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Bill	HUMAN RTS-DISABILITY TERM	Amends the Home Inspector License Act, the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. Deletes the word "handicap" and inserts the word "disability" in each Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3915	Illinois HB 3915 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2011-12-12	2012-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f4fd30ba-0e6d-4921-a53c-93accf4f8948	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3915&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=62722&SessionID=84&GA=97	60017c11dd670c014ff5b0b5ae9d55540dd8462e15384ceef12a176edb6fce03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3915 (97th) — HUMAN RTS-DISABILITY TERM

Amends the Home Inspector License Act, the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. Deletes the word "handicap" and inserts the word "disability" in each Act. 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 — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-12-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez filing
• 2011-12-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-12-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2012-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2012-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2012-03-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 22, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2012-03-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2012
• 2012-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0877 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4fd30ba-0e6d-4921-a53c-93accf4f8948. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).