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type: "Bill"
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title: "HUMAN RTS-LANGUAGE-WORKPLACE"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless the language restriction is justified by a business necessity and the employer has notified its employees of (i) the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed and (ii) the consequences for violating the language restriction. Defines \"business necessity\"."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "SB 679"
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citation: "Illinois SB 679 (93rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2003-02-19"
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last_action: "2003-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc7d9b9c-d074-4035-8e73-a28eacbca0b5"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=679&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3347&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "1c1cd0971e41092dbcfd5d2438067c53ed17f182a3de6fbae511fbe00621895e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 679 (93rd) — HUMAN RTS-LANGUAGE-WORKPLACE
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Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless the language restriction is justified by a business necessity and the employer has notified its employees of (i) the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed and (ii) the consequences for violating the language restriction. Defines "business necessity".
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0679&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3347&DocNum=679&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0679eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3347&DocNum=679&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0679enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3347&DocNum=679&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
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- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-05** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
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- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
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- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
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- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
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- **2003-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
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- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
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- **2003-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
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- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo `amendment-introduction`
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- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-05-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
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- **2003-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2003-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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- **2003-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
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- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
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- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 007-000-000
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- **2003-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
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- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-07-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-07-18** Effective Date January 1, 2004
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- **2003-07-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0217 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc7d9b9c-d074-4035-8e73-a28eacbca0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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