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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EQUAL PAY COVER ALL EMPLOYERS"
+description: "Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the Act applies to all employers rather than only those with more than 3 employees. Increases the maximum civil penalty for all violations of the Act or a rule from $2,500 to $5,000."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "HB 3619"
+citation: "Illinois HB 3619 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 116
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2015-02-26"
+last_action: "2015-08-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69909be5-455e-4b30-918d-d96364f4eb38"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3619&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89813&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "6d2f952a9316f9ab8e6e1113331a45043e83fccdfd0a1f514de4fa7d3bd76b92"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 3619 (99th) — EQUAL PAY COVER ALL EMPLOYERS
+
+Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that the Act applies to all employers rather than only those with more than 3 employees. Increases the maximum civil penalty for all violations of the Act or a rule from $2,500 to $5,000.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3619&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89813&DocNum=3619&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3619eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89813&DocNum=3619&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3619enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89813&DocNum=3619&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **76–34** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
+- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
+- **2015-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-10** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
+- **2015-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2015-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
+- **2015-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
+- **2015-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2015-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
+- **2015-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
+- **2015-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
+- **2015-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
+- **2015-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
+- **2015-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
+- **2015-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
+- **2015-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
+- **2015-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
+- **2015-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
+- **2015-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 016-008-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2015-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2015-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
+- **2015-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
+- **2015-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
+- **2015-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
+- **2015-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
+- **2015-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-034-002 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2015-04-16** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
+- **2015-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
+- **2015-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2015-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2015 `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
+- **2015-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
+- **2015-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
+- **2015-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
+- **2015-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
+- **2015-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2015-05-13** Do Pass Labor; 010-002-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2015
+- **2015-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
+- **2015-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
+- **2015-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
+- **2015-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
+- **2015-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Labor
+- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
+- **2015-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 011-002-000
+- **2015-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2015-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
+- **2015-05-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Noland `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2015-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 049-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2015-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
+- **2015-05-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2015-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
+- **2015-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Cynthia Soto
+- **2015-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-000-000
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
+- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
+- **2015-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 111-000-000
+- **2015-05-31** House Concurs
+- **2015-05-31** Passed Both Houses
+- **2015-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2015-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2016
+- **2015-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0418 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69909be5-455e-4b30-918d-d96364f4eb38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+