Illinois Senate Bill 1997

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-06-02 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging and the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that, subject to and upon federal approval if required, on and after January 1, 2026, the hourly wage paid to direct service workers, including, but not limited to personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers, who provide services under the Community Care Program and the Home Services Program shall be increased to a sufficient amount to sustain a minimum wage of $30 per hour.

DHS-AGING-HOMEMAKER WAGES

Sen. Graciela Guzman [D]

Sen. Rachel Ventura [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-02	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2025-05-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
2025-05-09	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
2025-04-11	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
2025-03-21	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
2025-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2025-02-25	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations- Health and Human Services
2025-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	105	4.02	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2405	3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1997&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=201186&DocName=10400SB1997&DocNum=1997&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=161398&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=