Bill Text: IL HR0714 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Declares March 12, 2024 as Pay Equity Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-29 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0714 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0714-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and
3competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the
4success of all men and women; and
5 WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in
6education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
7 WHEREAS, Women continue to earn no more than 80 cents on
8the dollar compared to men; and
9 WHEREAS, The wage gap is even greater for most women of
10color; Asian American women earn 99 cents, Native Hawaiian and
11Pacific Islander women earn 66 cents, African American women
12earn 64 cents, and Latina women earn 57 cents for every dollar
13earned by a man; and
14 WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day, representing all women, is
15celebrated this year on March 12; Equal Pay Day was originated
16by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public
17awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and
18women's wages; and
19 WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one
20year after college; this inequality affects not only women but

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1their families and society as a whole; and
2 WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term
3effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects
4women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for
5retirement, and their children's education; and
6 WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication
7of poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated
8workforce; and
9 WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year a
10woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned
11the previous year, with Tuesday being the day in which women's
12wages catch up to men's wages from the previous week; because
13women earn less on average than men, they must work longer for
14the same amount of pay; this wage gap is even greater for most
15women of color; and
16 WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our
17society at large; therefore, be it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we declare March 12, 2024 as Pay Equity Day in the State of
21Illinois; and be it further

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