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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 2244         </title>
<shortdesc>EMPLOYMENT&amp;ACCOMODATION-WEIGHT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Laura Faver Dias</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>775 ILCS 5/2-102</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 68, par. 2-102</aliasreference><reference>775 ILCS 5/5-102.3 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization to take certain employment-related actions on the basis of an individual's weight and size. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of a place of public accommodation, because of the weight and size of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any individual any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of the place of public accommodation.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/28/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Immigration &amp; Human Rights Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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