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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS-CREDIBILITY	Amends provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act concerning the investigation of charges by the Department of Human Rights. Eliminates language providing that questions of credibility shall be considered in determining whether there is substantial evidence that an alleged civil rights violation has been committed. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 2547	Illinois HB 2547 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2005-02-18	2005-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f204deb9-44a4-447a-b070-d0e35df03297	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2547&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18329&SessionID=50&GA=94	43d44078b4da7cdb4ecd7e7931a71621b0f26aaba55b6163a64dce8b3ca91eb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2547 (94th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-CREDIBILITY

Amends provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act concerning the investigation of charges by the Department of Human Rights. Eliminates language providing that questions of credibility shall be considered in determining whether there is substantial evidence that an alleged civil rights violation has been committed. 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 — 62–51 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers filing
• 2005-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2005-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-08 Effective Date July 8, 2005
• 2005-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0146 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f204deb9-44a4-447a-b070-d0e35df03297. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).