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Bill	SECURE CHOICE SAVINGS PROGRAM	Amends the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act. Provides that the Act applies to employers with at least one employee, rather than fewer than 25 employees. Provides for automatic increases in contributions. Makes changes regarding penalties for employers who fail, without reasonable cause, to enroll an employee in the Program. Provides that, for purposes of the penalties, the Department of Revenue shall determine total employee count for employers using the annual average from employer-reported quarterly data. Provides that the Department may provide notice regarding penalties in an electronic format to be determined by the Department. Removes a provision stating that penalty provisions shall become operative 9 months after the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Board notifies the Director of Revenue that the Program has been implemented. Makes other changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 117	Illinois HB 117 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Robert F. Martwick Will Guzzardi	4	54	2	2021-01-13	2021-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f0edc0cb-e8c9-465e-95f3-43b49b6de92e	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=117&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127929&SessionID=110&GA=102	272eb263ff066bb73f017ecd3bf7a506c783465dfe723560990a7e07468fc1f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 117 (102nd) — SECURE CHOICE SAVINGS PROGRAM

Amends the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act. Provides that the Act applies to employers with at least one employee, rather than fewer than 25 employees. Provides for automatic increases in contributions. Makes changes regarding penalties for employers who fail, without reasonable cause, to enroll an employee in the Program. Provides that, for purposes of the penalties, the Department of Revenue shall determine total employee count for employers using the annual average from employer-reported quarterly data. Provides that the Department may provide notice regarding penalties in an electronic format to be determined by the Department. Removes a provision stating that penalty provisions shall become operative 9 months after the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Board notifies the Director of Revenue that the Program has been implemented. Makes other changes.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 42–15 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 106–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)
• Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Halpin — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi filing
• 2021-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-01-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2021-01-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2021-01-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2021-02-23 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
• 2021-03-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2021-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2021-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2021-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
• 2021-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel & Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-03-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 006-002-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2021-04-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-002-002 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2021-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
• 2021-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2021-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2021-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
• 2021-04-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2021-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2021-05-06 Do Pass State Government; 006-003-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
• 2021-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2021-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2021-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2021-05-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2021-05-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2021-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2021-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2021-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 042-015-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-30 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0179 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0edc0cb-e8c9-465e-95f3-43b49b6de92e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).