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Bill	RACIAL CLASSIFICATION	Creates the Uniform Racial Classification Act. Provides that whenever a State agency is required by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or ethnic classifications, the State agency shall use the same classifications adopted by the United States Census Bureau. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5793	Illinois HB 5793 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2014-02-14	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/ff885faf-3f95-4043-89b2-4c788ff5738f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5793&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81092&SessionID=85&GA=98	9f0fc5c6f37ac92a1727d5caa6ca90efa2874e0257df26b462fac063a0937e91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5793 (98th) — RACIAL CLASSIFICATION

Creates the Uniform Racial Classification Act. Provides that whenever a State agency is required by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or ethnic classifications, the State agency shall use the same classifications adopted by the United States Census Bureau. 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 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-09 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2014-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2014-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2014-05-08 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2014
• 2014-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0982 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff885faf-3f95-4043-89b2-4c788ff5738f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).