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type: "Bill"
title: "HUM RTS-PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to employment, it is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if she so requests, with the advice of her health care provider. Provides that the term \"reasonable accommodations\" means actions which would permit such an employee to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation including an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and modified work schedule. Provides that the reasonable accommodations shall be undertaken provided that those actions do not impose an undue hardship on the business, program, or enterprise of the entity from which the actions are requested."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Illinois HB 8 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 127
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-12-10"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfa2f27b-68c7-4581-8f0c-88c0c28c649a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=8&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=68233&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "0b1da389c5f04f093eeddba22fd8f53ae5dead6d7897db54945b826a345de2f7"
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 8 (98th) — HUM RTS-PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATE
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to employment, it is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if she so requests, with the advice of her health care provider. Provides that the term "reasonable accommodations" means actions which would permit such an employee to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation including an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and modified work schedule. Provides that the reasonable accommodations shall be undertaken provided that those actions do not impose an undue hardship on the business, program, or enterprise of the entity from which the actions are requested.
## 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=09800HB0008&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68233&DocNum=8&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0008eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68233&DocNum=8&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0008enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68233&DocNum=8&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **65–36** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **115–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McConnaughay — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-12-10** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2013-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2013-01-29** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2013-01-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2013-01-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2013-01-30** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2013-03-22** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2014-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2014-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2014-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2014-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 013-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-25** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2014-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2014-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2014-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2014-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2014-03-27** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2014-03-27** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2014-03-27** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2014-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2014-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2014-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2014-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2014-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2014-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2014-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 012-006-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-09** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-04-10** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-04-10** Chair Placed on Standard Debate
- **2014-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 065-036-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2014-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 4 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. John J. Cullerton
- **2014-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2014-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2014-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2014-05-01** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2014-05-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2014-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2014-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-05-08** Do Pass Executive; 009-000-004 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2014-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2014-05-20** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hutchinson `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2014-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2014-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
- **2014-05-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2014-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2014-05-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
- **2014-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
- **2014-05-28** House Concurs
- **2014-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1050 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfa2f27b-68c7-4581-8f0c-88c0c28c649a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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