Bill Sponsors: IL SB3509 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Whistleblower Act. Changes the definitions of "employer" and "employee". Defines "adverse employment action", "public body", "retaliatory action", and "supervisor". Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an employee who discloses or threatens to disclose information about an activity, policy, or practice of the employer that the employee has a good faith belief that such activity, policy, or practice violates a State or federal law, rule, or regulation or poses a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. Includes additional relief, damages, and penalties for violation of the Act. Allows the Attorney General to initiate or intervene in a civil action to obtain appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or entity is engaged in a practice prohibited by the Act. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to claims arising or complaints filed on or after January 1, 2025. Effective January 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino [SB3509 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Cristina Castro [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-022FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Linda Holmes [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-042FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Christopher Belt [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-057FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Javier Cervantes [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-001FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-028FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Michael Hastings [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-019FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Fine [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-009FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-030N/ABallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Michael Halpin [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-036FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mike Porfirio [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-011FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Ann Gillespie [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-027FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-012FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-007N/ABallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Napoleon Harris [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-015FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Ram Villivalam [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-008FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Omar Aquino [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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