HB0093 Bill Summary

• Prohibits real estate brokers and managing brokers from discriminating based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin when preparing broker price opinions or comparative market analyses for residential real estate.

• Establishes civil remedies allowing aggrieved parties to sue in circuit court within 2 years of discriminatory conduct, with the same procedures and remedies as Illinois Human Rights Act violations.

• Authorizes the Illinois Attorney General to bring civil actions against brokers engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination under the same procedures as Human Rights Act violations.

• Adds discrimination as a new disciplinary ground (ground 47) under the Real Estate License Act's grounds for discipline, subjecting violators to existing Department disciplinary procedures.

• Extends similar anti-discrimination protections to real estate appraisers by creating new prohibition on discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin when preparing comparative market analyses, with identical civil action remedies and enforcement authority.