---
type: "Bill"
title: "WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Authorizes the Department of Labor to establish administrative procedures to adjudicate claims of any amount (removes a provision limiting the Department's authority to claims of $3,000 or less)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1568"
citation: "Illinois SB 1568 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1880e4a4-4030-47e0-acd3-035344490be5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1568&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72378&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "7335a71612f7c9553d05e2049760bc70e7d66b684e747bcacb5042f2e08313fe"
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 1568 (98th) — WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION

Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Authorizes the Department of Labor to establish administrative procedures to adjudicate claims of any amount (removes a provision limiting the Department's authority to claims of $3,000 or less).

## 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=09800SB1568&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72378&DocNum=1568&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1568eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72378&DocNum=1568&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1568enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72378&DocNum=1568&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `filing`
- **2013-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Postponed - Labor and Commerce
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Labor and Commerce
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor and Commerce
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Labor and Commerce
- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Labor and Commerce; 014-000-000
- **2013-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Delgado `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
- **2013-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2013-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2013-05-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
- **2013-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0527 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1880e4a4-4030-47e0-acd3-035344490be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).