IL HB4620

Establishes state policy to prevent discrimination based on prior criminal conviction in employment under the Illinois Human Rights Act.

Makes it a civil rights violation for employers, employment agencies, or labor organizations to inquire into or use prior criminal convictions, arrests, or criminal history records to refuse hiring, segregate, or take adverse action regarding recruitment, hiring, promotion, discipline, or terms of employment.

Permits employers to request criminal background information when required by federal or state law, or when evaluating qualifications and character through Department of State Police background checks.

Adds prior criminal conviction as a protected category alongside existing protected classes including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, and sexual orientation.

Allows employers to use other evidence indicating the actual conduct for which someone was arrested, even if the arrest record itself cannot be used as a hiring criterion.