republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-4605.md

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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS-JURY TRIALS	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman to otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, or an arrest record. Allows a plaintiff or defendant to demand a trial by jury for specified civil actions. Allows a circuit court or jury to award any remedy set forth under a provision regarding a hearing on a complaint upon the finding of a civil rights violation. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4605	Illinois HB 4605 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Celina Villanueva Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz	5	41	2	2022-01-19	2022-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f17b81ad-71a4-43c8-a7c1-a105eb8207cf	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4605&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=138415&SessionID=110&GA=102	d919d636b08ab84f700eedb7cba358bc5b44d5fc255fae45c4b173447ae89e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4605 (102nd) — HUMAN RIGHTS-JURY TRIALS

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman to otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, or an arrest record. Allows a plaintiff or defendant to demand a trial by jury for specified civil actions. Allows a circuit court or jury to award any remedy set forth under a provision regarding a hearing on a complaint upon the finding of a civil rights violation. 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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 103–9 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Celina Villanueva — primary (person)
• Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
• Aaron M. Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
• Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz filing
• 2022-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2022-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Re-assigned to Immigration & Human Rights Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Immigration & Human Rights Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
• 2022-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2022-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
• 2022-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2022-03-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-009-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2022-03-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Human Rights referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 Do Pass Human Rights; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2022
• 2022-03-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2022-03-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2022-04-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-04-22 Effective Date April 22, 2022
• 2022-04-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0706 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f17b81ad-71a4-43c8-a7c1-a105eb8207cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).