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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS-FAIR HOUSING ACT	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by specified provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act. Effective January 1, 2006.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 917	Illinois HB 917 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2005-02-02	2005-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a1123eec-d252-45fe-bd54-7debb3e66edf	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=917&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15526&SessionID=50&GA=94	388095ae504e12a15b5a810487437843e87c829f340831bf0039b77f4ba9b5b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 917 (94th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-FAIR HOUSING ACT

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by specified provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act. Effective January 1, 2006.

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 — 58–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karen A. Yarbrough — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2005-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2005-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2005-02-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
• 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
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
• 2005-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-27 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-06-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0078 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1123eec-d252-45fe-bd54-7debb3e66edf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).