HB5159 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5159

Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

775 ILCS 5/2-103.5 new

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to ask an applicant for employment to supply his or her date of graduation from college or any other age identifier in an application or an initial interview. Provides that the new provisions do not prohibit an employer from requesting this information at a later stage of the hiring process. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by adding Section 2-103.5 as follows:

(775 ILCS 5/2-103.5 new)

Sec. 2-103.5. Graduation date; age identifier. It is a civil rights violation for any employer to ask an applicant for employment to supply his or her date of graduation from college or any other age identifier in an application or an initial interview. This Section does not prohibit an employer from requesting this information at a later stage of the hiring process.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.