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type: "Bill"
title: "EQUAL PAY ACT-RECORDS, ACTIONS"
description: "Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that an employer subject to the Act shall preserve specified records for not less than 5 (rather than 3) years. Provides that an action to collect a wage claim under the Act shall be brought within 5 years from the date of the underpayment (rather than within 3 years from the date the employee learned of the underpayment)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3634"
citation: "Illinois HB 3634 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55a20432-fb7c-4842-839c-6e21544bfe14"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3634&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46410&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "fa1a818eb21c8ced88bc39a9cf776f7b279ebd164c7b58ae566b70248ff59ca0"
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 3634 (96th) — EQUAL PAY ACT-RECORDS, ACTIONS
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that an employer subject to the Act shall preserve specified records for not less than 5 (rather than 3) years. Provides that an action to collect a wage claim under the Act shall be brought within 5 years from the date of the underpayment (rather than within 3 years from the date the employee learned of the underpayment).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3634&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46410&DocNum=3634&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3634eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46410&DocNum=3634&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3634enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46410&DocNum=3634&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **8926** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **512** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2009-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor Committee; 015-007-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2009-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2009-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2009-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-026-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2009-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-04-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass Labor; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2009-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2009-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0467 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55a20432-fb7c-4842-839c-6e21544bfe14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).