republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-4562.md

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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-PENALTIES	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Increases the amount of civil penalties for civil rights violations relating to real estate transactions as follows: (i) a maximum of $16,000 (instead of $10,000) if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions; (ii) a maximum of $42,500 (instead of $25,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions during the 5-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge; and (iii) a maximum of $70,000 (instead of $50,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed 2 or more civil rights violations concerning real estate transactions during the 7-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4562	Illinois HB 4562 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2016-01-28	2016-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/5d31b6ff-9887-4a9d-9c93-6182f9ca79de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4562&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93722&SessionID=88&GA=99	e339303eb83e5293aacdf7bf9fb3dac0d935f2ea2aff0eefa330044b52e311d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4562 (99th) — HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-PENALTIES

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Increases the amount of civil penalties for civil rights violations relating to real estate transactions as follows: (i) a maximum of $16,000 (instead of $10,000) if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions; (ii) a maximum of $42,500 (instead of $25,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other civil rights violation concerning real estate transactions during the 5-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge; and (iii) a maximum of $70,000 (instead of $50,000) if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed 2 or more civil rights violations concerning real estate transactions during the 7-year period ending on the date of the filing of the current charge.

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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez filing
• 2016-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2016-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-15 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0548 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d31b6ff-9887-4a9d-9c93-6182f9ca79de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).