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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HUMAN RIGHTS-ARMED FORCES PROG"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer, employment agency, or labor organization from participating in a bona fide recruiting incentive program, sponsored by a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, or any National Guard or Naval Militia, where participation in the program is limited by the sponsoring branch based upon the service member's discharge status. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "SB 1610"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1610 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-02-20"
+last_action: "2015-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c65b391-94aa-46cf-b452-2829fa42bab0"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1610&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88323&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "f19c4cd5b2a486cb6e7a5534a6bf7655158396ecc474cad341cd1b2ea0b6f83c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 1610 (99th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-ARMED FORCES PROG
+
+Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer, employment agency, or labor organization from participating in a bona fide recruiting incentive program, sponsored by a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, or any National Guard or Naval Militia, where participation in the program is limited by the sponsoring branch based upon the service member's discharge status. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1610&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88323&DocNum=1610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1610eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88323&DocNum=1610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1610enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88323&DocNum=1610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz `filing`
+- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-17** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-25** Do Pass Labor; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 26, 2015
+- **2015-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
+- **2015-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2015-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2015-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-27** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2015-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2015-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2015-05-15** Passed Both Houses
+- **2015-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2015
+- **2015-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0165 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c65b391-94aa-46cf-b452-2829fa42bab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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