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Bill	HUMAN RTS-EXEMPTIONS APTS	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the limitation under the housing exemptions apply to buildings of 4 or fewer units occupied by the owner (at present, a building with accommodations for not more than 5 families living independently of each other if the lessor or a member of his or her family resides in one dwelling unit). Provides that the listed exemptions for private sales of single family homes and for apartments do not apply to the publication of intent to engage in unlawful discrimination. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 257	Illinois HB 257 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2007-01-11	2007-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a47bc2ac-8735-4c23-b75c-a554174598f7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=257&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26996&SessionID=51&GA=95	d1b6fcc1110db2b9989ada1556b14c2819d67bc02daba5b70c562f4796528a9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 257 (95th) — HUMAN RTS-EXEMPTIONS APTS

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the limitation under the housing exemptions apply to buildings of 4 or fewer units occupied by the owner (at present, a building with accommodations for not more than 5 families living independently of each other if the lessor or a member of his or her family resides in one dwelling unit). Provides that the listed exemptions for private sales of single family homes and for apartments do not apply to the publication of intent to engage in unlawful discrimination. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen A. Yarbrough — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2007-02-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-20 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2007-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2007-02-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2007-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-02-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2007-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2007-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2007-05-02 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2007
• 2007-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0042 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a47bc2ac-8735-4c23-b75c-a554174598f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).