SB1780 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to add "arrest record" as a protected class, defined as arrests not leading to conviction, juvenile records, or expunged/sealed criminal history.

• Prohibits employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations from inquiring about or using arrest records as a basis for hiring, promotion, training, or other employment decisions.

• Extends arrest record protections to real estate transactions, prohibiting owners, brokers, and salespeople from discriminating based on arrest records in property sales, rentals, or related services.

• Creates new Section 3-102.5 to clarify that prohibitions on using arrest records do not prevent property owners from prohibiting unlawful activity on premises.

• Adds exemption under Section 3-106(K) permitting inquiry into arrest records when otherwise authorized by state or federal law.