---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RIGHTS-DEPT PROCEDURES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires, in various situations, a complainant to notify the Department of Human Rights that a complaint has been filed by serving a copy of the complaint on the chief legal counsel of the Department on the same date that the complaint is filed in circuit court. Requires a complainant who chooses to file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission without the Department's assistance to notify the Department that a complaint has been filed by serving a copy of the complaint on the chief legal counsel of the Department on the same date that the complaint is filed with the Commission. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3135"
citation: "Illinois HB 3135 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann M. Williams", "Laura Fine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198abdfe-3634-4cad-b9c6-11a16a252fb6"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3135&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148289&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5fc4c7a6dc4284cf3c4cb50f64ce7a7c348ef9c9d51ee0af7b94f7fd2e9b6f67"
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 3135 (103rd) — HUMAN RIGHTS-DEPT PROCEDURES

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires, in various situations, a complainant to notify the Department of Human Rights that a complaint has been filed by serving a copy of the complaint on the chief legal counsel of the Department on the same date that the complaint is filed in circuit court. Requires a complainant who chooses to file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission without the Department's assistance to notify the Department that a complaint has been filed by serving a copy of the complaint on the chief legal counsel of the Department on the same date that the complaint is filed with the Commission. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3135enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Human Rights — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Immigration & Human Rights — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Human Rights — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Immigration & Human Rights, Amendment 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Immigration & Human Rights Committee
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2023 `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Human Rights `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Rights
- **2023-04-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Human Rights `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass as Amended Human Rights; 007-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2023-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2023-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2023-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2023-05-18** House Concurs
- **2023-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0335 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/198abdfe-3634-4cad-b9c6-11a16a252fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).