursed for expenses actually
2and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their
3duties.
4    (E) (Blank). Notwithstanding the general supervisory
5authority of the Chairperson, each commissioner, unless
6appointed to the special temporary panel created under
7subsection (H), has the authority to hire and supervise a
8staff attorney. The staff attorney shall report directly to
9the individual commissioner.
10    (F) A formal training program for newly appointed
11commissioners shall be implemented. The training program shall
12include the following:
13        (1) substantive and procedural aspects of the office
14    of commissioner;
15        (2) current issues in employment and housing
16    discrimination and public accommodation law and practice;
17        (3) orientation to each operational unit of the Human
18    Rights Commission;
19        (4) observation of experienced hearing officers and
20    commissioners conducting hearings of cases, combined with
21    the opportunity to discuss evidence presented and rulings
22    made;
23        (5) the use of hypothetical cases requiring the newly
24    appointed commissioner to issue judgments as a means of
25    evaluating knowledge and writing ability;
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1        (7) professional and ethical standards.
2    A formal and ongoing professional development program
3including, but not limited to, the above-noted areas shall be
4implemented to keep commissioners informed of recent
5developments and issues and to assist them in maintaining and
6enhancing their professional competence. Each commissioner
7shall complete 20 hours of training in the above-noted areas
8during every 2 years the commissioner remains in office.
9    (G) Commissioners must meet one of the following
10qualifications:
11        (1) licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois;
12        (2) at least 3 years of experience as a hearing
13    officer at the Human Rights Commission; or
14        (3) at least 4 years of professional experience
15    working for or dealing with individuals or corporations
16    affected by this Act or similar laws in other
17    jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, experience
18    with a civil rights advocacy group, a fair housing group,
19    a community organization, a trade association, a union, a
20    law firm, a legal aid organization, an employer's human
21    resources department, an employment discrimination
22    consulting firm, a community affairs organization, or a
23    municipal human relations agency.
24    The Governor's appointment message, filed with the
25Secretary of State and transmitted to the Senate, shall state
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1meets the requirement set forth in this subsection. The
2Chairperson must have public or private sector management and
3budget experience, as determined by the Governor.
4    Each commissioner shall devote full time to the
5commissioner's duties and any commissioner who is an attorney
6shall not engage in the practice of law, nor shall any
7commissioner hold any other office or position of profit under
8the United States or this State or any municipal corporation
9or political subdivision of this State, nor engage in any
10other business, employment, or vocation.
11    (H) (Blank).
12(Source: P.A. 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23; 103-326, eff. 1-1-24;
13revised 12-15-23.)
 
14    (775 ILCS 5/8-111)  (from Ch. 68, par. 8-111)
15    Sec. 8-111. Court Proceedings.
16    (A) Civil Actions Commenced in Circuit Court.
17        (1) Venue. Civil actions commenced in a circuit court
18    pursuant to Section 7A-102 or 8B-102 shall be commenced in
19    the circuit court in the county in which the civil rights
20    violation was allegedly committed.
21        (2) If a civil action is commenced in a circuit court,
22    the form of the complaint shall be in accordance with the
23    Code of Civil Procedure.
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1    plaintiff or defendant may demand trial by jury.
2        (4) Remedies. Upon the finding of a civil rights
3    violation, the circuit court or jury may award any of the
4    remedies set forth in Section 8A-104 or 8B-104.
5    (B) Judicial Review.
6        (1) Any complainant or respondent may apply for and
7    obtain judicial review of a final order of the Commission
8    entered under this Act by filing a petition for review in
9    the Appellate Court within 35 days from the date that a
10    copy of the decision sought to be reviewed was served upon
11    the party affected by the decision. If a 3-member panel or
12    the full Commission finds that an interlocutory order
13    involves a question of law as to which there is
14    substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an
15    immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the
16    ultimate termination of the litigation, any party may
17    petition the Appellate Court for permission to appeal the
18    order. The procedure for obtaining the required Commission
19    findings and the permission of the Appellate Court shall
20    be governed by Supreme Court Rule 308, except the
21    references to the "trial court" shall be understood as
22    referring to the Commission.
23        (2) In any proceeding brought for judicial review, the
24    Commission's findings of fact shall be sustained unless
25    the court determines that such findings are contrary to
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1        (3) Venue. Proceedings for judicial review shall be
2    commenced in the appellate court for the district wherein
3    the civil rights violation which is the subject of the
4    Commission's order was allegedly committed.
5    (C) Judicial Enforcement.
6        (1) When the Commission, at the instance of the
7    Department or an aggrieved party, concludes that any
8    person has violated a valid order of the Commission issued
9    pursuant to this Act, and the violation and its effects
10    are not promptly corrected, the Commission, through a
11    panel of 3 members, shall order the Department to commence
12    an action in the name of the People of the State of
13    Illinois by complaint, alleging the violation, attaching a
14    copy of the order of the Commission and praying for the
15    issuance of an order directing such person, his or her or
16    its officers, agents, servants, successors and assigns to
17    comply with the order of the Commission.
18        (2) An aggrieved party may file a complaint for
19    enforcement of a valid order of the Commission directly in
20    Circuit Court.
21        (3) Upon the commencement of an action filed under
22    paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection, the court shall
23    have jurisdiction over the proceedings and power to grant
24    or refuse, in whole or in part, the relief sought or impose
25    such other remedy as the court may deem proper.
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1    accordance with the applicable Supreme Court rules,
2    pending disposition of the proceedings.
3        (5) The court may punish for any violation of its
4    order as in the case of civil contempt.
5        (6) Venue. Proceedings for judicial enforcement of a
6    Commission order shall be commenced in the circuit court
7    in the county wherein the civil rights violation which is
8    the subject of the Commission's order was committed.
9        (7) Enforcement of judicial order. An aggrieved party
10    may take action to collect on a judicial order issued by
11    the Circuit Court in an enforcement action initiated by
12    the State, regardless of whether or not the aggrieved
13    party intervened in an enforcement action.
14    (D) Limitation. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
15court of this state shall have jurisdiction over the subject
16of an alleged civil rights violation other than as set forth in
17this Act.
18    (E) This amendatory Act of 1996 applies to causes of
19action filed on or after January 1, 1996.
20    (F) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
21Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to charges or
22complaints filed with the Department or the Commission on or
23after the effective date of those changes.
24(Source: P.A. 101-661, eff. 4-2-21; 102-706, eff. 4-22-22.)
 
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1    Sec. 8B-104. Relief; penalties. Upon finding a civil
2rights violation, a hearing officer may recommend and the
3Commission or any three-member panel thereof may provide for
4any relief or penalty identified in this Section, separately
5or in combination, by entering an order directing the
6respondent to:
7        (A) Cease and Desist Order. Cease and desist from any
8    violation of this Act.
9        (B) Actual Damages. Pay actual damages, as reasonably
10    determined by the Commission, for injury or loss suffered
11    by the complainant.
12        (C) Civil Penalty. Pay a civil penalty per violation
13    to vindicate the public interest. In imposing a civil
14    penalty to vindicate the public interest, a separate
15    penalty may be imposed for each specific act constituting
16    a civil rights violation as defined in Section 1-103, and
17    for each aggrieved party injured by the civil rights
18    violation:
19            (i) in an amount not exceeding $16,000 if the
20        respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any
21        prior civil rights violation under Article 3;
22            (ii) in an amount not exceeding $42,500 if the
23        respondent has been adjudged to have committed one
24        other civil rights violation under Article 3 during
25        the 5-year period ending on the date of the filing of
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1            (iii) in an amount not exceeding $70,000 if the
2        respondent has been adjudged to have committed 2 or
3        more civil rights violations under Article 3 during
4        the 7-year period ending on the date of the filing of
5        this charge; except that if the acts constituting the
6        civil rights violation that is the object of the
7        charge are committed by the same natural person who
8        has been previously adjudged to have committed acts
9        constituting a civil rights violation under Article 3,
10        then the civil penalties set forth in subparagraphs
11        (ii) and (iii) may be imposed without regard to the
12        period of time within which any subsequent civil
13        rights violation under Article 3 occurred.
14        (D) Attorney Fees; Costs. Pay to the complainant all
15    or a portion of the costs of maintaining the action,
16    including reasonable attorneys fees and expert witness
17    fees incurred in maintaining this action before the
18    Department, the Commission and in any judicial review and
19    judicial enforcement proceedings.
20        (E) Compliance Report. Report as to the manner of
21    compliance.
22        (F) Posting of Notices. Post notices in a conspicuous
23    place which the Commission may publish or cause to be
24    published setting forth requirements for compliance with
25    this Act or other relevant information which the
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1        (G) Make Complainant Whole. Take such action as may be
2    necessary to make the individual complainant whole,
3    including, but not limited to, awards of interest on the
4    complainant's actual damages from the date of the civil
5    rights violation.
6(Source: P.A. 99-548, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
7    (775 ILCS 5/10-103)  (from Ch. 68, par. 10-103)
8    Sec. 10-103. Circuit court actions pursuant to election.
9    (A) If an election is made under Section 8B-102, the
10Department shall authorize and, not later than 30 days after
11the entry of the administrative closure order is entered by
12the Commission and served on the Department, the Attorney
13General shall commence and maintain a civil action on behalf
14of the aggrieved party in a circuit court of Illinois seeking
15relief under this Section. Venue for such civil action shall
16be determined under Section 8-111(A)(1).
17    (B) Any aggrieved party with respect to the issues to be
18determined in a civil action under this Section may intervene
19as of right in that civil action.
20    (C) In a civil action under this Section, if the court
21finds that a civil rights violation has occurred or is about to
22occur the court may grant as relief any relief which a court
23could grant with respect to such civil rights violation in a
24civil action under Section 10-102. Any relief so granted that
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1by that aggrieved party under Section 10-102 shall also accrue
2to that aggrieved party in a civil action under this Section.
3If monetary relief is sought for the benefit of an aggrieved
4party who does not intervene in the civil action, the court
5shall not award such relief if that aggrieved party has not
6complied with discovery orders entered by the court.
7(Source: P.A. 101-530, eff. 1-1-20; 101-661, eff. 4-2-21.)
 
8    (775 ILCS 5/10-104)
9    Sec. 10-104. Circuit Court Actions by the Illinois
10Attorney General.
11    (A) Standing, venue, limitations on actions, preliminary
12investigations, notice, and Assurance of Voluntary Compliance.
13        (1) Whenever the Illinois Attorney General has
14    reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of
15    persons is engaged in a pattern and practice of
16    discrimination prohibited by this Act, the Illinois
17    Attorney General may commence a civil action in the name
18    of the People of the State, as parens patriae on behalf of
19    persons within the State to enforce the provisions of this
20    Act in any appropriate circuit court. Venue for this civil
21    action shall be determined under paragraph (1) of
22    subsection (A) of Section 8-111. Such actions shall be
23    commenced no later than 2 years after the occurrence or
24    the termination of an alleged civil rights violation or
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1    Voluntary Compliance entered into under this Act,
2    whichever occurs last, to obtain relief with respect to
3    the alleged civil rights violation or breach.
4        (2) Prior to initiating a civil action, the Attorney
5    General shall conduct a preliminary investigation to
6    determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe
7    that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern
8    and practice of discrimination declared unlawful by this
9    Act and whether the dispute can be resolved without
10    litigation. In conducting this investigation, the Attorney
11    General may:
12            (a) require the individual or entity to file a
13        statement or report in writing under oath or
14        otherwise, as to all information the Attorney General
15        may consider necessary;
16            (b) examine under oath any person alleged to have
17        participated in or with knowledge of the alleged
18        pattern and practice violation; or
19            (c) issue subpoenas or conduct hearings in aid of
20        any investigation.
21        (3) Service by the Attorney General of any notice
22    requiring a person to file a statement or report, or of a
23    subpoena upon any person, shall be made:
24            (a) personally by delivery of a duly executed copy
25        thereof to the person to be served or, if a person is
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1        Code of Civil Procedure when a complaint is filed; or
2            (b) by mailing by certified mail a duly executed
3        copy thereof to the person to be served at his or her
4        last known abode or principal place of business within
5        this State.
6        (4) In lieu of a civil action, the individual or
7    entity alleged to have engaged in a pattern or practice of
8    discrimination deemed violative of this Act may enter into
9    an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with respect to the
10    alleged pattern or practice violation.
11        (5) The Illinois Attorney General may commence a civil
12    action under this subsection (A) whether or not a charge
13    has been filed under Sections 7A-102 or 7B-102 and without
14    regard to the status of any charge, however, if the
15    Department or local agency has obtained a conciliation or
16    settlement agreement or if the parties have entered into
17    an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance no action may be
18    filed under this subsection (A) with respect to the
19    alleged civil rights violation practice that forms the
20    basis for the complaint except for the purpose of
21    enforcing the terms of the conciliation or settlement
22    agreement or the terms of the Assurance of Voluntary
23    Compliance.
24        (6) Subpoenas.
25            (a) Petition for enforcement. Whenever any person
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1        paragraph (2) of this subsection (A), or whenever
2        satisfactory copying or reproduction of any material
3        requested in an investigation cannot be done and the
4        person refuses to surrender the material, the Attorney
5        General may file in any appropriate circuit court, and
6        serve upon the person, a petition for a court order for
7        the enforcement of the subpoena or other request.
8        Venue for this enforcement action shall be determined
9        under paragraph (E)(1) of Section 8-104.
10            (b) Petition to modify or set aside a subpoena.
11                (i) Any person who has received a subpoena
12            issued under paragraph (2) of this subsection (A)
13            may file in the appropriate circuit court, and
14            serve upon the Attorney General, a petition for a
15            court order to modify or set aside the subpoena or
16            other request. The petition must be filed either
17            (I) within 20 days after the date of service of the
18            subpoena or at any time before the return date
19            specified in the subpoena, whichever date is
20            earlier, or (II) within such longer period as may
21            be prescribed in writing by the Attorney General.
22                (ii) The petition shall specify each ground
23            upon which the petitioner relies in seeking relief
24            under subdivision (i) and may be based upon any
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1            constitutional or other legal right or privilege
2            of the petitioner. During the pendency of the
3            petition in the court, the court may stay, as it
4            deems proper, the running of the time allowed for
5            compliance with the subpoena or other request, in
6            whole or in part, except that the petitioner shall
7            comply with any portion of the subpoena or other
8            request not sought to be modified or set aside.
9            (c) Jurisdiction. Whenever any petition is filed
10        in any circuit court under this paragraph (6), the
11        court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine
12        the matter so presented and to enter such orders as may
13        be required to carry out the provisions of this
14        Section. Any final order so entered shall be subject
15        to appeal in the same manner as appeals of other final
16        orders in civil matters. Any disobedience of any final
17        order entered under this paragraph (6) by any court
18        shall be punished as a contempt of the court.
19    (B) Relief which may be granted.
20        (1) In any civil action brought pursuant to subsection
21    (A) of this Section, the Attorney General may obtain as a
22    remedy, equitable relief (including any permanent or
23    preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order, or
24    other order, including an order enjoining the defendant
25    from engaging in such civil rights violation or ordering
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1    Attorney General may request and the Court may impose
2    restitution to any aggrieved party injured by the pattern
3    or practice of discrimination, to the extent not covered
4    by other sources, and a civil penalty per civil rights
5    violation to vindicate the public interest. In imposing a
6    civil penalty to vindicate the public interest, each
7    instance in which a provision of this Act is violated as
8    part of a pattern or practice of discrimination may be
9    considered to constitute a separate violation or
10    violations, as may each aggrieved party harmed:
11            (a) for violations of this Act Article 3 and
12        Article 4 in an amount not exceeding $50,000 $25,000
13        per violation, and in the case of violations of all
14        other Articles in an amount not exceeding $10,000 if
15        the defendant has not been adjudged to have committed
16        any prior civil rights violations under any the
17        provision of the Act that is the basis of the
18        complaint;
19            (b) for violations of this Act Article 3 and
20        Article 4 in an amount not exceeding $75,000 $50,000
21        per violation, and in the case of violations of all
22        other Articles in an amount not exceeding $25,000 if
23        the defendant has been adjudged to have committed one
24        other civil rights violation under any the provision
25        of the Act within 5 years of the occurrence of the
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1        complaint; and
2            (c) for violations of this Act Article 3 and
3        Article 4 in an amount not exceeding $100,000 $75,000
4        per violation, and in the case of violations of all
5        other Articles in an amount not exceeding $50,000 if
6        the defendant has been adjudged to have committed 2 or
7        more civil rights violations under any the provision
8        of the Act within 5 years of the occurrence of the
9        civil rights violation that is the basis of the
10        complaint.
11        (2) A civil penalty imposed under subdivision (B)(1)
12    of this Section shall be deposited into the Attorney
13    General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment
14    Projects Fund, which is a special fund in the State
15    Treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to
16    appropriation, for the performance of any function
17    pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney
18    General including but not limited to enforcement of any
19    law of this State and conducting public education
20    programs; however, any moneys in the Fund that are
21    required by the court or by an agreement to be used for a
22    particular purpose shall be used for that purpose.
23        (3) Aggrieved parties seeking actual damages must
24    follow the procedure set out in Sections 7A-102 or 7B-102
25    for filing a charge. An action brought by the Illinois
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1    of any other action, remedy, or procedure that may be
2    available to an aggrieved party under any other provision
3    of law, including, but not limited to, an action, remedy,
4    or procedure brought pursuant to the procedures set out in
5    Section 7A-102 or 7B-102.
6(Source: P.A. 101-661, eff. 4-2-21.)
 
7    Section 6. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
8changing Section 7-101 as follows:
 
9    (775 ILCS 5/7-101)  (from Ch. 68, par. 7-101)
10    Sec. 7-101. Powers and duties. In addition to other powers
11and duties prescribed in this Act, the Department shall have
12the following powers:
13    (A) Rules and Regulations. To adopt, promulgate, amend,
14and rescind rules and regulations not inconsistent with the
15provisions of this Act pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
16Procedure Act.
17    (B) Charges. To issue, receive, investigate, conciliate,
18settle, and dismiss charges filed in conformity with this Act.
19    (C) Compulsory Process. To request subpoenas as it deems
20necessary for its investigations.
21    (D) Complaints. To file complaints with the Commission in
22conformity with this Act and to intervene in complaints
23pending before the Commission filed under Article 2, 4, 5, 5A,
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1    (E) Judicial Enforcement. To seek temporary relief and to
2enforce orders of the Commission in conformity with this Act.
3    (F) Equal Employment Opportunities. To take such action as
4may be authorized to provide for equal employment
5opportunities and affirmative action.
6    (G) Recruitment; Research; Public Communication; Advisory
7Councils. To engage in such recruitment, research and public
8communication and create such advisory councils as may be
9authorized to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
10    (H) Coordination with other Agencies. To coordinate its
11activities with federal, state, and local agencies in
12conformity with this Act.
13    (I) Grants; Private Gifts.
14        (1) To accept public grants and private gifts as may
15    be authorized.
16        (2) To design grant programs and award grants to
17    eligible recipients.
18    (J) Education and Training. To implement a formal and
19unbiased program of education and training for all employees
20assigned to investigate and conciliate charges under Articles
217A and 7B. The training program shall include the following:
22        (1) substantive and procedural aspects of the
23    investigation and conciliation positions;
24        (2) current issues in human rights law and practice;
25        (3) lectures by specialists in substantive areas
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1        (4) orientation to each operational unit of the
2    Department and Commission;
3        (5) observation of experienced Department
4    investigators and attorneys conducting conciliation
5    conferences, combined with the opportunity to discuss
6    evidence presented and rulings made;
7        (6) the use of hypothetical cases requiring the
8    Department investigator and conciliation conference
9    attorney to issue judgments as a means to evaluating
10    knowledge and writing ability;
11        (7) writing skills;
12        (8) computer skills, including but not limited to word
13    processing and document management.
14    A formal, unbiased and ongoing professional development
15program including, but not limited to, the above-noted areas
16shall be implemented to keep Department investigators and
17attorneys informed of recent developments and issues and to
18assist them in maintaining and enhancing their professional
19competence.
20    (K) Hotlines. To establish and maintain hotlines and
21helplines to aid in effectuating the purposes of this Act
22including the confidential reporting of discrimination,
23harassment, and bias incidents. All communications received or
24sent via the hotlines and helplines are exempt from disclosure
25under the Freedom of Information Act.
26(Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-335, eff. 1-1-24.)
 

 

 

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1    (775 ILCS 5/8-113 rep.)
2    Section 10. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
3repealing Section 8-113.
 
4    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
5changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
6that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
7represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
8not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
9made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
10Public Act.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law except that Sections 5 and 10 take effect January
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    775 ILCS 5/2-102from Ch. 68, par. 2-102
4    775 ILCS 5/3-101from Ch. 68, par. 3-101
5    775 ILCS 5/3-102from Ch. 68, par. 3-102
6    775 ILCS 5/8-101
7    775 ILCS 5/8-111from Ch. 68, par. 8-111
8    775 ILCS 5/8B-104from Ch. 68, par. 8B-104
9    775 ILCS 5/10-103from Ch. 68, par. 10-103
10    775 ILCS 5/10-104
11    775 ILCS 5/8-113 rep.