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Bill	HUMAN RTS-REVIEW-CIVIL ACTION	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes various changes regarding: the contents of a notice of dismissal or notice of default issued by the Director of Human Rights; filing a request for review or a complaint with the Human Rights Commission; filing deadlines; notice and procedure upon entry of a default order by the Human Rights Commission; and other matters. Contains applicability provisions, including provisions regarding the applicability of a Section repealed by Public Act 95-243. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 59	Illinois HB 59 (96th)	bill		enacted		4	44	4	2009-01-08	2010-02-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9cfbf715-c70d-4b97-8ebe-5ccc781e0ff8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=59&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40035&SessionID=76&GA=96	1312e1d2dfab2ed94a089fd96f5c0aab9603cb1221545c3f87aaee408680d5b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 59 (96th) — HUMAN RTS-REVIEW-CIVIL ACTION

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes various changes regarding: the contents of a notice of dismissal or notice of default issued by the Director of Human Rights; filing a request for review or a complaint with the Human Rights Commission; filing deadlines; notice and procedure upon entry of a default order by the Human Rights Commission; and other matters. Contains applicability provisions, including provisions regarding the applicability of a Section repealed by Public Act 95-243. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. 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. Re-Enrolled (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 115–0 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-08 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-02-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2009-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-02-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-02-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 25, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-02-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Judiciary; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Amendatory Veto executive-veto
• 2009-10-05 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
• 2009-10-13 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-10-13 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-10-14 Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-10-14 Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 115-000-000
• 2009-10-22 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
• 2009-10-27 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-10-27 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-10-28 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-10-28 Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-000-000
• 2009-10-30 Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 049-000-000
• 2009-10-30 Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
• 2009-11-25 Returned to Governor for Certification
• 2010-02-02 Governor Certifies Changes
• 2010-02-02 Effective Date February 2, 2010
• 2010-02-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0876 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cfbf715-c70d-4b97-8ebe-5ccc781e0ff8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).