---
type: "Bill"
title: "MIN WAGE-UNDERPAYMENT-LIMIT"
description: "MIN WAGE-UNDERPAYMENT-LIMIT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Illinois SB 281 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eeef868-8ff2-467b-894f-1791b7f097c6"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "1495a7bd6d2893109de2e5becc8b91d97fe77144facdadfb9fa67eb04fca6a42"
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 SB 281 (92nd) — MIN WAGE-UNDERPAYMENT-LIMIT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0281LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE COMM & INDUST `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 005-004-000 SCED
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-06
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-07
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 049-007-001 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **2001-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LABOR H
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HLBR
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDG. DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B)- MAY 25, 2001
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-001-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/ROSKAM
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/ROSKAM
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SCED
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/ROSKAM
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SCED/007-000-000
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/ROSKAM
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/055-002-000
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-22T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0392

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eeef868-8ff2-467b-894f-1791b7f097c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).