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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS-VETERAN STATUS	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that discrimination against a person because of the person's veteran status (status as a person who served on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, or the Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard and who was discharged with other than a dishonorable discharge) constitutes unlawful discrimination under the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 4822	Illinois HB 4822 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2006-01-18	2006-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/bc649777-7df1-4e2f-a8e5-8c8b7df1b87a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4822&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23483&SessionID=50&GA=94	f24db4066e374248ce5b17e7a01aea04b43b993ecb9140960ca2da757b89c8fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4822 (94th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-VETERAN STATUS

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that discrimination against a person because of the person's veteran status (status as a person who served on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, or the Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard and who was discharged with other than a dishonorable discharge) constitutes unlawful discrimination under the Act. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens filing
• 2006-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-24 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2006-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2006-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2006-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
• 2006-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2006-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2006-02-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2006-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2006-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-02-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2006-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2006-02-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-02-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2006-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2006-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2006-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2006-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2006 reading-1
• 2006-02-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2006-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-03-01 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2006-03-16 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2006
• 2006-03-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2006
• 2006-03-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2006-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2006-04-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-05-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-05-26 Effective Date May 26, 2006
• 2006-05-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0803 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc649777-7df1-4e2f-a8e5-8c8b7df1b87a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).