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type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RTS-REVIEW-CIVIL ACTION"
description: "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 Contains applicability provisions, including provisions regarding the applicability of a Section repealed by Public Act 95-243.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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Illinois HB 59 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-01-08"
last_action: "2010-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cfbf715-c70d-4b97-8ebe-5ccc781e0ff8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=59&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40035&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "1312e1d2dfab2ed94a089fd96f5c0aab9603cb1221545c3f87aaee408680d5b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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 Contains applicability provisions, including provisions regarding the applicability of a Section repealed by Public Act 95-243.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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0059&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40035&DocNum=59&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0059eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40035&DocNum=59&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Re-Enrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0059ren&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40035&DocNum=59&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0059enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40035&DocNum=59&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **490** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **1150** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cfbf715-c70d-4b97-8ebe-5ccc781e0ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).