Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 112/10

820 ILCS 112/28 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing or discussing the employee's wage or salary; however, an employer may prohibit a human resources employee, a supervisor, or any other employee whose job responsibilities require or allow access to other employees' wage or salary information from disclosing such information without prior written consent from the employee whose information is sought or requested. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer to seek the wage or salary history of a prospective employee from the prospective employee or a current or former employer or to require that a prospective employee's prior wage or salary history meet certain criteria, with some exceptions. Provides that an employer against whom an action is brought alleging a violation of the Act's prohibition against gender-based wage differentials and who, within the previous 3 years and prior to the commencement of the action, has completed a self-evaluation of the employer's pay practices and can demonstrate that reasonable progress has been made towards eliminating wage differentials based on gender for the same or substantially similar work in accordance with that evaluation shall have an affirmative defense to liability. Provides that an employer who cannot demonstrate that the evaluation was reasonable in detail and scope shall not be entitled to an affirmative defense, but is liable for any civil fine of: (1) up to $500 per employee affected, if the employer has fewer than 4 employees; or (2) up to $2,500 per employee affected, if the employer has 4 or more employees.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/24/2018	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly
1/24/2018	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Rooney
1/24/2018	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
1/24/2018	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
1/24/2018	Senate	Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
1/24/2018	Senate	First Reading
1/24/2018	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/25/2018	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
1/30/2018	Senate	Assigned to Labor
4/13/2018	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
4/27/2018	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018
5/3/2018	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
12/21/2018	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

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