103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1441

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 5/3-102  from Ch. 68, par. 3-102
775 ILCS 5/3-102.10
775 ILCS 5/3-106  from Ch. 68, par. 3-106

    Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of a conviction record to: refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person or to discriminate in making available such a transaction; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith; refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person; represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to permit him or her to inspect real property; make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish, or cause to be made, printed, circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice, statement, advertisement, or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on a conviction record or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination; or offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that discrimination on the basis of a conviction record in a real estate transaction is intended. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a third-party loan modification service provider, because of a conviction record, to: refuse to engage in loan modification services; alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such services; or discriminate in making such services available. Provides that nothing contained in the provision regarding civil rights violations in real estate transactions shall prohibit inquiry into or the use of a conviction record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State or federal law.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5changing Sections 3-102, 3-102.10, and 3-106 as follows:
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/3-102)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-102)
7    Sec. 3-102. Civil rights violations; real estate
8transactions. It is a civil rights violation for an owner or
9any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for
10a real estate broker or salesman, because of unlawful
11discrimination, familial status, source of income, or an
12arrest record, as defined under subsection (B-5) of Section
131-103, or a conviction record, as defined under subsection
14(G-5) of Section 1-103, to:
15        (A) Transaction. Refuse to engage in a real estate
16    transaction with a person or to discriminate in making
17    available such a transaction;
18        (B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions, or privileges
19    of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of
20    facilities or services in connection therewith;
21        (C) Offer. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a
22    bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction
23    from a person;

 

 

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1        (D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate for a real estate
2    transaction with a person;
3        (E) Representations. Represent to a person that real
4    property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or
5    lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring
6    a property listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to
7    permit him or her to inspect real property;
8        (F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, circulate,
9    post, mail, publish, or cause to be made, printed,
10    circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice,
11    statement, advertisement, or sign, or use a form of
12    application for a real estate transaction, or make a
13    record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real
14    estate transaction, that indicates any preference,
15    limitation, or discrimination based on unlawful
16    discrimination or unlawful discrimination based on
17    familial status, source of income, or an arrest record, or
18    a conviction record, or an intention to make any such
19    preference, limitation, or discrimination;
20        (G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a
21    listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful
22    discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial
23    status, source of income, or an arrest record, or a
24    conviction record in a real estate transaction is
25    intended.
26(Source: P.A. 101-565, eff. 1-1-20; 102-896, eff. 1-1-23.)
 

 

 

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1    (775 ILCS 5/3-102.10)
2    Sec. 3-102.10. Third-party loan modification service
3provider.
4    (A) It is a civil rights violation for a third-party loan
5modification service provider, because of unlawful
6discrimination, familial status, or an arrest record, or a
7conviction record, to:
8        (1) refuse to engage in loan modification services;
9        (2) alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such
10    services; or
11        (3) discriminate in making such services available,
12    including, but not limited to, by making a statement,
13    advertisement, representation, inquiry, listing, offer, or
14    solicitation that indicates a preference or the intention
15    to make such a preference in making such services
16    available.
17    (B) For purposes of this Section, "third-party loan
18modification service provider" means a person or entity,
19whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of
20receiving consideration, provides assistance or services to a
21loan borrower to obtain a modification to a term of an existing
22real estate loan or to obtain foreclosure relief. "Third-party
23loan modification service provider" does not include lenders,
24brokers, or appraisers of mortgage loans, or the servicers,
25subsidiaries, affiliates, or agents of the lender.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-362, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
2    (775 ILCS 5/3-106)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-106)
3    Sec. 3-106. Exemptions. Nothing contained in Section 3-102
4shall prohibit:
5    (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes.
6        (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so
7    long as the following criteria are met:
8            (a) The owner does not own or have a beneficial
9        interest in more than three single family homes at the
10        time of the sale;
11            (b) The owner or a member of his or her family was
12        the last current resident of the home;
13            (c) The home is sold without the use in any manner
14        of the sales or rental facilities or services of any
15        real estate broker or salesman, or of any employee or
16        agent of any real estate broker or salesman;
17            (d) The home is sold without the publication,
18        posting, or mailing, after notice, of any
19        advertisement or written notice in violation of
20        paragraph (F) of Section 3-102.
21        (2) This exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of
22    Section 3-102.
23    (B) Apartments. Rental of a housing accommodation in a
24building which contains housing accommodations for not more
25than 4 families living independently of each other, if the

 

 

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1owner resides in one of the housing accommodations. This
2exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of Section 3-102.
3    (C) Private Rooms. Rental of a room or rooms in a private
4home by an owner if he or she or a member of his or her family
5resides therein or, while absent for a period of not more than
6twelve months, if he or she or a member of his or her family
7intends to return to reside therein.
8    (D) Reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions
9regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy
10a dwelling.
11    (E) Religious Organizations. A religious organization,
12association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or
13organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in
14conjunction with a religious organization, association, or
15society, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of a
16dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial
17purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving
18preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion
19is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.
20    (F) Sex. Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing
21accommodation to persons of one sex.
22    (G) Persons Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses. Conduct
23against a person because such person has been convicted by any
24court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or
25distribution of a controlled substance as defined in Section
26102 of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).

 

 

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1    (H) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing
2appraisals of real property from taking into consideration
3factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or
4familial status or source of income in furnishing appraisals.
5    (H-1) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building
6with 4 or fewer units (including the unit in which the owner
7resides) from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a
8person based upon that person's sexual orientation.
9    (I) Housing for Older Persons. No provision in this
10Article regarding familial status shall apply with respect to
11housing for older persons.
12        (1) As used in this Section, "housing for older
13    persons" means housing:
14            (a) provided under any State or Federal program
15        that the Department determines is specifically
16        designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as
17        defined in the State or Federal program); or
18            (b) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons
19        62 years of age or older; or
20            (c) intended and operated for occupancy by persons
21        55 years of age or older and:
22                (i) at least 80% of the occupied units are
23            occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of
24            age or older;
25                (ii) the housing facility or community
26            publishes and adheres to policies and procedures

 

 

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1            that demonstrate the intent required under this
2            subdivision (c); and
3                (iii) the housing facility or community
4            complies with rules adopted by the Department for
5            verification of occupancy, which shall:
6                    (aa) provide for verification by reliable
7                surveys and affidavits; and
8                    (bb) include examples of the types of
9                policies and procedures relevant to a
10                determination of compliance with the
11                requirement of clause (ii).
12        These surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in
13    administrative and judicial proceedings for the purposes
14    of such verification.
15        (2) Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements
16    for housing for older persons by reason of:
17            (a) persons residing in such housing as of the
18        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989 who do
19        not meet the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or
20        (c); provided, that new occupants of such housing meet
21        the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of
22        this subsection; or
23            (b) unoccupied units; provided, that such units
24        are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the age
25        requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of this
26        subsection.

 

 

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1        (3)(a) A person shall not be held personally liable
2    for monetary damages for a violation of this Article if
3    the person reasonably relied, in good faith, on the
4    application of the exemption under this subsection (I)
5    relating to housing for older persons.
6        (b) For the purposes of this item (3), a person may
7    show good faith reliance on the application of the
8    exemption only by showing that:
9            (i) the person has no actual knowledge that the
10        facility or community is not, or will not be, eligible
11        for the exemption; and
12            (ii) the facility or community has stated
13        formally, in writing, that the facility or community
14        complies with the requirements for the exemption.
15    (J) Child Sex Offender Refusal to Rent. Refusal of a child
16sex offender who owns and resides at residential real estate
17to rent any residential unit within the same building in which
18he or she resides to a person who is the parent or guardian of
19a child or children under 18 years of age.
20    (K) Arrest Records. Inquiry into or the use of an arrest
21record if the inquiry or use is otherwise authorized by State
22or federal law.
23    (K-1) Conviction Records. Inquiry into or the use of a
24conviction record if the inquiry or use is otherwise
25authorized by State or federal law.
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1defined in Article 4 from considering source of income in a
2real estate transaction in compliance with State or federal
3law.
4(Source: P.A. 101-565, eff. 1-1-20; 102-896, eff. 1-1-23.)