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HB5284Introduced in the House

HUMAN RIGHTS-MENOPAUSE CARE

Passed

Introduced by Yolanda Morris, District 9

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In the Illinois Insurance Code: deletes changes affecting menopause-related conditions; provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan must provide coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal therapy to treat menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms or conditions if the therapy is recommended by a qualified health care provider and the therapy has been proven safe and effective in peer-reviewed scientific studies and is prescribed in accordance with current evidence-based guidelines; provides that coverage for therapy to treat menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms or conditions must include all federal Food and Drug Administration-approved modalities of hormonal and non-hormonal administration; and provides that coverage must include medications for menopause-related osteoporosis and non-hormonal therapies for vasomotor symptoms. In the Illinois Human Rights Act, removes menopause-related conditions from the definition of "unlawful discrimination". In the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act: provides that "reasonable accommodations" for pregnancy include flexible scheduling or modified work hours and temperature or climate-adjusted workspace; removes language providing that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to discriminate in any way or refuse or fail to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee because of a menopause-related condition; and provides that the notice summarizing the requirements of the Article must include information about the right to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, which includes the right to reasonable accommodations for menopause-related conditions. Effective January 1, 2027, except that the changes to the Illinois Insurance Code take effect January 1, 2028.

Where it stands

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0793

August 7, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Concurrence · May 28, 2026

78

Yes

33

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

114 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Aaron Ortiz1Yes
Elizabeth Hernandez2Yes
Eva Dina Delgado3Yes
Lilian Jimenez4Yes
Kimberly Du Buclet5Yes
Sonya Harper6Yes
Emanuel Welch7Yes
LaShawn Ford8Yes
Yolanda Morris9Yes
Jawaharial Williams10Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris

  2. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis

  3. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  4. First Reading

  5. Referred to Rules Committee

  6. Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  7. Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Civil Committee; Rep. Robyn Gabel

  8. Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 075-037-000

  9. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000

  10. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris

  14. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  15. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  16. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000

  17. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  18. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  19. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  20. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams

  21. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  22. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  25. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  26. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  28. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis

  29. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

  30. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  31. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley

  32. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill

  34. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa

  35. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

  36. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  37. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  38. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams

  39. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  40. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  41. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer

  42. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  43. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

  44. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith

  45. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  46. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

  47. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  48. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

  49. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

  50. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  51. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  52. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez

  53. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  54. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

  55. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez

  56. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  57. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  58. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-032-000

  59. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter

  60. Arrive in Senate

  61. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  62. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  63. First Reading

  64. Referred to Assignments

  65. Assigned to Insurance

  66. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  67. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  68. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  69. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  70. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments

  71. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Insurance

  72. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance

  73. Postponed - Insurance

  74. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026

  75. Postponed - Insurance

  76. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance

  77. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2026

  78. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  79. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments

  80. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance

  81. Do Pass Insurance; 010-000-000

  82. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2026

  83. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  84. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments

  85. Second Reading

  86. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2026

  87. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant

  88. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments

  89. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin

  90. Recalled to Second Reading

  91. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Lightford

  92. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  93. Third Reading - Passed; 051-004-000

  94. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  95. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  96. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  97. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  98. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

  99. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  100. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci

  101. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins

  102. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

  103. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner

  104. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam

  105. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  106. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

  107. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

  108. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin

  109. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine

  110. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva

  111. Arrived in House

  112. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 4

  113. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Yolonda Morris

  114. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  115. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  116. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro

  117. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-004-000

  118. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs 078-033-000

  119. House Concurs

  120. Passed Both Houses

  121. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

  122. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  123. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  124. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris III

  125. Sent to the Governor

  126. Governor Approved

  127. Effective Date January 1, 2027; some provisions.

  128. Effective Date January 1, 2028; some provisions.

  129. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0793

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