---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RIGHTS-DISABILITY DEF"
description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that discrimination based on disability includes unlawful discrimination against an individual because of the individual's association with a person with a disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Illinois HB 1838 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ram Villivalam", "Theresa Mah"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515236f5-1c2b-46c6-8bbe-8abc9af074bf"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1838&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=130562&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "fe575c1ce32176e02ea942926e7a6ee27f23de68e7ef72bc87616011e39c2b79"
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 HB 1838 (102nd) — HUMAN RIGHTS-DISABILITY DEF

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that discrimination based on disability includes unlawful discrimination against an individual because of the individual's association with a person with a disability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1838.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1838eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1838enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Theresa Mah — primary (person)
- Aaron M. Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Denyse Wang Stoneback — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `filing`
- **2021-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
- **2021-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 007-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2021-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Assigned to Human Rights `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Do Pass Human Rights; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0419 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515236f5-1c2b-46c6-8bbe-8abc9af074bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).