IL HB2979

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to allow the 2-year statute of limitations for filing civil rights charges with the Department of Human Rights or EEOC to be extended through enforceable tolling or standstill agreements between the parties

Requires complainants who file with the Human Rights Commission or circuit court to notify the Department and serve a copy of the complaint on the same date of filing, replacing the previous 21-day service requirement on the chief legal counsel

Adds a new procedure allowing complainants to notify the Department of a pending motion to reconsider an EEOC determination, with 35 days to report the resolution and request Department review

Establishes that complainants who file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission cannot later commence a civil action in circuit court on the same matter

Applies to charges filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act