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Bill	HUMAN RTS-RELIG-HAIR-CLOTHING	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a violation for an employer to impose as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment any term or condition that requires a person to violate or forgo a sincerely held practice of his or her religion including the wearing of any attire, clothing, or facial hair in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1697	Illinois SB 1697 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b91e4bd4-ce31-41ac-8917-95bf24180775	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1697&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104541&SessionID=91&GA=100	18fac4d093d0f6eaebafa41e422ffad2a8bbbc8f78e749cca862d949897e1c8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1697 (100th) — HUMAN RTS-RELIG-HAIR-CLOTHING

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a violation for an employer to impose as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment any term or condition that requires a person to violate or forgo a sincerely held practice of his or her religion including the wearing of any attire, clothing, or facial hair in accordance with the requirements of his or her religion. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 93–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Litesa E. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2017-03-02 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2017-03-09 Postponed - Labor
• 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass as Amended Labor; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-04-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2017-04-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-04-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-04 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
• 2017-05-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2017-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2017-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-003-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Juliana Stratton
• 2017-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-018-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
• 2017-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2017-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2017
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0100 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b91e4bd4-ce31-41ac-8917-95bf24180775. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).