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HB5459 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5459

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 5/6-103 new

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a vendor to disallow a candidate on the basis of unlawful discrimination to take a required test for application or consideration of the government job. Provides that if a vendor violates the Act, then the vendor is subject to a $50,000 fine for each violation. Provides that any government contract with a vendor that violates the Act shall be terminated. Provides that a government entity shall not contract with a vendor for one year after a determination that the vendor has violated the new provisions. Effective immediately.


LRB101 19346 LNS 68817 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5459LRB101 19346 LNS 68817 b

1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5adding Section 6-103 as follows:
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/6-103 new)
7    Sec. 6-103. Government job candidates. It is a civil rights
8violation for a vendor to disallow a candidate on the basis of
9unlawful discrimination to take a required test for application
10or consideration of the government job. If a vendor violates
11this Section, then the vendor is subject to a $50,000 fine for
12each violation, payable to the State. Any government contract
13with a vendor that violates this Section shall be terminated. A
14government entity shall not contract with a vendor for one year
15after a determination that the vendor has violated this
16Section.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.