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Bill	OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY-VARIOUS	Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Provides that citations and notice of violations may be sent to an employer by email to an email address previously designated by the employer for purposes of receiving notice. Provides that a public employer that intentionally violates specified provisions may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation (rather than $10,000). Provides that a person may not discharge or in any way discriminate against an employee because the employee has discussed health or safety concerns with a co-worker or authorized employee representative. Provides that in discrimination actions the Department of Labor shall be represented by the Attorney General. Makes changes in provisions concerning occupational safety and health standards; employers' records; informal review; and hearings.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 4604	Illinois HB 4604 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Suzy Glowiak Hilton	5	35	2	2022-01-18	2022-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/00688792-72b1-4192-8972-20062fbd24c7	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4604&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=138407&SessionID=110&GA=102	f62ec9726569f80381a73447a52ee378b7af87094a20f1c8c2e07faa7f4c09c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4604 (102nd) — OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY-VARIOUS

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Provides that citations and notice of violations may be sent to an employer by email to an email address previously designated by the employer for purposes of receiving notice. Provides that a public employer that intentionally violates specified provisions may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation (rather than $10,000). Provides that a person may not discharge or in any way discriminate against an employee because the employee has discussed health or safety concerns with a co-worker or authorized employee representative. Provides that in discrimination actions the Department of Labor shall be represented by the Attorney General. Makes changes in provisions concerning occupational safety and health standards; employers' records; informal review; and hearings.

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. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
• Suzy Glowiak Hilton — primary (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. filing
• 2022-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2022-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-02-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 027-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
• 2022-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 026-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
• 2022-03-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass Labor; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-04-22 Effective Date April 22, 2022; ; some provisions effective January 1, 2023
• 2022-04-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0705 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00688792-72b1-4192-8972-20062fbd24c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).