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type: "Bill"
title: "EQUAL PAY ACT-PAY SCALE"
description: "Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. Provides that if an employer with 15 or more employees engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale to the third party and the third party shall include the pay scale in the job posting. Defines \"pay scale\". Makes conforming changes to provisions concerning violations of the Act and fines and penalties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3129"
citation: "Illinois HB 3129 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Harmon", "Mary Beth Canty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 96
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caeede1c-63f6-4966-8ac5-109f23c56a84"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3129&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148283&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "05ff9bf74502a30b81dda9207d7cffcd712deb1b273375f1555db2c1196c8931"
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 HB 3129 (103rd) — EQUAL PAY ACT-PAY SCALE
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to fail to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. Provides that if an employer with 15 or more employees engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting, the employer shall provide the pay scale to the third party and the third party shall include the pay scale in the job posting. Defines "pay scale". Makes conforming changes to provisions concerning violations of the Act and fines and penalties. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129sam001.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129sam002.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3129enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Labor & Commerce — **168** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **7539** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **6037** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **7539** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **100** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce, Amendment 2 — **168** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 2 — **94** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **84** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **3519** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce — **1810** (pass) · lower
- Labor & Commerce, Amendment 1 — **189** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — primary (person)
- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2023-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-010-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2023-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2023-03-22** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-009-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2023-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-037-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Verified
- **2023-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2023-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2023-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
- **2023-04-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2023-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2023-04-27** Postponed - Executive
- **2023-04-28** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 6, 2023
- **2023-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Executive `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 008-004-000
- **2023-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000
- **2023-05-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Pacione-Zayas `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 035-019-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2023-05-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2023-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2023-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2023-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2023-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Labor & Commerce Committee
- **2023-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 016-008-000
- **2023-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 016-008-000
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2023-05-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- **2023-05-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 075-039-000
- **2023-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 075-039-000
- **2023-05-17** House Concurs
- **2023-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2023-05-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2023-06-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2023-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2023-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0539 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caeede1c-63f6-4966-8ac5-109f23c56a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).