republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-1610.md

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Bill	HUMAN RIGHTS-ARMED FORCES PROG	Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer, employment agency, or labor organization from participating in a bona fide recruiting incentive program, sponsored by a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, or any National Guard or Naval Militia, where participation in the program is limited by the sponsoring branch based upon the service member's discharge status. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1610	Illinois SB 1610 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2015-02-20	2015-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3c65b391-94aa-46cf-b452-2829fa42bab0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1610&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88323&SessionID=88&GA=99	f19c4cd5b2a486cb6e7a5534a6bf7655158396ecc474cad341cd1b2ea0b6f83c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1610 (99th) — HUMAN RIGHTS-ARMED FORCES PROG

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an employer, employment agency, or labor organization from participating in a bona fide recruiting incentive program, sponsored by a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces, or any National Guard or Naval Militia, where participation in the program is limited by the sponsoring branch based upon the service member's discharge status. 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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Do Pass Labor; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 26, 2015
• 2015-04-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
• 2015-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2015-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2015
• 2015-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0165 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c65b391-94aa-46cf-b452-2829fa42bab0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).