---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RIGHTS COMM-REHEARING"
description: "Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Illinois SB 21 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2018-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406f6bab-ec5f-446a-94a8-954709a7adab"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=21&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=98864&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "3c61b306f00f41bcb5839e13efd62d2c81fd5c6ca9b09278d40ac3bc03cdb728"
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 21 (100th) — HUMAN RIGHTS COMM-REHEARING

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.

## 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=10000SB0021&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=98864&DocNum=21&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0021eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=98864&DocNum=21&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0021enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=98864&DocNum=21&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather A. Steans — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading January 25, 2017
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 8, 2017
- **2017-04-28** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-08-04** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2018
- **2018-04-27** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018 `reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-07** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-11-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 13, 2018
- **2018-11-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-11-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2018-11-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2018-11-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 014-000-000
- **2018-11-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-11-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Steans `amendment-passage`
- **2018-11-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2018-11-14** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2018-11-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-11-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-11-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2018-11-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-11-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-20** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-28** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-11-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-11-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-11-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-11-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-11-29** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2018-11-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-11-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-12-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-12-19** Effective Date December 19, 2018
- **2018-12-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1154 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406f6bab-ec5f-446a-94a8-954709a7adab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).