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Bill	WORKPLACE PRIVACY-VERIFY	Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that employers are prohibited from enrolling in any Employment Eligibility Verification System, including the Basic Pilot program, as authorized by federal law, until the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security databases are able to make a determination on 99% of the tentative nonconfirmation notices issued to employers within 3 days, unless otherwise required by federal law. Provides that an employer who enrolls in the Basic Pilot program is prohibited from the Employment Eligibility Verification Systems, to confirm the employment authorization of new hires unless the employer attests, under penalty of perjury, on a form prescribed by the Department of Labor, to certain specified information. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall establish a statewide advisory council to study the effects of Employment Eligibility Verification Systems, including the Basic Pilot program, on employers and employees in Illinois. Provides that the advisory council shall, 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, submit a report to the Department of Human Rights and the Department of Labor.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1744	Illinois HB 1744 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2007-02-23	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/af0d24e0-ecd7-403e-b57d-35d74fedd8e3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1744&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30570&SessionID=51&GA=95	c16b99b0cb73b840ef01e81527c0a815eb70cfe37bf798d8e941c8998d0df1fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1744 (95th) — WORKPLACE PRIVACY-VERIFY

Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that employers are prohibited from enrolling in any Employment Eligibility Verification System, including the Basic Pilot program, as authorized by federal law, until the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security databases are able to make a determination on 99% of the tentative nonconfirmation notices issued to employers within 3 days, unless otherwise required by federal law. Provides that an employer who enrolls in the Basic Pilot program is prohibited from the Employment Eligibility Verification Systems, to confirm the employment authorization of new hires unless the employer attests, under penalty of perjury, on a form prescribed by the Department of Labor, to certain specified information. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall establish a statewide advisory council to study the effects of Employment Eligibility Verification Systems, including the Basic Pilot program, on employers and employees in Illinois. Provides that the advisory council shall, 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, submit a report to the Department of Human Rights and the Department of Labor.

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 — 42–8 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 76–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto filing
• 2007-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-27 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2007-03-06 Re-assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-005-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-039-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Postponed - Executive
• 2007-05-10 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 042-008-001 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0138 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af0d24e0-ecd7-403e-b57d-35d74fedd8e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).