GENDER INQUIRY-EMPLOY/HOUSING

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2023
Bill #: HB1272
Category: Labor, Personnel and Pensions
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Employment Article and the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) for any employer, employee, agent of any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or public employer to inquire about a job applicant's gender; and (2) for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, to inquire about a buyer's or renter's gender.



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