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Bill	PERSONNEL-AUTISM PREFERENCE	Amends the Personnel Code. Provides, in provisions concerning a trainee program for persons with a disability, that "disability" includes a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by a medical professional. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 5256	Illinois HB 5256 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Harry Benton Paul Faraci	4	51	4	2024-02-08	2024-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d95c13bf-cd58-404e-ab34-b922d7413804	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5256&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153467&SessionID=112	9e39cb2b40cc11a236ba1e43728cf1b4d89939fc8993b764f5bf8aed9ac03079	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5256 (103rd) — PERSONNEL-AUTISM PREFERENCE

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides, in provisions concerning a trainee program for persons with a disability, that "disability" includes a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by a medical professional. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Labor & Commerce — 27–0 (pass) · lower
• Health and Human Services — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harry Benton — primary (person)
• Paul Faraci — primary (person)
• Adam M. Niemerg — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Caulkins — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
• Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole La Ha — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
• Tony M. McCombie — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton filing
• 2024-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-05 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
• 2024-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 027-000-000
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2024-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2024-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2024-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2024-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2024-04-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2024-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2024-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed to Table Rep. Harry Benton
• 2024-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled amendment-failure
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
• 2024-04-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
• 2024-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
• 2024-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
• 2024-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2024-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass Health and Human Services; 011-000-000
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2024-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-22 Effective Date July 19, 2024
• 2024-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0699 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d95c13bf-cd58-404e-ab34-b922d7413804. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).