(775 ILCS 5/6-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 6-101)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472)
    Sec. 6-101. Additional civil rights violations under Articles 2, 4, 5, and 5A. It is a civil rights violation for a person, or for 2 or more persons, to conspire to:
        (A) Retaliation. Retaliate against a person because
    
he or she has opposed that which he or she reasonably and in good faith believes to be unlawful discrimination, sexual harassment in employment, sexual harassment in elementary, secondary, and higher education, or discrimination based on arrest record, citizenship status, or work authorization status in employment under Articles 2, 4, 5, and 5A, because he or she has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Act, or because he or she has requested, attempted to request, used, or attempted to use a reasonable accommodation as allowed by this Act;
        (B) Aiding and Abetting; Coercion. Aid, abet, compel,
    
or coerce a person to commit any violation of this Act;
        (C) Interference. Wilfully interfere with the
    
performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the Commission or one of its members or representatives or the Department or one of its officers or employees.
    Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, "sexual harassment", "citizenship status", and "work authorization status" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 2-101 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-233, eff. 8-2-21; 102-362, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
    Sec. 6-101. Additional civil rights violations under Articles 2, 4, 5, 5A, and 6. It is a civil rights violation for a person, or for 2 or more persons, to conspire to:
        (A) Retaliation. Retaliate against a person because
    
that person has:
            (i) opposed or reported conduct that the person
        
reasonably and in good faith believes to be prohibited under Articles 2, 4, 5, 5A, and 6;
            (ii) made a charge, filed a complaint, testified,
        
assisted, or participated in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Act; or
            (iii) requested, attempted to request, used, or
        
attempted to use a reasonable accommodation as allowed by this Act;
        (B) Aiding and Abetting; Coercion. Aid, abet, compel,
    
or coerce a person to commit any violation of this Act;
        (C) Interference. Wilfully interfere with the
    
performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the Commission or one of its members or representatives or the Department or one of its officers or employees.
(Source: P.A. 102-233, eff. 8-2-21; 102-362, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24.)