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Bill	RESTROOM ACCESS ACT	Creates the Restroom Access Act. Requires a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if the following conditions are met: (1) the customer requesting the use of the employee toilet facility suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device; (2) three or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time the request is made; (3) the retail establishment does not normally make a restroom available to the public; (4) the employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer; and (5) a public restroom is not immediately accessible to the customer. Provides circumstances in which the retail establishment or an employee would not be civilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee toilet facility. Provides that a retail establishment is not required to make any physical changes to an employee toilet facility. Provides a penalty of not more than $100 for a violation of the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 834	Illinois HB 834 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2005-02-02	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d0643444-6b6b-45f1-82e5-1d1210b08611	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=834&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15427&SessionID=50&GA=94	a3e28dbff94d0f4d29a2b25072a85fc1547b3877ccdb5139c313576a55d0987f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 834 (94th) — RESTROOM ACCESS ACT

Creates the Restroom Access Act. Requires a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if the following conditions are met: (1) the customer requesting the use of the employee toilet facility suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device; (2) three or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time the request is made; (3) the retail establishment does not normally make a restroom available to the public; (4) the employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer; and (5) a public restroom is not immediately accessible to the customer. Provides circumstances in which the retail establishment or an employee would not be civilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee toilet facility. Provides that a retail establishment is not required to make any physical changes to an employee toilet facility. Provides a penalty of not more than $100 for a violation of 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen A. Ryg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-03-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-05 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg amendment-introduction
• 2005-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 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
• 2005-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2005-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Commerce & Economic Development referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Commerce & Economic Development; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2005
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0450 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0643444-6b6b-45f1-82e5-1d1210b08611. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).