Illinois Senate Bill 68 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-03-30 - Third Reading - Lost; 019-035-001
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the employment discrimination Article of the Act applies to domestic workers. Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that the overtime provisions of the Law apply to domestic workers. Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Provides that every person employed as a domestic worker shall be allowed at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every calendar week. Provides that a domestic worker may voluntarily agree to work on such day of rest; provided that the worker is compensated at the overtime rate for all hours worked on such day of rest. Provides that the day of rest should, whenever possible, coincide with the traditional day reserved by the domestic worker for religious worship. Provides that after one year of work with the same employer a domestic worker shall be entitled to at least 3 days of rest in each calendar year at the regular rate of compensation.

DOMESTIC WORKERS-RIGHTS

Sen. Ira Silverstein [D]

Sen. Emil Jones [D]

2011-03-30 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 19 N: 35 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-30	Senate	Third Reading - Lost; 019-035-001
2011-03-17	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2011
2011-03-17	Senate	Second Reading
2011-03-17	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
2011-03-17	Senate	Do Pass Labor; 006-004-000
2011-03-10	Senate	Postponed - Labor
2011-03-03	Senate	Held in Labor
2011-03-01	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2011-02-16	Senate	Held in Labor
2011-01-27	Senate	Assigned to Labor
2011-01-27	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-01-27	Senate	First Reading
2011-01-27	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	5	2-101	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	105	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	105	4a	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	140	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=68&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB0068.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/97/senate/09700SB0068_03302011_003000T.pdf