Bill Text: IL SB1720 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Veto Message
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits any person or business that violates the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the Minimum Wage Law, the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or any comparable statute or regulation of any state that governs the payment of wages from doing business with the State or any State agency or entering into a subcontract that is subject to the Code for a period of 5 years. Provides that certain bids, offers, submissions, contracts, and subcontracts submitted to or executed by the State shall contain a certification that the bidder, offeror, potential contractor, contractor, or subcontractor is not barred from being awarded a contract or subcontract and an acknowledgment that the contracting State agency may declare the related contract void if any of the certifications are false. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that an employer that is able to pay wages and who refuses to pay is guilty of a Class 4 felony with respect to amounts of $5,000 or less (rather than a Class B misdemeanor) and of a Class 3 felony with respect to amounts greater than $5,000 (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). Provides that a subsequent failure to pay within 5 years (rather than 2 years) of a prior conviction is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-11-08 - Total Veto Stands [SB1720 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1720-Veto_Message.html
August 25, 2017
To the Honorable Members of
The Illinois Senate,
100th General Assembly:
Today, I veto Senate Bill 1720, which would make failure to pay wages a Class 4 felony instead of a misdemeanor.
Every worker is legally entitled to wages earned, and there should be penalties for employers who fail to make due on wages owed. However, there is little evidence that the current system of making failure to pay wages a misdemeanor requires a major shift to making it a felony.
Therefore, pursuant to Section 9(b) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 1720, entitled “AN ACT concerning employment,” with the foregoing objections, vetoed in its entirety.
Sincerely,
Bruce Rauner
GOVERNOR
