Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 2 — EQUAL PAY ACT

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0006

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 19 sponsors

    0 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Creates the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that no employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages solely on the basis of the employee's gender. Prohibits retaliatory discharge or discrimination against an employee on the basis of the employee's use of the Act and provides for penalties for violations of the Act, including a Class B misdemeanor for retaliatory discharge or discrimination by the employer. Provides that the Director of Labor shall administer and enforce the Act. Provides that every employer subject to the Act shall preserve specified records for not less than 3 years. Provides that every employer covered by the Act shall post a notice summarizing the requirements of the Act. Provides that the Department of Labor shall conduct ongoing outreach and education efforts concerning the Act.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 7 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 2 replaces the previous version of the bill with a new draft. Specifically, it removes seven lines from the engrossed version and adds back another seven lines in the enrolled version. This process is significant as it reflects changes made to the final text of the bill, which might include clarifications or adjustments based on feedback or further deliberation. Such changes can ultimately impact how the bill is implemented and the effects it will have when enacted.

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SB2 Engrossed LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b AN ACT in relation to equal pay.
SB2 Enrolled LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b AN ACT in relation to equal pay.
or (4) a differential based on any other factor other SB2 Engrossed -2- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b than:
or (4) a differential based on any other factor other SB2 Enrolled -2- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b than:
SB2 Engrossed -3- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b Section 15.
SB2 Enrolled -3- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b Section 15.
A subpoena issued under this Section shall be signed and issued by the SB2 Engrossed -4- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b Director of Labor or his or her authorized representative.
A subpoena issued under this Section shall be signed and issued by the SB2 Enrolled -4- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b Director of Labor or his or her authorized representative.
(c) Any employer who violates any provision of this Act SB2 Engrossed -5- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b or any rule adopted under the Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation for each employee affected.
(c) Any employer who violates any provision of this Act SB2 Enrolled -5- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b or any rule adopted under the Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation for each employee affected.
(b) Any employer, or any agent of an employer, who knowingly discharges or in any other manner knowingly discriminates against any employee because that employee has made a complaint to his or her employer, or to the Director or his or her authorized representative, that he or she or any employee of the employer has not been paid in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or because that employee has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or consulted counsel for such purposes, or because that employee has testified or is about to testify in an investigation or proceeding under this Act, or offers any evidence of any violation of this Act, shall be liable to the employee for such legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Section, the value of any lost benefits, backpay, and front pay as appropriate so long as the employee has made reasonable SB2 Engrossed -6- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b efforts to mitigate his or her damages and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.
(b) Any employer, or any agent of an employer, who knowingly discharges or in any other manner knowingly discriminates against any employee because that employee has made a complaint to his or her employer, or to the Director or his or her authorized representative, that he or she or any employee of the employer has not been paid in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or because that employee has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or consulted counsel for such purposes, or because that employee has testified or is about to testify in an investigation or proceeding under this Act, or offers any evidence of any violation of this Act, shall be liable to the employee for such legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Section, the value of any lost benefits, backpay, and front pay as appropriate so long as the employee has made reasonable SB2 Enrolled -6- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b efforts to mitigate his or her damages and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.
and (4) developing guidelines to enable employers to SB2 Engrossed -7- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b evaluate job categories based on objective criteria such as educational requirements, skill requirements, independence, working conditions, and responsibility.
and (4) developing guidelines to enable employers to SB2 Enrolled -7- LRB093 03272 WGH 03289 b evaluate job categories based on objective criteria such as educational requirements, skill requirements, independence, working conditions, and responsibility.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0006

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2004

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  6. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

  7. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

  8. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey

  9. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May

  10. Passed Both Houses

  11. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-001

  12. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham

  13. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita

  14. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

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

  16. Second Reading - Short Debate

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby

  18. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  19. Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 011-001-002

  20. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary K. O'Brien

  21. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  22. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  23. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

  24. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

  25. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  26. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith

  27. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce

  28. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

  29. Assigned to Labor Committee

  30. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider

  31. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

  32. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause

  33. Referred to Rules Committee

  34. First Reading

  35. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  36. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  37. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  38. Arrived in House

  39. Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-001

  40. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended with Senate Amendment No. 3 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

  41. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003

  42. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Adopted; Ronen

  43. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Ronen

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Ronen

  45. Second Reading

  46. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Be Adopted Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000

  47. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Adopted Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000

  48. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce

  49. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce

  50. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules

  51. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  52. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules

  53. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  54. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois State Board of Education

  55. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois Community College Board

  56. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Labor & Commerce; 007-001-000

  57. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce

  58. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

  59. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules

  60. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  61. State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik

  62. Fiscal Note Filed As Introduced

  63. Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Bill Brady

  64. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2003

  65. Do Pass as Amended Labor & Commerce; 009-000-000

  66. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted

  67. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Labor & Commerce

  68. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce

  69. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  70. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  71. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  72. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce

  73. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  74. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

  75. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett

  76. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo

  77. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  78. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  79. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  80. Assigned to Labor & Commerce

  81. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz

  82. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  83. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

  84. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

  85. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  86. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  87. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama

  88. Referred to Rules

  89. First Reading

  90. Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  91. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  92. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link

  93. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  94. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks

  95. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen

Sponsors

  • Carol Ronen · Cosponsor
  • Robert F. Flider · Cosponsor
  • Marlow H. Colvin · Cosponsor
  • Michael K. Smith · Cosponsor
  • Naomi D. Jakobsson · Cosponsor
  • Brandon W. Phelps · Cosponsor
  • Kathleen A. Ryg · Cosponsor
  • Patricia R. Bellock · Cosponsor
  • Mary K. O'Brien · Cosponsor
  • Gary Forby · Cosponsor
  • Karen A. Yarbrough · Cosponsor
  • Robert "Bob" Rita · Cosponsor
  • Deborah L. Graham · Cosponsor
  • Karen May · Cosponsor
  • John A. Fritchey · Cosponsor
  • Rosemary Mulligan · Cosponsor
  • Elizabeth Coulson · Cosponsor
  • Sandra M. Pihos · Cosponsor
  • Patrick J. Joyce · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (19)

  • Carol Ronen
  • Robert F. Flider
  • Marlow H. Colvin
  • Michael K. Smith
  • Naomi D. Jakobsson
  • Brandon W. Phelps
  • Kathleen A. Ryg
  • Patricia R. Bellock
  • Mary K. O'Brien
  • Gary Forby
  • Karen A. Yarbrough
  • Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat
  • Deborah L. Graham
  • Karen May
  • John A. Fritchey
  • Rosemary Mulligan
  • Elizabeth Coulson
  • Sandra M. Pihos
  • Patrick J. Joyce Democrat

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 112 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 100302
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 112302
% of votes cast 96%3%0%2%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Millner — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Nekritz — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Parke — Nay
Sacia — Nay
Wirsing — Not Voting
Cultra — Nay
Krause — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Brady — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Munson — Yea
Novak — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Howard — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 45204
Democrat 7000
Republican 1000
Total 53204
% of votes cast 90%3%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Obama — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Philip — Nay
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Not Voting
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Cronin — Nay
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2 do?
Creates the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that no employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages solely on the basis of the employee's gender. Prohibits retaliatory discharge or discrimination against an employee on the basis of the employee's use of the Act and provides for penalties for violations of the Act, including a Class B misdemeanor for retaliatory discharge or discrimination by the employer. Provides that the Director of Labor shall administer and enforce the Act. Provides that every employer subject to the Act shall preserve specified records for not less than 3 years. Provides that every employer covered by the Act shall post a notice summarizing the requirements of the Act. Provides that the Department of Labor shall conduct ongoing outreach and education efforts concerning the Act.
Who sponsors SB 2?
SB 2 is sponsored by Carol Ronen, Robert F. Flider, Marlow H. Colvin, Michael K. Smith, Naomi D. Jakobsson, Brandon W. Phelps, Kathleen A. Ryg, Patricia R. Bellock, Mary K. O'Brien, Gary Forby, Karen A. Yarbrough, Robert "Bob" Rita (Democrat), Deborah L. Graham, Karen May, John A. Fritchey, Rosemary Mulligan, Elizabeth Coulson, Sandra M. Pihos, and Patrick J. Joyce (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 2?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.
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