---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL RIGHTS ACT-GENDER"
description: "Amends the Civil Rights Act of 2003. Provides that gender (at present, race, color, or national origin) is a characteristic for which a person shall not be discriminated against by any unit of State, county or local government in Illinois."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1467"
citation: "Illinois SB 1467 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82bae15b-fd3a-4ece-a993-d63b82007d14"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1467&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29559&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "c8179b199d78b6119865dd6b2f7192215d19e03a13da23c45900dadc07ca3710"
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 1467 (95th) — CIVIL RIGHTS ACT-GENDER

Amends the Civil Rights Act of 2003. Provides that gender (at present, race, color, or national origin) is a characteristic for which a person shall not be discriminated against by any unit of State, county or local government in Illinois.

## 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=09500SB1467&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29559&DocNum=1467&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1467eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29559&DocNum=1467&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1467enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29559&DocNum=1467&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Elga L. Jefferies — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Osterman — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Kurt M. Granberg — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Susana A Mendoza — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-03-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-03-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2007-03-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2007-03-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2007-03-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2007-03-27** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2007-03-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-04-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0541 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82bae15b-fd3a-4ece-a993-d63b82007d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).