Illinois

Illinois: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

171 bills: 68 Anti-LGBTQ+, 103 Pro-LGBTQ+. 33 are enacted (1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 32 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed1346668
Enacted33132
Pending413

Most recent bills

All 171 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Illinois: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Illinois, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.010203040502009: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2010: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 11 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 12 Anti-LGBTQ+, 30 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 21 Anti-LGBTQ+, 15 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 17 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Illinois, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01020304050201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Illinois by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452009: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2010: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Illinois by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345201120142017202020232026
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  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202626917505
2025362115505
2024421230505
2023303303
2022734101
2021101101
2020523000
2019615404
2018220000
2017101101
2016321101
2015202202
2014853000
20121174000
2011101101
201014311303
2009312110

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents1358
Bathrooms & facilities1082
Sports participation13130
Youth gender-affirming care1587
Adult gender-affirming care606
Medicaid & public funding for care110
Insurance coverage101
Prisons, jails & detention440
Schools & curriculum1028
DEI & bias training835
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship1183
Pronouns, names & outing404
Marriage, family & custody29920
Nondiscrimination protections27423
Hate crimes606
Religious exemptions880
Conversion therapy606
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law220
Symbolic resolutions & recognition16610
Government process, funding & data936

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Sports Ban: K1211110
Broad Nondiscrimination909
Domestic Partner Nondiscrimination707
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors770
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment770
Sports Ban: Colleges770
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12770
Birth Certificate Or Identification606
Conversion Therapy Ban606
Employment Nondiscrimination606
Marriage Equality606
Sports Ban: SWSA660
Show the other 74 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
End Legal Recognition550
Hate Crime Classification505
Holiday/Recognition505
Implicit Bias Training505
LGBTQ+ Elder Rights505
Pathologization550
Supportive Resolution505
Censorship: Age Verification440
Censorship: Online Obscenity440
Child Custody Protections404
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies404
HIV and STI Care404
Inclusive Language404
LGBTQ+ Education404
Safe State Bill404
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12330
End Legal Recognition: WBR330
Gender Affirming Care303
Healthcare Nondiscrimination303
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care330
Trans Surveillance Bill330
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban202
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban220
Civil Unions202
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges220
Easy Name And Gender Changes202
Inclusive Bathrooms202
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum202
LGBtQ+ Health Care202
Prison Placement Ban220
Religious Exemptions220
Religious Exemptions: MRFA220
Repeal Pro-LGBTQ Laws220
Same-Sex Marriage Ban220
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges220
Trans Segregation Bill220
Abuse Survivors Protections101
Algorithmic Nondiscrimination101
Anti-Bullying101
Anti-Censorship: Library Protection101
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage110
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Broad Discrimination110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Civil Unions Ban110
Credit Nondiscrimination101
Discrimination In Education110
Discrimination in Employment110
Don't Say Trans: Colleges110
Don't Say Trans: K12110
Easy Name and Gender Changes101
Education Nondiscrimination101
End Legal Recognition: SWWA110
End Trans Panic Defense101
Financial Assistance To Refugees101
Foster Children Protections101
Gender Affirming Care Ban110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Controlled Substance110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
Government Funding Nondiscrimination101
Housing Nondiscrimination101
Insurance Nondiscrimination101
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Menstrual Rights101
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education110
Privacy: Medical101
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination101
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Religious Exemptions: Marriage110
Religious Exemptions: Solemnization110
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination110
Suicide Prevention101
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Facilities110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Kelly CassidyDRepresentativeHD-01431
Ann WilliamsDRepresentativeHD-01127
Emil JonesDSenatorSD-01426
Anne Stava-MurrayDRepresentativeHD-08124
Daniel DidechDRepresentativeHD-05922
Mary Edly-AllenDSenatorSD-03122
Mike SimmonsDSenatorSD-00722
Celina VillanuevaDSenatorSD-01221
David KoehlerDSenatorSD-04621
Rachel VenturaDSenatorSD-04320

All 322 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 1:26-cv-05388N.D. Ill.District2026
Case 1:26-cv-10686N.D. Ill.District2026
Case 1:25-cv-12670N.D. Ill.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-12765N.D. Ill.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-13863N.D. Ill.District2025
Case c15971880S.D. Ill.District2021
Case 2-19-0362Illinois Appellate Court, Second DistrictState2020
Case n3d9cc9905bS.D. Ill.District2019
Case c4506273C.D. Ill.District2018
Case nf7850b3492N.D. Ill.District2016

All 15 court cases

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.