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Bill	IL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 2003	Amends the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Provides that any party aggrieved by conduct that violates the Act may bring a civil lawsuit in federal or State circuit court (instead of just a State circuit court). Provides that the court may grant as relief any permanent or preliminary negative or mandatory injunction. Removes language concerning punitive damages.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2946	Illinois SB 2946 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2004-02-06	2004-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c030f606-42bb-4619-980e-c13ec6b98981	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2946&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=10067&SessionID=3&GA=93	da7344ed1cff8970ad9d6a349e8bbb4a9ccd81dfc5612f6d510c4046a88c2ca7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2946 (93rd) — IL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 2003

Amends the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Provides that any party aggrieved by conduct that violates the Act may bring a civil lawsuit in federal or State circuit court (instead of just a State circuit court). Provides that the court may grant as relief any permanent or preliminary negative or mandatory injunction. Removes language concerning punitive damages.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2004-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2004-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2004-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2004-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2004-02-26 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
• 2004-03-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2004-03-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2004-03-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2004-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2004-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2004-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-15 Effective Date January 1, 2005
• 2004-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0750 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c030f606-42bb-4619-980e-c13ec6b98981. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).