Illinois Senate Bill 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Prohibits an employer from: (i) screening job applicants based on their wage or salary history, (ii) requiring that an applicant's prior wages satisfy minimum or maximum criteria, and (iii) requesting or requiring as a condition of being interviewed or as a condition of continuing to be considered for an offer of employment that an applicant disclose prior wages or salary. Prohibits an employer from seeking the salary, including benefits or other compensation or salary history, of a job applicant from any current or former employer, with some exceptions. Limits defenses. Provides for penalties and injunctive relief. Effective 60 days after becoming law.

EQUAL PAY ACT-WAGE HISTORY

Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Iris Martinez [D]	Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]	Sen. Linda Holmes [D]
Sen. John Curran [R]	Sen. Laura Ellman [D]	Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Sen. Toi Hutchinson [D]
Sen. Scott Bennett [D]	Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]
Sen. Julie Morrison [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2019-03-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2019-03-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2019-03-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2019-03-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2019-03-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2019-03-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2019-03-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
2019-03-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2019-01-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2019-01-30	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
2019-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2019-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2019-01-28	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2019-01-23	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-01-23	Senate	First Reading
2019-01-23	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	112	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	112	30	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=73&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0073.htm