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Bill	IL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 2003	Creates the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Prohibits any unit of State, county, or local government from excluding a person from participation in, denying a person the benefits of, or subjecting a person to discrimination under any program or activity on the grounds of his or her race, color, or national origin and from using criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin. Authorizes a person to bring a lawsuit for a violation of the Act in State or federal court.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2330	Illinois HB 2330 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	62	2	2003-02-19	2003-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/2babc208-b15c-46a8-9180-23e498b3ee44	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2330&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=3550&SessionID=3&GA=93	cd1fa2b75f7d7ee59b35dcdb3ae71ce523218e37e5e937eb15c3373cdfece53a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2330 (93rd) — IL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 2003

Creates the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Prohibits any unit of State, county, or local government from excluding a person from participation in, denying a person the benefits of, or subjecting a person to discrimination under any program or activity on the grounds of his or her race, color, or national origin and from using criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin. Authorizes a person to bring a lawsuit for a violation of the Act in State or federal court.

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 — 33–22 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Fritchey — primary (person)
• Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
• M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Miguel del Valle — cosponsor (person)
• Rickey R. Hendon — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey filing
• 2003-02-19 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-21 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2003-02-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-006 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2003-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) amendment-failure
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-011-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2003-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-04-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2003-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2003-05-06 Sponsor Removed Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2003-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2003-05-13 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed May 14, 2003
• 2003-05-16 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, to December 31, 2003. reading-3
• 2003-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 033-022-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0425 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2babc208-b15c-46a8-9180-23e498b3ee44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).