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type: "Bill"
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title: "HUM RTS-EDUC-RELIGION-JURISDTN"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, school, or other place of education that is a place of public accommodation, as defined in the Act: (a) the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any individual or group of individuals that is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or under Article I of the Illinois Constitution, shall not be a civil rights violation; and (b) the jurisdiction of the Department is limited to: (1) the failure to enroll an individual; (2) the denial of access to facilities, goods, or services; (3) harassment, bullying, or similar acts against an individual; or (4) the failure of a covered entity to take corrective action to stop harassment, bullying, or similar acts against an individual (instead of in regard to the failure to enroll an individual or the denial of access to its facilities, goods, or services, except that the Department shall not have jurisdiction over charges involving curriculum content, course content, or course offerings, conduct of the class by the teacher or instructor, or any activity within the classroom or connected with a class activity such as physical education). Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 2547"
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citation: "Illinois HB 2547 (96th)"
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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: 53
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2009-02-20"
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last_action: "2009-11-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3a05ccd-0a1d-4368-bb76-ff50f17263b1"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2547&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45227&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "8edb20f936a562bbdba9ce1c363a4d57d861a857c1d084cbe3c43d13b129fe09"
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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 HB 2547 (96th) — HUM RTS-EDUC-RELIGION-JURISDTN
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Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, school, or other place of education that is a place of public accommodation, as defined in the Act: (a) the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any individual or group of individuals that is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or under Article I of the Illinois Constitution, shall not be a civil rights violation; and (b) the jurisdiction of the Department is limited to: (1) the failure to enroll an individual; (2) the denial of access to facilities, goods, or services; (3) harassment, bullying, or similar acts against an individual; or (4) the failure of a covered entity to take corrective action to stop harassment, bullying, or similar acts against an individual (instead of in regard to the failure to enroll an individual or the denial of access to its facilities, goods, or services, except that the Department shall not have jurisdiction over charges involving curriculum content, course content, or course offerings, conduct of the class by the teacher or instructor, or any activity within the classroom or connected with a class activity such as physical education). Effective immediately.
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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=09600HB2547&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45227&DocNum=2547&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2547eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45227&DocNum=2547&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2547enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45227&DocNum=2547&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Motion — **98–18** (fail) · lower
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- Motion — **46–6** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **104–13** (pass) · lower
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- Concurrence — **87–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Fritchey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey `filing`
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- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-26** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-03-26** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey `amendment-introduction`
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- **2009-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-03-31** Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-03-31** Balanced Budget Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
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- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-30** Postponed - Executive
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- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans `amendment-introduction`
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- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
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- **2009-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2009-05-07** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
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- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
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- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
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- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. John A. Fritchey
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- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
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- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 087-026-000
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- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-18** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
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- **2009-10-05** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 14, 2009
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- **2009-10-13** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. John A. Fritchey
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- **2009-10-14** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2009-10-14** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 098-018-000
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- **2009-10-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 28, 2009
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- **2009-10-22** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Heather Steans
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- **2009-10-30** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2009-10-30** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 046-006-000
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- **2009-10-30** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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- **2009-11-03** Effective Date January 1, 2010
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- **2009-11-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0814 `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/b3a05ccd-0a1d-4368-bb76-ff50f17263b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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