Full Text of SB2256 95th General Assembly
SB2256eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning human rights.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5-101 and by adding Section 5-102.2 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (775 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-101)
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| Sec. 5-101. Definitions) The following definitions are | 9 |
| applicable
strictly in the context of this Article:
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| (A) Place of Public Accommodation. "Place of public
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| accommodation" includes, but is not limited to:
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| (1) an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, | 13 |
| except
for an establishment located within a building that | 14 |
| contains
not more than 5 units for rent or hire and that is | 15 |
| actually
occupied by the proprietor of such establishment | 16 |
| as the
residence of such proprietor; | 17 |
| (2) a restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving | 18 |
| food or
drink; | 19 |
| (3) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, | 20 |
| stadium,
or other place of exhibition or entertainment; | 21 |
| (4) an auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or | 22 |
| other
place of public gathering; | 23 |
| (5) a bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware |
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| store,
shopping center, or other sales or rental | 2 |
| establishment; | 3 |
| (6) a laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, | 4 |
| beauty
shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral | 5 |
| parlor, gas
station, office of an accountant or lawyer, | 6 |
| pharmacy, insurance
office, professional office of a | 7 |
| health care provider,
hospital, or other service | 8 |
| establishment; | 9 |
| (7) public conveyances on air, water, or land;
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| (8) a terminal, depot, or other station used for | 11 |
| specified
public transportation; | 12 |
| (9) a museum, library, gallery, or other place of | 13 |
| public
display or collection; | 14 |
| (10) a park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of
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| recreation; | 16 |
| (11) a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, | 17 |
| elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate | 18 |
| school, or other place of education in regard to the | 19 |
| failure to enroll an individual or the denial of access to | 20 |
| its facilities, goods, or services, except that the | 21 |
| Department shall not have jurisdiction over
charges | 22 |
| involving curriculum content, course content, or course | 23 |
| offerings, conduct of the class by the teacher or | 24 |
| instructor, or any activity within the classroom or | 25 |
| connected with a class activity such as physical education ; | 26 |
| (12) a senior citizen center, homeless
shelter, food |
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| bank, non-sectarian adoption agency, or other social | 2 |
| service
center establishment; and | 3 |
| (13) a gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf | 4 |
| course, or
other place of exercise or recreation.
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| (B) Operator. "Operator" means any owner, lessee, | 6 |
| proprietor,
manager, superintendent, agent, or occupant of a | 7 |
| place of public
accommodation or an employee of any such person | 8 |
| or persons.
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| (C) Public Official. "Public official" means any officer or | 10 |
| employee
of the state or any agency thereof, including state | 11 |
| political subdivisions,
municipal corporations, park | 12 |
| districts, forest preserve districts, educational
institutions | 13 |
| and schools.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-668, eff. 10-10-07.)
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| (775 ILCS 5/5-102.2 new) | 16 |
| Sec. 5-102.2. Jurisdiction limited. In regard to places of | 17 |
| public accommodation defined in paragraph (11) of Section | 18 |
| 5-101, the jurisdiction of the Department is limited to: (1) | 19 |
| the failure to enroll an individual; (2) the denial of access | 20 |
| to facilities, goods, or services; (3) harassment, bullying, or | 21 |
| similar acts against an individual; or (4) the failure of a | 22 |
| covered entity to take corrective action to stop harassment, | 23 |
| bullying, or similar acts against an individual.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.
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