---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it discretionary rather than mandatory that the Department of Human Rights conduct a fact-finding conference. Provides that the amendatory applies to charges pending or filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 2487"
citation: "Illinois SB 2487 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Dagmara Avelar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14d366f0-ddc1-45f6-a837-f5097773fbe7"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2487&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=162597&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "a40bff898da8e956661c6be96c611de53600e2d16cbd7542b762bfb895896fde"
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 2487 (104th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-IDHR CONFERENCE

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it discretionary rather than mandatory that the Department of Human Rights conduct a fact-finding conference. Provides that the amendatory applies to charges pending or filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487sam001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2487enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary, Amendment 2 — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **38–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **71–35** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading, Amendment 2 — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **38–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `filing`
- **2025-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2025
- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2025-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2025-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2025-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-05** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2025-05-06** Re-assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2025-05-06** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Civil Committee; Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2025-05-06** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 071-038-000
- **2025-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-004-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2025-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-006-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2025-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-035-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2025-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 27, 2025
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Adriane Johnson `filing`
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Adriane Johnson `filing`
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
- **2025-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
- **2025-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 005-003-000
- **2025-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 005-003-000
- **2025-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 038-018-000
- **2025-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 038-018-000
- **2025-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0425 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14d366f0-ddc1-45f6-a837-f5097773fbe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).