republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-858.md

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Bill	FREEDOM TO WORK-LOW WAGE	Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that "low-wage employee" means an employee whose earnings do not exceed the greater of (1) the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by the applicable federal, State, or local minimum wage law or (2) $13.00 per hour (instead of an employee who earns the greater of the applicable minimum wage or $13.00 per hour). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 858	Illinois SB 858 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2017-02-07	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/157e06b5-7cfc-46b2-aea8-b4c6ab229efe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=858&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=102377&SessionID=91&GA=100	818cd4bc05e0248eff19f432d53061f4b7d2e87da8dacf35badfb371312f73d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 858 (100th) — FREEDOM TO WORK-LOW WAGE

Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that "low-wage employee" means an employee whose earnings do not exceed the greater of (1) the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by the applicable federal, State, or local minimum wage law or (2) $13.00 per hour (instead of an employee who earns the greater of the applicable minimum wage or $13.00 per hour). Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia Van Pelt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt filing
• 2017-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Do Pass Labor; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2017-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 4, 2017
• 2017-04-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2017-04-25 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2017-05-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2017-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2017-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2017
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0225 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/157e06b5-7cfc-46b2-aea8-b4c6ab229efe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).