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| Bill | HUMAN RTS-ORDER OF PROTECTION | Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines "order of protection status" to mean a person's status as being a person protected or previously protected under an order of protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or an order of protection issued by a court of another state. Provides that discrimination against a person because of his or her order of protection status constitutes unlawful discrimination under the Act. Effective January 1, 2010. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 721 | Illinois HB 721 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 44 | 2 | 2009-02-05 | 2009-08-14 | openstates | ocd-bill/ee922ee3-a719-4250-874f-56e33d13a465 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=721&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41433&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 4132fa085b14fc1acf95ae2b0527b1bbfbb75bd9f024b335b649939d81f6eba4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 721 (96th) — HUMAN RTS-ORDER OF PROTECTION
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines "order of protection status" to mean a person's status as being a person protected or previously protected under an order of protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or an order of protection issued by a court of another state. Provides that discrimination against a person because of his or her order of protection status constitutes unlawful discrimination under the Act. Effective January 1, 2010.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 113–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mike Fortner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner
filing - 2009-02-06 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- 2009-02-11 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2009-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- 2009-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2009-03-26 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- 2009-04-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- 2009-04-02 Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-004-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-02 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- 2009-04-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- 2009-05-07 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-14 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2010
- 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0447
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee922ee3-a719-4250-874f-56e33d13a465. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).